The guestbook of the villa includes such dignitaries of Riviera society as Picasso, Somerset Maugham, Noël Coward and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Their choice brought them to the Riviera, a decision justified by Dierks’ profession and the growing construction demands by rich Americans in this region.

At Théoule-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes, they discovered an 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) isolated site on a small peninsula on the pointe de l’Esquillon with an inaccessible cove and private beach.

[1] Dierks, who had solid training in architecture[2] and belonged to that generation of designers who adhered to the Modernist movement,[3] built the villa in this style, which Noël Coward later characterized as "impossibly beautiful".

Today, there are 102 listed constructions by Dierks’ for clients ranging from Paul-Louis Weiller to the marquess of Cholmondeley, and from Louis II, Prince of Monaco to Maxine Elliott and General Catroux.