Inside a Private Island Retreat Built Around Silence
The road ends at a small harbour. A single boat, a fifteen-minute crossing, and the mainland recedes into a haze of pine and limestone. On the island, there is no reception desk, no music, no schedule.
The architects who designed the retreat — a mother and two sons, working from a studio in Split — describe the brief as almost monastic. Six rooms. No televisions. A library. A long table under a fig tree. The rest is the sea.
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Isabel Moreira
Travel and Design Editor
Isabel writes about hospitality, architecture and the cultural forces shaping modern travel. She has spent the last decade covering hotels, residences and independent design studios across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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