Max guests
4
Designed by Cretan architect Miron Houlakis and Simon Dahlmeier and completed in 2024, the H-shaped exposed-concrete bungalow divides into two volumes connected by a glazed corridor, one holding an open-plan living room with fireplace and library alongside a kitchen connected through an elongated window to its outdoor counterpart, the other holding two bedrooms with floor-to-ceiling glazing that turns the Ida Mountains into a natural cinema, with two inner courtyards, a long panoramic pool, and a photovoltaic system that produces more electricity than the house consumes.
Overview
The Location
Set in an olive grove on the south coast of Crete near the hilltop village of Kamilari, with the Messara plain stretching out as a green carpet of olive groves and orchards toward the majestic Psiloritis peak of the Ida Mountains to the north, Olive Garden Bungalow looks out across the landscape from a quiet rural setting close to the beaches at Kommos, Afrathias, and Kalamaki.
