La Voile, the former home of architect Norman Foster on the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat peninsula, has come to market for €29.5 million. The house began as a modest 1950s building before Foster transformed it between 1999 and 2002. Set into the hillside above the Mediterranean, the five-storey structure is framed in steel, with large areas of glazing opening its interiors towards the sea.
Photography: courtesy of Savills French Riviera
Photography: courtesy of Savills French Riviera
Photography: courtesy of Savills French Riviera
Photography: courtesy of Savills French Riviera
Its name refers to the retractable canvas sails suspended from curved steel arches above the house. Inside, rooms are organised around a four-storey atrium crossed by suspended walkways. A two-storey library occupies another part of the plan, and British artist Richard Long created a mudwork directly on one of the walls.
The four bedrooms are positioned on the lower level, with the main living spaces above. Terraces occupy several levels of the site, and a swimming pool is set into the roof beneath the sail structure. The house sits directly on the waterfront, with private access to the Mediterranean below.
