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here comes a point for every serious art collector when all that canvas and twisted steel starts to get in the way. The collection needs its own space, a place to breathe and be seen to its best advantage. When a Corsican businessman, having amassed that kind of stockpile, contracted South African architecture studio Saota to design a new home on Lake Geneva, it suggested creating a standalone private gallery. The house’s main living quarters – by design, too light-filled and lake-and-Alp framing to be a proper place for art appreciation – could then stay largely art-free,

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