Photo: This eco-friendly house on Cleopatra's Island in Turkey was a gift from Naomi Campbell's Russian billionaire boyfriend.
Photo: Luis de Garrido
The resulting eye-shaped, dome-shaped house has no less than 25 bedrooms and five lounges. If the world ends, Campbell and Doronin and a few dozen of their lucky friends just might be able to survive.
*Photo: The glass-domed, 25-bedroom, "horus" eye-shaped home invites natural light to illuminate and warm the home.
Photo: Luis de Garrido
A representative of architect Luis de Garrido’s firm noted that the structure is “not an expensive house, compared with the level of this kind of house. That is, we can demonstrate that a completely sustainable building [might] be really inexpensive, and also that a self-sufficient building could be obtained by a not too much additional cost (due to a well-studied bioclimatic design).”
Turkey’s Sedir Island, aka Cleopatra Island, has been a resort destination in the Gulf of Gökova since ancient Roman times. The sand on Cleopatra Beach is said to be exceptional, and different from other nearby beaches. Local legend has it that Mark Antony imported the sand especially for Cleopatra herself, who would not set foot on any land that wasn’t Egyptian.
The black outline making up most of the eye design is comprised of photovoltaic panels, which works in combination with the geothermal system to provide all of the energy needed for the house.
*Photo: This exotic yet eco-friendly home has an innovative, photovoltaic-equipped lighting system.
Photo: Luis de Garrido