Aires Mateus . photos: © the modern house . + the modern house
Designed by Manuel Aires Mateus, and completed in 2015, this house is located on the edge of a small chain of hills. Set in relative isolation, it sits above the village of Melides and the lack of neighbouring houses allows for unobstructed views of the ocean.
The house consists of four separate buildings: three contain double bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and external patios covered with natural canes. The final structure, the ‘main house’, contains the living space and kitchen as well as another double bedroom and a suite bathroom.
Each of the buildings is made from benched concrete. They also have access to the eastern patio, overlooking the gardens and orchard of olive trees, orange and lemon trees and oak trees.
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