INTERIOR DESIGN
Victoria-Maria Geyer, a Brussels-based interior architect and designer, is known for her eclectic, artful style
At every turn, Hotel Marbella bears Victoria-Maria Geyer’s signature: it’s vibrant, eclectic and courageously individual
VICTORIAMARIA CREATES A DREAMWORLD IN THE ANDALUSIAN HILLS WRITTEN BY BONNIE POP
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or interior architect Victoria-Maria Geyer, design has always been a deeply personal act, an instinctive need to reshape the spaces around her. “Even as a child, I was constantly moving furniture in my bedroom,” she recalls. “I’ve always felt the urge to make things mine.” Today, that creative compulsion has found bold new expression in Cortijo Genesis, a once-forgotten ruin reimagined as a colourful boutique hotel in Spain’s Andalusian hills between Marbella and Gibraltar.
Located just outside the village of Gaucín, Cortijo Genesis is Geyer’s latest triumph. The 600-square-metre estate will play the perfect host to intimate, joyful retreats for design lovers. The garden, landscaped with edible plants and a permaculture plot, is the perfect backdrop for enjoying lazy post-siesta tapas and long sundappled lunches. Here, Geyer channels the sunsoaked aesthetic of Palm Springs with a playful Andalusian twist. Think red-upholstered loungers with white piping, eye-popping mosaic tabletops
and parasols whose blue-and-white stripes are a gentle nod to the nearby Mediterranean. A tiled fountain in the courtyard gurgles quietly, its colours and curves calling to mind a romantic hacienda. The feeling is immediate: You’ve entered a place designed as much for dopamine as for dawdling. Inside, Geyer tells the hotel’s story room by room. Each bedroom draws its inspiration from a different semi-precious stone — citrine yellow, aventurine green, lapis blue, carnelian red and
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