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Build A Tiny House On Wheels

My first school-bus conversion (skoolie) was an escape.

Vineyard Estate In The Sonoma Hills

Situated at the base of Sonoma Mountain, the 140-acre estate includes a main residence, a guesthouse, a barn, sculpture gardens, and an orchard, in addition to 60 acres of vineyard. All building and landscape elements are strategically sited to enable the harmonious coexistence of day-to-day operations of the vineyard and rural domestic life. It’s a design by aidlin darling design lead by Joshua Aidlin and David Darling.photo: Ben Tanner

Eco Chic

In the dutch polder

Natural Light In Osaka

House for Installation, is a renovated house located in Osaka, Japan, transformed into a minimalist atelier and residence for artists. Simplicity, flexibility and elegant use of light define the living and working spaces, an abstract setting for calmness, meditation and creativity.

Illy – Live Happily

Happiness based on three important mainstays: health, sustainability and pleasure.

English Barn With Racing Spirit

The stone barn, built within the grounds of a country home in the Cotswolds, UK, serves as an executive suite and a place to house a classic car collection. The designer at Splinter Works was commissioned to plan the layout and design custom-made furniture to fulfil the many functions required of the space

Life As A House

A project years in the making, the house – and garden – of architect Jan-Heyn Vorster and his partner reflects their dedication to detail and commitment to craftsmanship

The Perfect Combination

An architect used steel-frame windows, raw concrete and rough wood to create an earthy industrial-style home for his family.

THE WHITE HOUSE PAINTED BLACK

The house was originally built in 1959 and was designed by a member of the Harvard Five w New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. It stayed within the family for which it was built until Tamara Bahry and her partner Rob White bought it in 2014. Tamara fell in love with the original design the moment she saw it and loved all the wood and glass. The location was perfect: it was built on a point, with views to all sides, lots of privacy and only 30 feet from the water. Alhtough the house was painted black, it was called ‘The White House’.

SERENITY AND ELEGANCE

Renee and Ken Metrick were used to working seven days a week in their retail business in the Canadian Town of Toronto. If not travelling they were at their home base. Never thinking they were cottage people. But when that bug hit, it was the beginning of a new life surrounded by serenity and nature at the border of Lake Joseph, Muskoka. They asked architect Kelly Buffey of Akb Architects to realise their dream cottage.

GRIMM TO THE LIMITS

The location of the house is special, it could have come straight out of a painting from a 17th-century Dutch master. The spot, Wierdijkje, can be found on maps as far back as the middle ages. Meadows lined with trees moulded by the sea wind, a path that disappears amongst shrubs and, in the distance, the dunes. It is a protected area, so for the time being nothing will disturb this idyllic picture. This is the coastal stretch of the province of North Holland, where the wind has free play over the land, where Jorg and Hannah Grimm bought an old ́ stolp´ farmhouse, aiming to transform it into a weekend home where art is the binding element. Here they find peace in their otherwise exhilarating life in the art world.

AMSTERDAM DELIGHT

The apartment in the centre of the Dutch city of Amsterdam, was designed by Debby Dunand for Lot1038, an interior specialist based on the Caribbean island of Curaçao founded by Ruud Zegwaart. She wanted to create a 70m2 apartment with a Caribbean colourful flavor and with the allure and chic Parisian feeling.

6 Generations Of Belgian Decorators

Geoffroy Van Hulle is a decorator. He lives and works in the belgian town of maldegem and describes his style of interiors as modern with baroque and classical influences. With his interiors he wants to demonstrate his personal perspective on beauty: “in the interior of a house but also in terms of life in general.”

Owl Creek

BUILT ON THE IDEA THAT A PHYSICAL PLACE CAN DEEPEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

Magic Harlem

The 19-story residential condominium building is located at 111 Central Park North on the northwest corner of Lenox Avenue and consists of 48 apartments. It was designed by Hillier Architecture and SCLE Architects and developed by the Athena Group. The blue-glass-clad building is surrounded by balconies, it has a 41-car garage, community facilities, a fitness center, and a party room. It has a courtyard garden entrance and the lobby with Pennsylvania blue-stone walls.

Tucked Away In Castle Creek Valley Colorado

Enter the Conundrum house and studio in Aspen, Colorado.

Italian Emotions

The villa dates back to 1844, located in Albignasego, is a stone throw away of the ancient Italian city of Padua. In former days it was used by a noble family to control the surrounding land. Beginning of the 21th century, the Bottacin family decided to buy and to restore it. That complete restoration process was guided by Elena Bulatova and Vittorio Bottacin, who established their international interior design studio and general contracting firm in the reborn Villa Studiolo now surrounded by fields of roses.

An Icon Returns

The resemblance with Toyota’s sports car heritage is more than skin-deep.

Building The Future

With mentoring coming automatically to AR Hijjas Kasturi, the eminent architect, AR Amir Hamzah and sculptor Multhalib Musa reflect on the process of creating a better future.

The Natural Balance

Inspired by the serene beauty of dewdrops, the Antao Collection by Villeroy & Boch transforms bathrooms into wellness sanctuaries, combining sustainability with timeless elegance.

Inspiring Creativity And Exploration

The new Hafary House at Lavender reflects the brand’s vibrancy and innovation, as well as provide an inspiring and engaging space for customers.

Home Is Where The Heart Is

A vacation house is reimagined for a multi-generational family to gather for holidays in the bucolic setting of Yongjia in Zhejiang, China.

rethinking, remaking, reframing

Aoki Akio, the founder of DESIGNART TOKYO discusses the importance and legacy of Tokyo’s eminent art and design event, particularly for young creatives.

tailored for the curious explorer

The new Alma House at the New Bahru enclave reflects the collaborative spirit of a school environment.

Elegant Luxury For Every Day

Stylish bathroom designs, inspired by the most beautiful hotels.

Eco And Egalitarian

Can a building represent a culture? Berrel Kräutler Architekten's sensitive renovation of the Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore stimulates discourse.

eco and egalitarian

Can a building represent a culture? Berrel Kräutler Architekten's sensitive renovation of the Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore stimulates discourse.

balancing act: nature and humanity

In this inspiration-led series, we asked Jay Liu and Alex Liu, co-founders of Right Angle Studio, to dream up a unique interior concept using mainly items from Space Furniture.

unparalleled italian craftsmanship

Filippo Arnaboldi, Chief Executive Officer of Frette, tells us how this luxury lifestyle Italian brand is moving forward with times yet not forgetting about its existing legacy.

tranquil sanctuary

The recently launched Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto, designed by Kengo Kuma, fuses traditional Japanese architecture with modern elegance.