Villa Palma
Residential,
Mallorca,
2025
Scope
Interior architecture, joinery, and the pool terrace
Surface
340 m², plus 210 m² of terrace
Team
Inês Cardoso, Rita Salgado
Photography
Miguel Andrade
Completion
September 2025
The house stands empty from October to May, and everything in it had to survive being left alone.
From brief
to handover
The family are in Munich and use the house for two long stretches a year. The previous fit-out had lasted four winters: the lacquer had lifted, the ironmongery had pitted, and the mechanical blinds had seized in the salt air. Nobody wanted to do that again.
We specified for absence. Solid stone instead of tiles, so there are no grout lines to fail. Untreated iroko for the shutters, which will silver and can be left to it. Marine-grade bronze on every handle, hinge and tap. The bath is one piece of Santanyí limestone, cut on the island and craned in through the roof before it went back on.
The bath, one piece of Santanyí, craned in through the roof
Stone floors, laid without a grout line to fail
Pool terrace, under the loggia arches
The yard in October, on the day they closed up
Materials
used
Santanyí limestone
Floors throughout, and the bath in one piece
Iroko
Shutters and terrace doors, left untreated
Marine bronze
Every handle, hinge, and tap
Residential,
Mallorca
“We came back in May and it looked as though we had never left. Four winters of the last house taught us what that is worth.”
Private client, Villa Palma