Five Airy Bedrooms Off the Coast of Thailand
$1.62 MILLION (50 MILLION THAI BAHT)
This contemporary five-bedroom house sits on two hilltop acres in Taling Ngam, offering panoramic views of the Gulf of Thailand from the island of Koh Samui, 10 miles off the southeast coast of Thailand.
Called Quartz House, the three-story home is built into the rock with seams of crystalline quartz forming the interior walls of rooms on the first and second floors, said the owner, Hugh Kingsley-Heath, who designed and built the house, completing it in 2015.
The top floor of the 8,611-square-foot house is largely open-air, including two pavilions topped with angled wood roofs supported by V-shaped columns.
“The top floor just has lots of glass and 360-degree views,” Mr. Kingsley-Heath said. “However, the downstairs are quite dramatic too, with sea views on one side and the crystal quartz as a back…
