ραστώνη

Sweet idleness,
on Antiparos.

A private retreat of four design-led residences shaped from the sun, the earth and the Aegean wind. Devoted to the Greek art of doing wonderfully little.

The Rastonee silhouette glimpsed through wild Cycladic grasses.
- A house, slowed down

There is a Greek word for the way an afternoon should feel.

Ραστώνη - rastonee - is the soft, untranslatable hour when the cicadas hush and the marble cools and nothing whatsoever is required of you. Not yet. Not really.

Rastonee is built around this notion. A private compound of four independent residences set into the gentle Cycladic landscape of Antiparos - shaped by natural vegetation, low stone walls and an open relationship with the sea. Written in white lime, sun-bleached oak and one perfect circle of sky.

Our quiet manifesto

Less itinerary, more sunlight. Less concept, more shade. A quiet balance between geometry and naturalness, between the clarity of the white volume and the liveliness of the curve - rooms that hold the calmness and privacy they were built around.

- The makers of Rastonee
A whitewashed courtyard with a sea-facing arch and Cycladic grasses.
- I. The geometry of stillness

Where the cube meets the curve.

Curated by gnb architects, Rastonee begins with a careful reading of its site. A soft, silent curve runs through the plot - in the round Cycladic shrubs, the gentle movement of the ground, the way the eye drifts toward the sea. The architecture answers it with the clean cubic volumes of the Aegean: white prisms, arched passages, semicircular gestures, and wooden shading frames that meet the curve in a calm, almost natural balance. Neither geometry insists. They simply coexist.

A curved iroko pergola sheltering a poolside dining nook.
- II. The honest materials

White plaster, wood, stone, breeze.

The palette stays simple and clear: white lime plaster, wooden frames, wooden pergolas that will silver under two summers of sun, and exposed Cycladic stonework. The surrounding landscape keeps its natural character - low stone walls, wild grasses, circular shrubs - so the compound feels less placed upon the site than emerged from it. The artificial things are kept to a small, embarrassed minimum.

A whitewashed arch and breeze-block wall at the entrance to a residence.
- III. The arrival

You come in through the in-between.

Particular care is given to the spaces between: the passage from the entrance to the courtyard, from the interior to the pool, from light into shadow. These are not corridors but small scenes of habitation - each with its own privacy, view, protection and atmosphere.

“Part kinetic composition, part painterly balance - a freer Mediterranean plasticity of form, light and shadow.” - Rastonee in plan
- Four rooms, four rhythms

Each residence was drawn for one particular hour of the day.

Four autonomous residences, terraced into the hill around one shared courtyard. Single-level main living over a flexible 25 m² lower level - a second life for entertainment, cinema, play or quiet work, at the owner's discretion. Each has its own private courtyard, pergola and pool, two bedrooms, two ensuite bathrooms, and an open kitchen and living room. No simple repetition - a freer volumetric arrangement of cubic volumes, subtle curves and small spatial gestures. Choose your light.

Pool terrace at midday with a wooden pergola and breeze-block screen.
N° 01 · Morning room

Aurora

Northeast corner. The pool faces east, so it catches the first light over Despotiko. Two bedrooms along the north edge, two ensuite baths, an open kitchen and living that spills onto the pergola.

2 bd · 2 ba4 guests
Curved pergola over an outdoor lounge by a pool with distant sea.
N° 02 · Midday room

Meridian

Southeast corner, with its own pergola opening onto the shared courtyard. The kitchen and living are long and bright; the pool sits on the east flank. Built to hold the brightest part of the day.

2 bd · 2 ba4 guests
Long pool facing the sea, with parasol and lounge chairs.
N° 03 · Evening room

Vesper

West side. The pool runs north-south so it holds the last hour of light. Two bedrooms, two baths and a kitchen/living oriented to the sunset.

2 bd · 2 ba4 guests
A curved iroko pergola sheltering a quiet terrace.
N° 04 · Quiet room

Nocturne

Northwest, set deepest into the hill with a circular pergola of its own. Two bedrooms, two baths, a shared kitchen and living. Built for low light, hot afternoons and very long sleeps.

2 bd · 2 ba4 guests
“A low white line along the road - easy to miss, hard to leave.” - Approaching from the south
Aerial view of Rastonee tucked into Antiparos hills, surrounded by olive shrub and quiet roads.
- Antiparos, the small one

A smaller island, deliberately.

Antiparos is the quiet sibling of Paros - twenty minutes across the channel by ferry, several centuries calmer. No big hotels. No nightlife to speak of. Just whitewashed lanes, eight perfect beaches, a marble cave older than mythology, and the kind of taverna that closes when the owner feels like swimming.

  • Apantima beach4 min on foot
  • Antiparos village (Chora)9 min by car
  • The Cave of Antiparos14 min by car
  • Despotiko archaeological site20 min by boat
  • Athens airport via Paros55 min flight
Find us Open in Google Maps 36.978°N · 25.029°E
- Where we are

Rastonee is being built, slowly and on purpose.

Each room takes the time it needs. We open the doors when they are ready, and not a day before.

2025 · Winter Designs & permits
2026 · Spring (now) Foundations & walls
2026 · Autumn Interiors & lime
2027 · Spring First guests
- Opening Spring 2027

Leave us your name. We'll write when the lime is dry.

A short, infrequent letter - once a season, never more - with construction notes, opening dates and the chance to book before reservations open publicly.

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