The SAOTA designed Palm Jumeirah villa that sold for $82 million (R1.47 billion) is now the most expensive house ever sold in Dubai, Bloomberg reported.
Known as Casa Del Sole, the villa is located on Frond G of the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai’s man-made island that’s shaped like a palm tree. The Palm Jumeirah is home to multimillion-dollar mansions as well as some of Dubai’s top luxury resorts, including St. Regis and Waldorf Astoria.
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The 17,000 Sq. Ft. home with 18 bathrooms and a 15-car garage, together with amenities such as a bowling alley and home theatre is still under construction, with an expected completion date of early 2023. Cape Town based design studio SAOTA has a global footprint, working on projects in 86 countries on six continents and has designed luxury residential, commercial and hospitality projects.
With reference to South African Modernism, and a grounding in the international style, SAOTA’s projects take advantage of wildly beautiful settings and are rooted in place by the relationship between the building and its site.
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For Casa Del Sole, SAOTA intentionally departed from the typical contemporary style of the Palm and pursued a concept that was more sculptural. The design draws inspiration from the shifting desert landscape, creating an eroded striated architectural mass.
Where the exterior is elemental stacking of cubic forms with a limited palette of stone cladding and bronze inlays, the interiors were envisioned to be embellished, creating a “geode” like experience. Source by SAOTA
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- Location: Dubai, United Emirates Arab
- Architect: SAOTA
- Interior Designers: Massimo Castagna & CK Architecture Interiors
- Developer: Alpago Properties (www.alpagoproperties.com)
- Design Build Contractors: CK Architecture Interiors
- Year: 2022
- Images: Courtesy of SAOTA