Luxury Villa Architect in Bali

A private villa is the project where the plot decides almost everything. Antonio Rutilio, an Italian architect and civil engineer based in Ubud, designs villas on Bali from the first reading of the land to coordination on site: the concept, the technical drawings, the permit documentation with local licensed partners, the interiors and the follow-up during construction.

This page is about villas specifically. For the studio's work across the island — resorts, apartments and developments as well — see the page for an architect in Bali.

What a villa in Bali has to get right

Most good villa plots on Bali are not flat and not simple. A clifftop site on the Bukit peninsula, a river valley in Ubud and a rice-field terrace in Tabanan each ask a different question: where the building steps down, where the view actually opens, how the wind and the afternoon sun reach the living spaces, and how the rain leaves the site in February.

The design answers those questions before it answers questions of style. Orientation, cross ventilation, deep roof overhangs and shaded openings keep the house comfortable with less mechanical cooling. Materials are chosen for how they age in humidity and salt air, not only for how they look on the first day. And because many villas on Bali are also rented, the plan is drawn for housekeeping, maintenance and staff circulation as well as for the owner.

Villa design services

• Land and feasibility review before purchase: what the plot allows, access, slope, setbacks
• Concept design with plans, sections and a first 3D model
• Design development, technical drawings and material specifications
• Structural and MEP coordination with engineers
• Permit documentation (PBG) prepared with licensed Indonesian professionals
• Interior design, developed together with the architecture
• Landscape and pool coordination
• Tender, contractor selection and construction coordination
• 3D visualisation, VR and virtual tours for design review and sales

Design and build, or architect-led?

Many owners look for a single "design and build" company. The studio works differently: it designs the villa, prepares the documentation, helps choose the contractor through a tender and then coordinates the construction, checking that what is built matches what was designed and specified. The owner keeps one point of reference, while the contract for the works is with a builder selected for that project.

Villa projects on Bali

Each project has its own page, and the description says what the studio did, as stated there.

• Kemenuh Villa — Kemenuh, Ubud. A three-bedroom villa with 230 m² of interior space and 380 m² of outdoor living. Architecture, structure, MEP, interiors and permit.
• Balangan Villa — Balangan. A development of private villas on the southern coast. Architecture, structure, MEP, interiors and permit.
• Sanur Cassandra — Sanur. A collection of nine private villas with courtyards and pools.
• White Residence — Pandawa. Contemporary villas; architecture and visualisation.
• Villa Sundays — Uluwatu. A contemporary tropical residence; the studio's role was 3D modelling and visualisation.

Outside Bali, the studio has also designed Villa Sumba Sundagatt, a private villa on the coast of Sumba. Projects elsewhere in the archipelago are on the page for an architect in Indonesia.

How a villa project runs

1. Site and brief. A visit or a remote review of the plot, the programme, the budget and the timeline.
2. Concept. Plans, massing and a 3D model, so the idea can be judged before full design starts.
3. Design development. Interiors, materials, structure and services, tested in 3D.
4. Permits and documentation. Drawings that match what will be built, submitted with licensed local partners.
5. Tender and construction. Contractor selection, then site coordination until handover.

What will it cost?

The cost of a villa depends on the plot, the size, the level of finish, the pool and landscape, the structure and how remote the site is. For a first, non-binding range use the project estimator; the guide how to build a villa in Bali explains the steps and the variables behind the numbers. A real figure comes after a conversation about the actual land and brief — send us the details.