The new guesthouse on the Island of Bequia in the Caribbean nestles in a coconut palm grove on the beach, benefiting from sea-breezes and making the most of views across to Mustique.

The new guesthouse on the Island of Bequia in the Caribbean nestles in a coconut palm grove on the beach, benefiting from sea-breezes and making the most of views across to Mustique.

The new guesthouse on the Island of Bequia in the Caribbean nestles in a coconut palm grove on the beach, benefiting from sea-breezes and making the most of views across to Mustique.

The design of the building is intimately connected to its setting amongst the palm trees in the variety and arrangement of spaces, the rhythms of the balustrades, and in the imprints of palm fronds cast into the concrete ceilings.

The design of the building is intimately connected to its setting amongst the palm trees in the variety and arrangement of spaces, the rhythms of the balustrades, and in the imprints of palm fronds cast into the concrete ceilings.

The design of the building is intimately connected to its setting amongst the palm trees in the variety and arrangement of spaces, the rhythms of the balustrades, and in the imprints of palm fronds cast into the concrete ceilings.

The building uses the best of local materials and skills in a way that is unfamiliar but closely tuned to the setting and climate. The house suits a wide variety of uses: it can be thrown wide open, rooms opening at their corner by means of sliding slatted timber walls, or be shuttered up tightly against a storm and the drawbridge raised. Kilburn Nightingale designed much of the furniture which was locally made.

The building uses the best of local materials and skills in a way that is unfamiliar but closely tuned to the setting and climate. The house suits a wide variety of uses: it can be thrown wide open, rooms opening at their corner by means of sliding slatted timber walls, or be shuttered up tightly against a storm and the drawbridge raised. Kilburn Nightingale designed much of the furniture which was locally made.

The building uses the best of local materials and skills in a way that is unfamiliar but closely tuned to the setting and climate. The house suits a wide variety of uses: it can be thrown wide open, rooms opening at their corner by means of sliding slatted timber walls, or be shuttered up tightly against a storm and the drawbridge raised. Kilburn Nightingale designed much of the furniture which was locally made.