Ani Villas, two modern luxury villas of 3,000-4,000 square feet each, reside on a 1 ½ acre plot that slopes up to a sheer, stone promontory, overlooking Little Bay to the west on Anguilla’s north coast.  They include soaring indoor-outdoor living spaces with breathtaking views of the sea and the sky.  Each villa has four bedrooms with a detached office/guest area, and site amenities include a tennis court, a viewing pavilion and a cliff-top pool and deck area.  The white, modern structures – a series of stacked rectangular layers, forming subtly ascending levels and varying sized balconies and infilled with glass – appear like beacons atop the cliff and position themselves within the tradition of tropical modern architecture. 

By day, their stark white open forms speak of look-outs and landmarks. By night, they evoke lighthouses, lanterns and the warm light of welcome.  The villas are approached from the land, and there is no immediate hint of the precipitous position of the houses. In fact, they loom, land-bound and somewhat formal in appearance. Their materials derive from the traditions of the Caribbean, and they grow out of the ground: white stucco planes and volumes, aggregating like the rough terrain around them, emerging from rocky bases, and de-materializing into the sky with the lightness of weathered wood screens and trellises. A gently ascending pathway greets you, and the emergence of water and the gradual sense of welcome and protection accompany the transition from outside to inside.