After a short climb, the noise of the traffic is left far behind and a final twist in the track reveals a breathtaking view westwards across the bay and a grove of coconut palms, silhouetted against the sky. On closer inspection a platoon of black columns can be discerned among the coconut trunks, a thin horizontal roof floating amongst their fronds: a simple pleasure pavilion stands on a stepped
plinth. The roof is a galvanized steel deck sloping gently southwards and supported on three rows of six concrete-encased columns: there are no walls, no doors, no windows, no shutters. Part of the plinth is raised to accommodate a lower bedroom level and this raised area creates a place for sitting, while the lower floor is dominated by a huge dining table that rests on an old electricity generator, a remnant from the original bungalow. An enclosed stairway leads down to a half-buried space containing service areas and bedrooms that open onto a lower courtyard. London: Thames and Hudson
