Le Cercle #16

outside, takes in a vista including the skyscrapers of downtown Beirut and the glittering Mediterranean. How can anyone not fall in love here?

You can sit with the cityscape flickering and buzzing all around, or opt for seclusion and intimacy within a living room and L-shaped communal seating separated from the open-plan hub by a slender glass veneer. Like a beacon, a fountain of ideas, a bright yellow dining table contrasts with the uncluttered but excitingly angled lines, monotones and smooth textures.

As it must be, the master bedroom with its Minotti furnishings is the ultimate sanctuary, its uncomplicated rectangular block features designed for soporific, restful effect, but still with windows on the world to achieve the sheer sense of place – in such a location, it would be a waste not to accentuate the life-affirming. This is a design for living to the very full.