A three-bedroom villa designed by Matteo Thun. CreditSigna

A cluster of contemporary homes designed by star architects are set to rival the grand villas here that once housed the likes of the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and Mussolini’s mistress.Villa Eden Gardone, on Lake Garda’s southwestern coast, was created by the Signa Group, an Austrian development company. The group invested 65 million euros, or $83.8 million, to commission David Chipperfield, Matteo Thun, Richard Meier and the Austrian firm Sphere to design a community of 11 freehold villas and a four-apartment clubhouse.

Construction began in June 2012, and is scheduled to be completed next spring. Prices range from €2 million to €15 million, and eight of the units are already sold.“The facilities’ concept was to be comparable to an art exhibition, curated with homogeneity, a united ensemble,” said Markus Mitterrutzner, the project’s managing director. “So an elite group of top names were needed for the execution.”.....Continue Reading

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