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Mediterranean — Project 2026

VILLA — TEN PHASES

Location

Mediterranean Coast

Type

Single-Family Villa

Area

~600 m²

Client

Private

VILLA

01. The Process

A villa of this caliber isn’t decorated into existence — it is engineered.

Every wall, every window reveal, every floor joint is drawn before a single shovel hits the ground. Ten phases, one uncompromising standard.

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Phase 01 — The Plan. Ground floor 11.3m × 15m. Two-car garage, grand foyer, open living/dining/kitchen, guest suite west, master wing opening to the infinity pool.

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Phase 02 — The Site. The villa is rotated to catch the evening sun, the driveway threads a clean straight line to the entry, and the existing olive groves stay — they become the frame.

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Phase 03 — The Materials. Travertine, teak, bronze. One mineral, one warm, one quiet — meeting at a 3 mm hairline shadow gap. No caulk, no trim, no compromise.

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Phase 04 — The Envelope. Upper volume cantilevered 1.8 m over the terrace. Every window line lands on a material joint below.

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Phase 05 — The Arrival. The driveway announces nothing and reveals everything. Flush bollards, olive topiaries, a pivot door already glowing.

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Phase 06 — The Threshold. A 2.8 m walnut pivot door, flush-set in travertine. LED floor-wash. You step up, and the world quiets.

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Phase 07 — Living. Pocket doors stack into the walls. Living room becomes terrace becomes infinity edge. Bouclé sofas, slab travertine, the horizon as wallpaper.

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Phase 08 — Delivered. Two stories of travertine and teak against a Mediterranean sky. Pool coping is a 40 mm custom travertine blade. Lawn irrigated from harvested rainwater.

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Phase 09 — After Dark. Layered interior lighting, pool uplighting, concealed cove strips in every soffit — and not a single visible fixture on the facade.

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Phase 10 — The Landscape. Olive, rosemary, boxwood — mature stock, grown-in on day one. The garden is part of the structure, specified alongside the steel.

02. Material Palette

Six materials. Specified for a thirty-year horizon.

Stone

Travertine

RAL 1019
Honed finish

Wood

Teak

RAL 8001
Solid slat

Metal

Bronze

RAL 8025
Anodized extrusion

Wood

Walnut

RAL 8014
Pivot door panel

Textile

Bouclé

RAL 9001
Sofa, occasional

Landscape

Olive Grove

RAL 6011
Mature stock

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The detail that closes the deal. Fire pit, loungers, infinity edge spilling into dusk.

03. The Standard

What “Built to Great White Standard” actually means.

One Team

One accountable team. Architecture, structural engineering, MEP, materials sourcing, construction, landscape, and finish-out — delivered by a single party. No sub-to-sub blame. No change orders hidden in the fine print.

Materials

Selected for a thirty-year horizon. Travertine, solid teak, structural glazing, bronze anodized extrusions. If it will age badly, it does not enter the spec.

Details

Drawn at 1:1. Every critical joint — window reveal, pool coping, pivot door jamb — is drawn full-scale and mocked up on site before installation.

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Contact

hello@greatwhite.me / +243 99 000 0027

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