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News Release from: Glanville Consultants | Subject: 'Island of Passion'
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2008
Structural design contract for 'Island
of Passion'
Glanville Consultants are delighted to announce their appointment as structural design consultants for a unique luxury development on a tiny private island in the Seychelles.
In a move to expand the economy beyond tourism and tuna fishing, the Seychelles Government opened up property ownership to foreigners about three years ago and the spa company Per Aquum will be one of the first to take advantage of this new opportunity on an island known as Felicite The development, known as Zil Pasyon (Creole for "island of passion") includes exclusive restaurants, leisure facilities and 28 arresting villas that will be 'surgically placed' amongst the island's rich vegetation and granite outcrops
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 12 Jul 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The luxury villas have been designed to be elegant, chic, surprising and comfortable - each master bedroom has a terrace featuring a glass-bottomed pool, which forms the roof of the living space below.
Commenting on the design, Project architect Tom Foster from RHE Architecture and Design says, "We want to create a new 'stealth' architecture that remains unseen from the surrounding islands, camouflaged by the site's natural materials".
"The villas will merge into the landscape from the sea or air, with angled flank walls that mirror the ridges and angles of the existing rock".
Glanville Managing Director, Nigel Porter has expressed delight with his company's appointment, adding "We have worked with RHE on a similar project in Grenada, so we are comfortable with the extremely high standard of work that is necessary on a project of this nature.
The building design is extremely imaginative and one of our key responsibilities will be to ensure that the structural design is in keeping with the demanding architectural concept and location".
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