Normandy Island S.Shore II

Villa L’Artiste

 

They called it Villa L'Artiste, and the name stuck. The house sits between the Normandy golf course and a quiet canal, a position that gives it two horizons: green to one side, water to the other. The architecture plays both.

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The volumes are bold and graphic: white stucco, black concrete, natural wood. The composition reads like a De Stijl painting rotated into three dimensions, planes sliding past one another, openings cut with precision, overhangs deep enough to shade the glass below. The main floor opens fully to the garden through sliding walls that disappear into pockets. When they are open, the living room becomes a covered terrace. When they are closed, you barely notice.

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Two elements define the outdoor life. A 55-foot heated pool, dark-bottomed and still, extends from the house toward the canal. Alongside it, a 40-foot reflecting pond mirrors the sky and the facade, doubling the architecture in water. A 55-foot dock at the far end connects everything to the bay.

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Inside, a 22-foot white quartz island anchors the kitchen. Above the living area, a 20-foot linear LED element floats like a line drawing in space, the one gesture in the house that tips toward the theatrical. The rest is discipline: five suites, each with its own bathroom, each finished in stone and soft fabric, each quiet.

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The rooftop, 500 square feet of open deck, looks over the golf course, the canals, and the distant bay. At sunset, it is the best seat in the house.