PLEASURE DOME

The preeminent German poet-philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe famously described architecture as “frozen music,” opining that “the state of mind produced by architecture is similar to the effect of music.” Over 150 years later, Frank Zappa—a somewhat less august personage, perhaps, but nevertheless prescient— reframed Goethe’s meditation on the corporeal and the ethereal: “Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance space is sculpted into something,” Zappa professed. One wonders what type of music might be frozen in the bold volumes and interwoven planes of the Jamaican pleasure dome created by Grammy-winning celebrity DJ and producer Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo. Given his penchant for genre-bending and -breaking, mixing and remixing, the property reflects not so much a specific kind of music but Diplo’s approach to music and creativity in general. With its three dominant notes of concrete, wood, and lush greenery, the house feels like a mash-up of its rainforest setting, the land reconfigured and refined in ways that parallel the sampling and refashioning that are hallmarks of the musician’s practice. The rhythmic interplay of the artificial and the natural, the different pitches and textures of the various spaces, all offer a glimpse into Diplo’s dexterity as a songwriter and his intuitive grasp of what makes a project work.
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Touch Wood
On a sylvan stretch of Canadian coast, an experimental house by designer Omer Arbel goes against the grain

Guest Star
Spanning an entire Manhattan block, with Art Deco setbacks that give way to two towers, the Waldorf Astoria New York cuts a fine figure on the city skyline.

Industrial Strength
FOR ARTIST ELLIOTT HUNDLEY, WORK AND LIFE COALESCE IN A FORMER FACTORY IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

WATER WORLD
In Istanbul, Pierre Yovanovitch tailors a modernist house on the Bosphorus to suit the needs of his young client

The Scenic Route
Trading Brooklyn for the Hudson Valley, Calico Wallpaper's Rachel and Nick Cope let creativity take root

INTO THE WOODS
A CREATIVE COUPLE BUILDS ON THE LEGACY OF THEIR HANDMADE L.A. HOME WITH A LOVING RESTORATION AND A SOULFUL NEW GARDEN PAVILION BY CRAFTSMAN PETER STALEY

When in Rome
For the first Orient Express hotel, designer Hugo Toro delivers a love letter to the Eternal City

Finding the Thread
Melding classic crafts with contemporary narratives, artist Sophie Stone gives new life to old textiles

Folk Lure
Translating her fairy-tale vision into The Six Bells Countryside Inn, Audrey Gelman and designer Adam Greco lay on the charm

HISTORY MAJOR
At the behest of its current stewards, designer Remy Renzullo and a team of experts and artisans help breathe new life into England's storied Castle Howard