The Skyline
Now 80% balcony.
There was a time when the island’s skyline was a low golden line of domes and bastions, broken only by the occasional church spire. We are pleased to report that this problem has been comprehensively solved.
Today’s skyline is a richer, busier composition: a serrated horizon of party walls, lift overruns and cantilevered balconies stacked like drawers left open in a hurry. Each new tower considerately blocks the view of the last, ensuring that no single building hogs the sunset for long. It is democracy, expressed in reinforced concrete.
Best appreciated from a distance (ideally from a boat, or another island) where the full sweep reveals itself: the render in nine slightly different whites, the rooftop water tanks catching the light, the forest of aerials and the one stubborn old house holding out in the middle like a tooth that refuses to fall.
Photographers, take note: the golden hour now lasts roughly four minutes before a tower gets in the way. Work quickly.
Timeless? The skyline changes monthly. But it is never, ever boring.
