THE BLOG#5 - COSTA SMERALDA by Antonella Dedini
It is one of the most exclusive locations on the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy, stretching approximately 50 km between Arzachena and Olbia. The Costa Smeralda is connected to some places of inestimable natural value, small bays surrounded by juniper plants, transparent sea, and white beaches with a proliferation of islets bordered by the strokes of sails always unfurled by the wind.
With its consortium, founded by the Ismaili Prince Karim Aga Khan in 1962, the Architecture Committee was established, which still examines any type of project within the consortium areas. The architecture of the houses enhances the beauty of the place and is predominantly white and made of granite. These dwellings are perfectly integrated into the landscape with a unique, codified, extremely refined, Mediterranean style, and with great respect for local construction materials.
They feature simple shapes, clear volumes, somehow linked to the environmental situation, repeated arches, light-colored or pastel-toned plasters. Famous projects by illustrious artists such as Andrea Cascella and Mario Ceroli, architects like Luigi Vietti, Jacques, and Savin Couelle, and Michele Busiri Vici have left an indelible and unique mark in this place.
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