Architectural Digest | This Stunning Home in Egypt Looks Like a Modern Sphinx

The elusive carte blanche is every designer’s dream—that go-ahead from a client to let creativity run wild and explore a concept, material, or form in depth. When it is allotted, the projects that result are often progressive and artful; they help drive experimentation in the practice and inspire peers toward new design possibilities. For a beach villa on the northern coast of Egypt, Spanish architect Fran Silvestre was the lucky one. His patron requested a “very unique” design, and he heeded that call with a home that explores the structural limits of the architectural cantilever, inspired by the opportunities of its site and the country’s ancient culture.  –read more–