Nava

Nava is the rare Bingin villa that reads as architecture rather than décor. Two storeys of clean white volumes cantilever over a courtyard pool, broken by timber screens and a wall of glass blocks that throws pattern across the floor as the sun moves. A sculptural curved staircase winds up through a round skylight, and the whole house is composed rather than decorated.

Living spaces run bright and open, with full-height glass folding back to the pool along one side. The kitchen sits behind a stone counter with rattan stools, the dining table beside it, and the upstairs lounge catches the sunset through west-facing glass — which is where the villa earns its keep at the end of a day in the water.

Three bedrooms are arranged as two kings and one twin, which makes Nava unusually flexible for six: two couples and a pair of friends, or a family with older children who want their own beds. Each has a bathroom finished in pale stone with twin timber vanities, and there is a compact gym off the ground floor. Bingin’s cafés, warungs and surf breaks are minutes away.