THE HEIGHT OF
SOPHISTICATION

These interiors are a meticulously controlled exercise in refined aesthetics. The living and dining rooms set the tone with a colour palette of creams and pale greys for the furniture, rugs, and marble flooring, with only four ‘accent’ pieces: a superb cast-bronze tree stump table made by a New York artist, a small tableau of bronze figures on a plinth, Pierre Chareau light-sconces, and an open-weave hanging lamp. The organic cell-patterned rugs, designed by Antony Chan, contrast subtly with the veining in the marble floor.

Beautifully crafted elements include the unusually figured marble cabinet front in the kitchen, the play of light and shadow on the weave-pattern of the marble wall by the stairs, and the exquisitely folded leather ‘leaves’ on the wall at the head of the bed. In the case of the full-height sliding TV cover panels, Antony composed the angled wooden boards and the plaster sections painted with metal-dust as an artwork.

The bedroom and bathroom interiors were specifically designed not to distract from the extraordinary views from this home, and so they have an calm, visually uncluttered range of surface and fabric textures, such as the ‘pebbled’ carpet designed by Antony and made by his specialist. His design scheme included the whole of the outdoor terrace, garden, and the flower-like tiling pattern at the bottom of the swimming pool.