07 / 09Project

Private Villa

Warm exterior light reveals stone, planting and thresholds without flattening the night.

Arrival is staged in stone. Banded columns rise in their own light, olive trees are lit from below and the arch above the gate glows softly, so the way in is clear long before you reach it.

Away from the gate the light thins out and lets the night back in: a pine climbs into the dark, palms stand over the pool, and the water keeps its own blue.

Type
Residence
Setting
Courtyard and garden
Photographs
06
A private villa courtyard at night: uplit banded stone columns, olive trees and a timber gate beneath a glowing arch.
The courtyard and its gate
The villa's timber gate under a softly lit arch, with a mosaic threshold and uplit olive trees before it.
The gate and its mosaic threshold
Olive trees and potted plants lit from below beside the villa's stone gateway.
Olive trees lit from below
A tall pine lit from its base, rising over a stone wall with a single wall light.
A pine climbing into the dark
Palms lit warm above the villa's pool, the water glowing blue at night.
Palms over the pool
The stone edge of the villa's pool lit blue, a banded column beyond.
Stone edge, blue water