<p>A study in restraint: this four-bedroom villa in Hillside trades ornament for light — a full-height glass façade to the golf course, shadow-gap ceilings, large-format porcelain floors and a floating oak staircase. The living space is one long gallery opening to a shaded terrace and a 12-metre pool with the Dubai Hills skyline behind it.</p><p>Four en-suite bedrooms, a glass-walled study, staff quarters and a full KNX smart-home system complete the house. Hillside is Dubai Hills Estate's most design-conscious cluster, five minutes from the park, the mall and King's College hospital. For a buyer who wants the community without the Mediterranean pastiche.</p>