The snow has almost disappeared from the surrounding mountains and the temperature has risen, but the flowers remain in full colour. And we’ve been snagging on site, and more. I’m happy that the electrics are now positioned correctly and the bathroom countertops are at the correct height (ahem…we had to pull one down and start [...]

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There’s a little journey I’d like to take you on; if you are willing? It starts on a roadside about 4 kilometers outside of Marrakech, and finishes at L’Amandier and the brick-encased stair tower of villa 5. The vision is that the villas rise up out of the red earth and become a natural part [...]

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When I first heard the term, gros œuvre , I thought, given my non-too-perfect French, that I had misheard and we were talking about a ‘large egg’. In retrospect this was not far off the mark, as it actually refers to ‘the shell’; the stage in the construction of a building that you achieve before [...]

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