Welcome to this incredible villa in Greece overlooking an olive tree grove and the sea. USP architects created a rustic but airy interior taking advantage of the warm climate and incredible views throughout.

Big enough to be a villa, it retains the cozy “farmhouse” look and feel while offering its owners luxurious elements such as soaring ceilings, stunning interiors and large pool with deck which can be enjoyed much of the year.

Here are the villa’s design details:

Year: 2021
Area: 250sqm.
Location: Corfu, Greece
Photographer: Kimberley Powell
Architect: USP
Partners in Charge: Kostas Floros, Maria Tsaftari
Lead Architects: Dimitra Parathira, Aliki Varlamidi, Irini Sgouridou
Design Team: Simos Antoniadis, Zacharias Kechagioglou, Chrysanthi Kalafati, Maria Koukoutsi, Meni Kontakioti, Konstantina Tsirogianni, Myrto Tempelopoulou

The Barn House is located in the extensive olive grove of the area, close to the sea. — Front view of the villa with gate and entrance to the property.

The cathedral-beamed ceiling living room. — Stunning two-story living room with exposed wood beams, rustic design with loads of light.

The open kitchen and the dining area. — Spacious rustic dining room.

The staircase in between the bricks wall and wooden beams.

The bedroom with unique cladding that serves as the head board. — Fabulous earthy but luxurious master bedroom.

A bedroom with double doors leading to the pool area. — Double doors from the master out onto the sizeable pool deck overlooking the olive tree grove and the sea.

The corridor in between the three areas of the building.

The enclosed courtyard to the outdoor areas in front of the house, and the pool. — Snapshot of the grounds and landscaping designed for a dry climate.

An elongated radiant swimming pool. — The long inground pool and large patio overlooking the sea.

The pergola offers a protected area for outdoor cooking and dining.

An aerial view of the Barn House with swimming pool. — Aerial top-down view of this villa and grounds.

A barn house located in the extensive olive grove of the area, close to the sea. — Aerial view of this Greek villa with view of sprawling olive tree grove and sea off into the distance.

This countryside residence in the northern part of Corfu is located in the extensive olive grove of the area, close to the sea. The plot is elongated, widened in its first, highest part, close to the road and therefore at its entrance, where the house is located.

The shape of the plot and the opening to the view of the olive grove, led to its almost inevitable placement in this widened part of it.

The architectural idea for the composition of a complex of buildings, starting from the archetypal structure of barn houses, with main and auxiliary buildings around an enclosed courtyard, high walls, combined with morphological elements of Corfu stems from the intention to design a house expressing the genius loci.

The complex consists of the main stone main building of double height, with a gabled roof, which includes the living room, the open kitchen and the dining area, a two-storey building, which includes bedrooms, and an independent ground floor building that houses the hostel.

The relation between the three buildings is defined by the orthogonal placement of the two; the building of the rooms, and the central with the living spaces, which are connected by an entrance corridor, while the guest room is rotated, for reasons of privacy.

This displacement leaves α passage through the back, enclosed courtyard to the outdoor areas in front of the house, and the pool.

The backyard is essentially the core of the house, through which the outdoor parking and entrance are accessible and a pergola offers a protected area for outdoor cooking and dining. Alongside the long facade of the complex, an elongated radiant swimming pool is placed, painted in a sub-green tone.

The materials used are the stone in the building and the flooring, the colored plaster, the wooden roof, the paneled wooden frames, and a mosaic floor with tiles in the colors of the earth.