Matsuhisa at Cala di Volpe In Arzachena

The Cala di Volpe illustrates the most accurate thing that dreamed vernacular architecture can produce: a perfectly mastered fiction of eternity. Beneath the apparent spontaneity of the drawing, Jacques and Savin Couëlle impose a secret rigor; each curve, each drop, each cast shadow responds to a silent necessity. In contrast to the ostentatious luxury that has disfigured so many shores, the hotel cultivates an aesthetic of withdrawal: hushed service, precise gestures, deliberate absence of effect. This harmony of space is matched by the attentive presence of staff whose warmth extends the spirit of the place. A rare place, a manifest space to be preserved from the easy seductions of the spectacular, where the art of building fades behind the art of living.

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