Entries on L'Amandier from February 2009

Starting the villa finishings

Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on February 26th, 2009 · Leave a comment

The vision for the L’Amandier villas is well underway and quickly taking shape. It definitely felt this way during a recent visit to the site when Echarif presented us with the first échantillons (samples) of some of the finishings we will be using to create the contemporary villas with a Moroccan twist. Decisions, decisions on [...]

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Divine

Posted by anwarhk on February 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments so far

Water. How this basic resource is taken for granted. Water feeds the vegetables which Said’s father is lovingly growing on the L’Amandier site, water brings the cement to life, water quenches the thirst of our building team who work from the moment the sun hits the land to the moment it dips behind the mountain. [...]

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Architect site visit (11 Feb)

Posted by Mikaela (Morocco based) on February 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment so far

Phew! This week has been hectic. It was always inevitable. Anwar and Nick arrived Tuesday morning for a flying visit. Armed with a sandwich, Nick jumped straight in the car with Echarif (our contractor and truly excellent guy) and headed for the hills of Ouirgane. We followed on their heels the next morning with suncream [...]

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