ES RACÓ D’ARTÀ, MALLORCA.
ARCHITECT: TONI ESTEVA
STYLE: MEDITERRANEAN MINIMALISM
COUNTRY: SPAIN
SOME PLACES MAKE QUITE AN EFFORT TO IMPRESS. ES RACÓ D’ARTÀ, TUCKED AWAY IN THE MALLORCAN COUNTRYSIDE, DOES RATHER THE OPPOSITE. CREATED BY DESIGNER TONI ESTEVA, THIS FORMER FARM ESTATE HAS BEEN QUIETLY REIMAGINED AS A RETREAT WHERE THE ARCHITECTURE TAKES ITS CUES FROM THE LAND. AND THE LAND, IT TURNS OUT, HAS EXCELLENT TASTE.
THE BUILDINGS FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE ALWAYS BELONGED HERE. ROUGH STONE WALLS, LIME PLASTER, WEATHERED WOOD AND SOFT, EARTHY TONES CREATE SPACES THAT ARE SIMPLE WITHOUT FEELING SPARSE. LARGE WINDOWS FRAME THE SURROUNDING HILLS, WHILE HANDCRAFTED FURNITURE AND THOUGHTFUL DETAILS GIVE THE INTERIORS A WARMTH THAT MINIMALISM SOMETIMES FORGETS.
OUTSIDE, OLIVE TREES, WALKING PATHS AND THE TRAMUNTANA LANDSCAPE SET A PLEASANTLY UNHURRIED PACE. THERE ARE POOLS, A SPA AND FOOD INSPIRED BY THE ISLAND’S SEASONS, BUT VERY LITTLE INSISTENCE THAT YOU DO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR. EVEN THE ARCHITECTURE SEEMS CONTENT TO LET THE DAY UNFOLD.
A PLACE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE ART OF DOING LESS. AND DOES IT RATHER WELL.
