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Elbow Cay Residence

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Bjorn Verlinde
Bjorn Verlinde Founder at Studio Bjorn Verlinde
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Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg Partner at Ester Bruzkus Architekten
The curving fronts make for nice pi...
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Katerina Kavazi
Katerina Kavazi Founder at K. Kavazi Interior Design Studio
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Amir Idiatulin
Amir Idiatulin Founder at IND Architects
5.93
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5.96
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy Principal, Interior Design Director at CLB Architects
3.18
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Sarah Nabih Nasif
Sarah Nabih Nasif Lecturer at October University for modern Science and Arts (MSA)
A good way to get rid of long borin...
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Phillip Tefft
Phillip Tefft Founding Director at Ralph Appelbaum Associates London Studio
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Maja Kozel
Maja Kozel Senior Interior Architect at iL Office
That corridor looks wicked! But I d...
4.17
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Alessandro Pulina
Alessandro Pulina Founder and Chief Interior Designer at Pulina Exclusive Interiors
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Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim Architect and Professor at A+U Lab and Pusan National University
4.88
5.93
5.21
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5.26
Ray An Chuang
Ray An Chuang Executive VP & Managing Partner at Cheng Chung Design
5.31
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5.6
4.88
5.62
Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson Strategy Director at Amplify
5.93
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Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner Founder at Edmund Sumner Photography
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5.59
5.82
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5.26
Jing Xu
Jing Xu Cofounder at Shanghai Neobio Enterprise Management
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5.84
5.77
5.6
Michael Lam
Michael Lam Founder and Creative Director at Design Plus Design
6.41
5.14
4.85
5.08
5.37
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Private
Floor area
975 ㎡
Completion
2024
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This beach house on an ‘out-island’ of The Bahamas represents the expression of “variety, freedom, expansiveness and love of the physical world” which the architect and educator Harwell Hamilton Harris described in his 1954 lecture on regionalism.

The Elbow Cay Residence is not beholden unto strict historic guidelines nor does it attempt to simply replicate Caribbean architectural typologies. Instead, it draws upon the characteristics of the architecture that came before it and uses those attributes as an abstract guide. Regional modernism does not have a notable track record in The Bahamas, however, Elbow Cay Residence certainly exemplifies the synthesis of continuity, tradition and optimism which are the hallmarks of the regional approach.

The resultant design inextricably and pleasantly connects its inhabitants with the tropical environment of this island nation. As such, a strong emphasis was placed on maximizing the experience for its inhabitants. Cross-ventilation and sea-to-sea views dominate the design while an exclusive master suite with private rooftop terrace and garden occupies the upper level of the main home. The property will also contain a separate guest residence on the shallow sea side of the property with boat dock access.