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 News from Around Banderas Bay | July 2007 
ICON Vallarta to Showcase Artistry of Yoo by Philippe Starck
 Lisa Ianucci - Multi-Housing News
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| | Design by Yoo by Philippe Starck introduces signature flair to Latin America market for first time, displaying uniquely tailored design concepts. |
Puerto Vallarta - Yoo by Philippe Starck will lend its design artistry to ICON Vallarta, a new $200-million luxury condominium development by Related International, located on four acres of oceanfront property in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Yoo by Philippe Starck is an international branding, design and investment property company. ICON Vallarta will also include the architecture of Arquitectonica, an architecture, interior design and planning firm led by Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear, and it is scheduled to break ground later this year.
The ICON Vallarta will include 336 one-, two- and three-bedroom condos, many with private elevators. The community will also feature seven two-story, two-bedroom villas with private roof top terraces. Prices will range from the low $200,000s to $1 million. The residences include large living rooms; floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors opening onto outdoor living terraces; ocean and mountain views; Italian-designed kitchens with stainless steel appliances; and stone-clad bathrooms.
A hacienda-style wall will enclose the project, and the entryway to the towers will be through a lushly landscaped private drive and a porte-cochere in the front tower.
The design pays tribute to both modern and traditional Mexico, but will also retain the trendy, hip and modern flavor of The Related Group’s other ICON properties, ICON Brickell and ICON South Beach in Miami. ICON Vallarta, located near the cobblestone streets, traditional festivals and open markets of Puerto Vallarta, will incorporate authentic Mexican touches such as sculpture in the exterior gardens, a native felled tree in the lobby and an openness that celebrates the seaside location.
“I imagine residents will feel a little like Alice in Wonderland,” says Philippe Starck, YOO creative director. “Especially in the gourmet restaurant, where 30-ft. trees sit in enormous red pots and a long white table invites all to share a sunset repast."
Some of Starck’s unique design elements will include a shallow pool that will flow through the lobby of the first tower; a bistro and bar with tables set within the water of a second pool; and a third pool that will appear to flow over its infinity-edge into the Pacific Ocean. |
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