Energy efficiency in a luxury villa doesn’t show up on a bill. It shows up in the absence of cold spots in winter, in air conditioning that doesn’t have to run flat out in August, and in a house that stays quiet even with the windows closed. In other words, it shows up in everyday…
Talking about luxury villa design isn’t really talking about style, it’s talking about decisions. Before the first brick is laid, it’s already been decided how light will fall across the living room at eight in the evening, whether the main bedroom will face the sea or the garden, and how many steps separate the kitchen…
In luxury home construction, more and more owners arrive with the same starting point: they don’t want the biggest house, they want the best built one. It’s a simple idea to state, but a demanding one to deliver on, because it doesn’t come down to a single decision. It comes down to hundreds of small…
How this project came about The Atrium project began with a family who wanted to build their home in one of Alicante’s more established urban areas, a setting where the immediate surroundings didn’t offer much of interest. Rather than force a relationship with an exterior that added little value, the project turned inward: an introspective…
A window onto the Mediterranean The vision of Marina López, Loto Arquitectos Origin: a home of pure lines, with an approachable soul This project began with a client’s wish to live in a home that was truly singular, built from pure lines, capable of conveying serenity without giving up a warm, approachable character. From the…
Full renovation or new build: how to decide It’s one of the first questions any owner faces before starting a luxury home project: renovate what’s already there, or build from scratch? There’s no single right answer. It depends on the condition of the existing property, the budget available, the timeline, and how much of what’s…
Managing your project without living in Spain More and more people are choosing to build their home in Spain while living outside the country, whether as a future residence, a second home or an investment. Distance raises a fair question: how do you keep control of a project this size without being able to visit…
The bathroom has stopped being the smallest, least thought through room in the house and become one of the spaces where the quality of a project shows most clearly. The reason is simple: it combines water, humidity, high end materials and small scale detail, so any decision that isn’t quite right shows up far faster…
Before the first meeting with an architecture team, there’s a handful of questions worth having thought through, not resolved in detail, but with a clear direction. The more defined these answers are going in, the faster and more purposefully the project moves afterwards. These are the five decisions that shape everything that follows. 1. How…
When people talk about multifunctional spaces, they usually picture small apartments where every square metre counts: a sofa bed, a folding table, a wall that opens up to create a sense of extra room. In a luxury home, with hundreds of built square metres, that argument doesn’t hold. And yet flexibility still matters, arguably more,…
Landscaping, understood as the ability to shape the setting around a home, is a core part of what defines Blues Simon Group, whose building philosophy integrates every home with its natural surroundings. The Mediterranean climate of the Costa Blanca offers a wide range of possibilities for doing this well, even through winter. Landscaping, understood as…
