Hotels, villas, and short-stay apartments across the Baltics, Sicily, and Finnish Lapland. A decade of work, informed by sixty countries on the road.
I develop the kinds of places I would travel to find.
Sixty countries in, I noticed a pattern. The places that stayed with me weren't the loud ones. They were the quiet, considered ones, where someone had clearly thought hard about every choice. For ten years now I've been trying to build that kind of place myself. First in Lithuania, then Italy, Finland and Latvia.
The work spans two streams. Real estate for living, in Lithuania and as second homes in Italy. And hospitality, short-stay units in Vilnius, Kaunas and Riga, a hotel project in Catania, Sicily, and a thirty two villa resort by a river in Finnish Lapland.
A quiet luxury nature resort by the Kitinen river. Thirty two riverside villas with private saunas, framed Northern Lights, and curated Arctic experiences from the door. noavillas.fi →
In operationA hundred and fifty room hotel in northern Finland. A larger Lapland chapter, the same arctic stillness as Noa, opened up to more guests.
In progressA hotel project in the Sicilian capital. Lava stone underfoot, Etna in the distance, the slower rhythm of the south built into the brief.
In progressTwo buildings in central Riga, more than seventy short-stay units in total, walking distance from the old town and the river.
In operationFifty five short-stay units in operation across the two cities, with another seventy under development. UNESCO modernist Kaunas, the six-century courtyards of old Vilnius.
In operationA ninety apartment residential development on the Lithuanian coast. Designed, built, sold, closed. menuliosodai.lt →
SoldA hundred private houses near Vilnius, designed for first-time buyers. A different brief from hospitality, the same idea, places people want to spend years in, not just nights.
In progressAn apartment building and private villas across Italy, for buyers looking for a second home in the south.
In progress
Between chapters of work, I'm open to any adventure, an expedition to Antarctica, the summit of Kilimanjaro, days on horseback across the wild landscapes of Kyrgyzstan. Always open to bold suggestions for what's next.
The places that mattered to me on the road never announced themselves. They just made me slower, kinder, and a little reluctant to leave.