Luxi Bia Casa Cubo, a Pretziada Studio apartment in Santadi, Sardinia

A Pretziada Studio Apartment in a Restored Sardinian Hamlet, Santadi

Pretziada, which means "precious" in Sardinian, is the creative practice Kyre Chenven and Ivano Atzori built over a decade of working with local artisans across the island before converting their attention fully to Luxi Bia. Chenven, a native Californian who spent years as a set designer in New York, and Atzori, a Milanese artist with roots in graffiti and contemporary art, were named to Architectural Digest Germany's AD100 list in 2022. The New York Times covered Luxi Bia in 2024 as a benchmark for the cultural and design revival happening in southern Sardinia.

The traditional furriadroxu was a self-sufficient cluster of stone houses shared by extended Sardinian farming families. Chenven and Atzori measured every original window and door before beginning their restoration, kept floors at their original levels, and harvested juniper beams and stone from the ruins themselves. Casa Cubo occupies the precise footprint of the original structure it replaced, adding one formal invention: the cube.

Terracotta floors run wall to wall, their warmth reading against lime plaster and river-cane ceilings. The central cube defines the kitchen on one face and the bathroom on another, leaving the living and sleeping areas to flow around it in a single, unbroken sequence. Custom furnishings from the Pretziada collection sit alongside antique Sardinian pieces. The open fireplace anchors the sitting area. Air conditioning and heating make the home viable year-round.

The patio is small, with a pergola overhead, a herb garden, and views over the olive grove. There is no pool, and no television, by design. The hosts describe this as an invitation to re-engage with what surrounds the property: long shadows at dusk, wildflowers in spring, a sky full of stars after dark.

Two companion homes, La Residenza and Casa Corte, are also available on Boutique.

Layout

This vacation home for rent in Santadi, Sardinia, sleeps up to two guests in a single-level open-plan apartment. It has one bedroom, one bathroom (within the central cube), a living room with an open fireplace, and a fully equipped kitchen. The plan moves continuously around the structural cube that contains the kitchen and bathroom. A patio with a pergola, herb garden, and original well sits directly off the living space.

* Bedroom 1 — King, en suite (bathroom within the central cube)

Experiences

Kyre and Ivano offer guided introductions to the territory: archaeological sites, local producers, wine estates, and hiking routes across the Sulcis hills. A self-written host guide to the region is provided on arrival. A small rotating selection of local natural wines, olive oil, and preserves is available for purchase on site.

Good to know

Casa Cubo is not designed for small children: the property has stone walls, steps, and artisan furnishings that require careful handling. There is no pool and no television. The hamlet runs on solar energy and well water. Satellite wifi and air conditioning are available. The property sits at the end of a dirt road in the municipality of Santadi, so a car is essential for the entire stay.

Amenities & services

Full kitchen, dishwasher, coffee maker, air conditioning, heating, open fireplace, satellite wifi, international electricity adapters, patio, herb garden, host guide to the territory, selection of local wines and products available for purchase

Around

Luxi Bia sits in the least-visited corner of an already undervisited island. The Necropolis of Montessu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2025 and one of the largest pre-Nuragic domus de janas complexes in Sardinia, is under 15 minutes by car. Cantina Santadi, a cooperative founded in 1960 that produces some of the finest Carignano del Sulcis on the island, including the acclaimed Terre Brune, is in the town itself. Porto Pino and the beaches of Is Solinas are within 25 minutes. Cagliari is roughly 45 minutes. A car is indispensable.