LushDevelopments: The Domaine de Lavagnac, Southern France

2 December, 2008

by Nicole.C

(Above: The Chateau at Lavagnac)

The Domaine de Lavagnac is a luxury development in the south of France, situated between Montepellier and Béziers. With luxury homes, an 18-hole golf course and golf club, as well as luxury spa, all surrounding the 400 year old chateau known as the ‘Versailles of Languedoc’ – now to be fully restored as a 5-star luxury hotel.

A mixture of history and modernity, as the Chateau boasts beautiful formal gardens reflective of the French sense of beauty and style, along with minimalist architecture of glass, oak, limestone and other natural materials in the modern homes available.

“What we really wanted to get across in the design of these houses was that they are very much within the south of France. The president of the French planning commission insisted that we avoid pastiche designs – and instead go for a more contemporary look. And this freed us to design houses that help you make the most of the way of life in the south – designs that invite the outside in – by creating large openings that allow you to access outside areas. We then went on to create very airy, spacious and bright properties with very large windows.”