2015 Winner – Beach House

BEACH HOUSE, POINT OF SAND, LITTLE CAYMAN

Owner: Raoul Pal

Designer: Edgewater Developments Ltd

Engineer: Hue Lyew Chin Structural Engineering Ltd

Contractor: Edgewater Development Ltd

MEP: Corporate Electrical Ltd

Nominated by: Edgewater Development Ltd (Kris Bergstrom)

Tranquil, remote and mercifully undeveloped, few who visit Little Cayman fail to be charmed by this tiny isle. The owner of the Beach House was no exception. A ten year, worldwide search for the ideal piece of island beach ended the day he set foot on its sandy shores.

Pristine natural assets – both underwater and on land – combined with first-world connectivity and the all the services and the convenience of Grand Cayman just a short hop away, put the island of Little Cayman in a class of its own.

Hunkered down amongst the sea grape trees, and set back from the pink-hued sands at the far eastern end of Little Cayman, the Beach House is everything its owner had envisioned. Concealed from the road and only partially visible from the beach, the home’s muted hardwood exterior and elevated single story design lend it an unassuming, almost invisible air. Inside, however, it’s a showstopper…