Villa Diamond – A Statement Villa on Korčula Island

Villa Diamond sits on a hillside above Žrnovo on Korčula, overlooking the Pelješac peninsula. The architecture is the first thing that hits you – a sharp angular structure with pointed edges, where panels painted in different shades create a three-dimensional diamond effect across the facade. Inside, the interiors match the ambition: grey Chesterfield sofas, sculptural chandeliers, large-scale abstract paintings in every room, and bedrooms with blue velvet upholstery and open-plan bathrooms. There are two separate units under one roof, each with its own pool, bedrooms, living areas and terraces – effectively two villas in a single project.

Two days, every angle of light

We shot over two days in October, and the conditions were far from ideal. The front of the house faces northeast, so the sun spent most of the day behind the building. That meant working around every usable window – dawn sessions to catch the same quality of light as the evening ones, interiors through midday when direct light wasn’t an option outdoors, then back outside for golden hour and twilight from every angle I planned. With two units, two pools, and almost a hundred final images to deliver, the schedule was relentless.

The twilight sessions made the project. The LED-lit steps, the pool glow, that faceted roofline against a pink and purple sky – those are the hero shots that sell a property like this. The aerials gave the full picture: the diamond shapes visible from above, two pools on different levels, the hillside setting with the sea beyond. Villa Diamond is the kind of project where the architecture does half the work, you just need to choose the right moments.

Architecture & interior design: Mario Furčić