Villa Atoll is a villa built around water, on Co To Island in Vietnam. Five pavilions are set in a circle around a large round pool, like the islands of an atoll around their lagoon. Every room opens wide onto this central basin: you sleep, cook, dine and gather outdoors, around the fire, in a sunken lounge set into the terrace.
Hence the name: an atoll is a ring of land surrounding calm water. Here, it is the entire life of the house that forms a circle around the pool. Light stone, wood, rattan and linen, beneath dense tropical vegetation, keep the whole house warm and open to nature.