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“If you are striving for simplicity, then the architecture has to have a level of perfection in the way it’s composed and in the spatial qualities of the rooms.”

There are views of the mountains, and neat, regular rows of vines. A few olive trees dot the site, as if to emphasise the many subtle shades of green and grey. For an architect, the choices would have been almost limitless: the house could be placed anywhere on the site, and without close neighbours there are no immediate buildings or forms to respond to. Modernist glasshouse, or a sprawling estate? Both

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