In 2020, artist and designer Charlotte Taylor and architect Riccardo Fornoni unveiled Villa Saraceni. The sculptural, seemingly floating ocean-side home, nestled into the bright-white cliffs of Scala dei Turchi in southern Sicily “went semi-viral”, says Taylor. They were soon inundated with messages about the project. “We had loads of photoshoot requests,” Taylor recalls. “People were asking us if they could rent the villa,” adds Fornoni. Meanwhile, others got in touch…

