Luxury Life & Style - (Page 24) Tony aShai’S SToried TuScan STyLe While touring the mansions outside of florence, he Was captivated by their sense of history. Tony and his brother Arthur are the founding Principals of Ashai Design Corporation in Torrance, the firm responsible for not only some of Southern California’s most luxurious homes, but two Italianate locales in Dubai as well. The first, aptly named Dubai Lifestyle City, is a residential sports community in which large piazzas and winding cobblestone streets lend an unmistakably Florentine flair to 68 Tuscan-inspired villas that are surrounded by state-of-the-art amenities: four- and five-star hotels, as well as a sports complex, theater, shopping plaza, tennis courts and golf courses. The Dubai World Islands development capitalizes on Dubai’s growing reputation as a travel destination with its 180 villas and vacation homes. For Tony, who graduated from the Le Corbusier School of Architecture at the age of 19, the joy he finds in all of his projects lies in addressing those details that both elevate the human experience and imbue it with a sense of whimsicality. It is immediately evident that Tony spared none of his renowned creativity when building the home he shares with wife, Jamila, and their two children, as to walk through it feels not unlike a journey through time. This, of course, was Tony’s intention. While touring the mansions outside of Florence, he was captivated by their sense of history. There, many of the grand villas that dot the landscape began as simple box-like structures that were added onto over the course of hundreds of years. The resulting homes have a very textured aesthetic, replete with courtyards and unexpected spaces that evoke the earthy terrain and invite their inhabit- 24 Luxury Life & Style May/June 2008
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