Hand-carved teak detail, Bali workshop
The craft
An open-air layout, hand-carved detail and hardwood built to last — and how we carry that from our Bali workshop to your site.
Balinese home design is built around the outdoors, not away from it. A home in this style opens onto its surroundings rather than sealing them out: covered decks that blur the line between inside and out, carved screens that let in light and air, and a roofline built to work with a tropical climate rather than fight it. That openness only works with the right materials and the right joinery, which is why Balinese design and Balinese craft are hard to separate from each other.
Teak
A dense, oil-rich hardwood that resists rot, insects and warping without chemical treatment. It weathers to a silver-grey outdoors or keeps its warm brown tone when oiled, and it's the wood most associated with traditional Balinese carving.
Reclaimed ironwood (ulin)
Among the densest and most durable hardwoods used in construction, naturally resistant to rot, termites and standing water, which is why it shows up in decking, posts and anything close to the ground.
Benkirai
A yellow balau hardwood used for outdoor structures and decking, harder and more affordable than teak, used where structural strength matters more than fine carving.
Every villa we build is joined the traditional way, wedged and pegged rather than nailed, so the whole structure can be taken apart, shipped across the world, and raised again exactly as drawn. Our workshop in Bali, led by master craftsman Agus, has spent a decade refining that process.
In practice, that's five stages: villa design, prefabrication, shipping and clearance, local construction, and delivery.
Villa design happens entirely in-house, with architectural drawings, 3D renderings and a full on-site assembly manual. Prefabrication means the timber is sourced and kiln-dried, then the full structure is built once in our Bali workshop. Shipping and clearance covers packing, ocean freight and customs, which we handle ourselves. Local construction is ours to manage in Costa Rica and Panama, or yours elsewhere, with a detailed assembly manual and remote or on-site guidance. Delivery is the completed villa, handed over, ready to live in.
Our own work, built this way and shipped from our Bali workshop, stands across Costa Rica and Panama: Nayara Bocas del Toro, a private-island resort of 16 over-the-water Balinese-inspired villas, recognized as one of AFAR's Best New Hotels in the World; Uvita Bali Bosque, a boutique eco-lodge built villa by villa in the Costa Rican rainforest; Selva Armonía, two Deluxe Bali Villas set above Uvita on Costa Rica's Pacific coast; and a private octagon villa in Uvita, built around a fully carved centerpiece.
Yes. Outside Bali, our clearest examples are in Costa Rica and Panama, including Nayara Bocas del Toro, Uvita Bali Bosque and Selva Armonía.
From our workshop to your site in six to eight months.
Custom villas price from $1,200 per square metre. See the Custom Villa page and catalogue for details.
