Luxury Mallorca Villa by Julia Palmer Design (JPD Interiors)

London based Julia Palmer recently completed a luxury villa in Mallorca. The overall plot size of the property, including gardens, is 1350 sq m with the built area stretching 530 sq m (5,700 sq ft) across the plot, allowing the owners to enjoy the 180 degree over the bay throughout the day to sunset.

She defined the large double height space of the villa and reconfigure the bedroom arrangement and general arrangement of the villa. The existing space was tired with no defined spaces or grounding, which had dramatic architectural lighting highlighting the empty space. The south facing property suffered an in balance of light no windows on the north side of the property meant the light and magnificent view was so overpowering to the property the client was overwhelmed on how to compensate this drama. Convex mirrors and placement of fixtures and fittings were used to bounce the reflection of the architecture and light back across the space, bringing the outside in and the inside out.

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Mews Family House by TAKA Architects

This are TAKA Architects have sent us photos of a mews house they’ve designed in Dublin, Ireland. The house was designed for a family that had recently moved out of their long-term family home and wanted their new home to maintain some sense of continuity with their former lives. The mews house was built in the rear garden of a renovated Victorian house where the parents live, and was built for one of their daughters to live in.

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