Designed by the French architect Raphaëlle Segond on the heights Grimaud, just along from Saint Tropez on the French Riviera, this contemporary house has recently come onto the market for an asking price of $4,902,000 (just over £3.2 million). Maison Beauvallon was completed in 2011 and takes advantage of views from the terrace across the Gulf of Saint Tropez. The house itself is 2,700 square feet over two levels and sits within a garden planted with oaks and arbutus of 25,725 square feet. The house comprises five bedrooms, one separate from the house in the grounds, as well as an entrance hall, kitchen, dining room and two bright rooms overlooking a large terrace sheltered by the roof overhang and vegetation. On the first floor are the living room and master bedroom overlooking the pool, which is located on the roof of several rooms, including a bedroom. The house makes best use of its setting, making the most of its landscape by ensuring the outdoor space becomes part of the internal living space via its visual connection through the glazing, but also its terraces and rooms that are spread around the site with full height sliding windows access onto the garden. Architecturally the house is of great merit because of its highly laboured poured concrete béton brut, where the imprint of the timber shuttering is visible both internally and externally. Resonant of its setting, some walls are clad with the cork oak bark of Massif des Maures – the small mountain range that lies along 60km of the coastline. For other modern properties for sale in the UK, visit: The Modern House