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LIVING ON THE EDGE
Iconic Spanish architects complete stylish cliffside pad on the Andalucia coast
GOING UNDERGROUND: Innovative hillside pad
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IT brings a whole new meaning to the concept of living life on the edge. Perched above the Med, Casa del Acantilado (The Cliff House) is the latest project from weird and wacky Madrid architects GilBartolome.
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Something of a challenge, it was created by Pablo Gil and Jaime Bartolome on a 42-degree slope on the Granada coastline. Commissioned by a young couple from Madrid, every window of the home, near Salobrena, boasts stunning views of the sea. The state-of-the-art design split over two floors features a ‘dragon-scale’ curved roof, floor-toceiling windows and an infinity pool. Its position dug into the hillside helps the inside stay cool in the summer months and warmer in winter. “The project combined
joyful living, innovative construction techniques, the return of craftsman-
ship and the cave as an environmental strategy,” said Bartolome.
Up in the world! EVEREST veteran Stephen Venables has swapped his West Country home for a pad in hilly Gaucin. The intrepid mountaineer, who found fame leading expeditions through the Himalayas, has chosen soaring Andalucian mountains over Somerset countryside. “It’s a strange irony that though I’ve spent most of my life calling myself a mountaineer, this is the first time I’ve actually lived in the mountains,” revealed Venables, 61. Venables and wife Rosie, from Bath, bought a pair of small, adjacent town houses and have knocked them through to create one larger village home. “We are reliant on the local expat community because we are only just learning how to speak Spanish,” he said. Venables found fame forging a new route up Everest’s Kangshung Face and was the first Briton to reach the summit without extra oxygen. He has also explored Antarctica.
IN THE HILLS: Venables (above) and Gaucin
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