“If you happen to be born in the Empire, it’s better to live in a remote province by the sea.” In our selection there are ten inspiring projects of houses on the coast from famous designers: from an idyllic hut to a luxury villa!

Patricia Urquiola’s House in Ibiza

Designer Patricia Urquiola built this unusual white villa in the form of dominoes scattered on a picturesque slope in Ibiza, which she has been in love with since childhood — ever since her parents bought a house here for summer holidays. Read more about this project at the link.

House by the Ocean: visiting the famous decorator Kelly Westler

Decorator Kelly Westler (Kelly Wearstler) created the conventionless interior of her beach house in Malibu, inspired by America of the 1970s. “Here we walk around in shorts and T-shirts like hippies, ride boards, do nothing. Perhaps this is real happiness,” says Kelly. For more information, follow the link.

“Fortress of Solitude”: Rick Owens’ house in Venice

Venice has always attracted the grandiose decadents of its era: from Lord Byron to Paul Verlaine. One of the most controversial designers of our time, Rick Owens, has also found a secluded haven in the city. The cold, ascetic space of the house encourages him to be more demanding of his creativity and not to be distracted from work. Read more at the link.

A house in Miami by Jean-Louis Deneau

Concrete walls, cold marble, bronze and brass… And all this in sunny Miami! French designer Jean-Louis Deniot has come up with an absolutely atypical interior for himself. “The customer asked me to redo his apartment on South Beach, which at that time resembled a grotesque stylization of a Spanish castle: orange walls with 18th-century tapestries covered with a thick layer of dust, wrought—iron chandeliers and fake columns,” says the designer. — I wanted to immediately take out all this good and do something bold, modern and in the spirit of Miami.” What came out of it, see the link.

Christian Liegr’s Beach House

French designer Christian Liaigre has built a summer house in the most picturesque bay of the Caribbean Sea — in a protected area next to the protected water area of Marigot Bay. There are rare sea turtles in these waters, which the whole family often watches from the terrace and a small private beach, and the designer’s neighbors are not Hollywood stars, but simple fishermen. For more information about the famous designer’s summer retreat, follow the link.

Designer Andrew Sheinman’s house in Greece

“My Shangri-La” is how designer Andrew Sheinman calls his house on the Greek island of Serifos. The idea to settle in this paradise was born with his wife Helen ten years ago. Helen was born and raised in London, in a Greek-Cypriot family, speaks Greek fluently and has been fond of local culture and cuisine since childhood. Therefore, it is not surprising that the family often vacationed in Greece, and then bought a small hut here in a secluded corner of the island, turning it into a quiet, secluded corner for family holidays. For more information, follow the link.

Ocean view: Surf house in Mexico

The Mexican village of Sayulita is one of the most popular places for surfing and beach holidays not only in Mexico, but also on the entire Pacific coast. Here, at the top of the hill, picturesquely descending to the beach, there was a small house from the 1950s. The designers of the Mexican-Swedish studio Main Office put it in order, rebuilt it and turned it into a fashionable modern space. Read more at the link.

Come back to Sorrento: antique style villa

Succumbing to the charm of an abandoned villa on the shore of the Bay of Naples, the decorator Juan Pablo Molyneux temporarily put himself in the place of the architect of the villa Alessandro Limonelli, who reworked the traditions of Roman architecture in the style of the 1920s. And he wrote his own history of antiquity in its interiors, giving them a modern sound. You can take a closer look at this project by following the link.

The summer home of Carla Fendi’s family

Choosing a place to relax, one of the sisters of Fendi Carla drew attention to a futuristic building of the 1960s on the beach of Sabaudia in Italy. Towering above the horizon, the tower in the form of a giant cylinder with a roof terrace resembling the deck of a ship is a bold project of the 1960s by Brazilian architect Lucio Costa. And the interior design was done by an old friend of the Fendi family, architect Cesare Rovatti. For more information, follow the link.

An unusual house on the Black Sea coast

From afar, this house on the Black Sea coast resembles a ship. Its spacious terrace looks like a deck, and rooms with portholes instead of windows look like cabins. The authors of the project — architects Dmitry Ovcharov and Boris Voskoboynikov — invited us for a boat trip. For more information, follow the link.

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