In the foothills of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco stands this stoic villa designed by Studio KO. Blocked prisms, earth tones and exotic textures mark this home designed in a color palette that mimics its surrounding landscape – terra cottas, muted browns, and dusty putties. Architects Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty – who keep offices in Paris and Marrakech and ergo, are masters at mixing East with West – already have such clients as Hermes. So it is no wonder that this villa drips with understated luxury and timeless modernism. My favorite feature are the stacked bricks that have a monastic, pure feel.
Dubbed ‘Villa E’, I wonder what the ‘E’ stands for. Ecstatic? Esoteric? Euphoric? Evocative? Is it wrong that something so monastic-looking is turning me on?
