Otherworldly" is the best word designer Ken Fulk can come up with to describe a sprawling western hilltop compound he and his intrepid team of designers have envisioned in Woodside, California. Not surprisingly, even with the proper context for time and place whether you've visited the property before or not-it evokes an intense feeling of being transported somewhere far-flung like the terraced southern region of South America, and for good reason.
That tingling excitement of unexpected adventure is exactly the reaction Fulk's clients, Wences and Belle Casares, hope to elicit from those who descend on the 6.7-acre retreat perched high among the redwoods in the San Francisco Peninsula town. "There's a childlike sense of wonder about this place and, frankly, about them too," says the ELLE DECOR A-List designer. Knowing this, it quickly becomes evident that wanderlust has always played a role in the Casareses' lives: In 2004, the couple, accompanied by their young son, Dio, embarked on a three-year sailing trip around the world on their 47-foot catamaran, Simpatica, during which they welcomed their second son, Teo.
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Architecture of Time
Surviving the gelid gusts and gales of winter takes more than a vicuña coat and shearling earmuffs, and the watch designers at Van Cleef & Arpels understand this well.
The Jewelry House
A marriage between two centers of Italian culture, history, and design, Milan and Venice, finding its purest expression in a jam jar? Stranger things have happened.
BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM
COULD A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY MANSION BE THE CRADLE OF retail's next gilded age?
ON TERRA INCOGNITA
NEW YORK ARTIST CAMILLE HENROT AND HER COMPOSER HUSBAND MAURO HERTIG PURSUE A CREATIVE FAMILY LIFE WHERE THEY LEAST EXPECTED ITUPTOWN WITH HELP FROM DESIGNERS HUSBAND WIFE.
PORTRAIT of a HOUSE
THE ICONIC HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN EVER. IN LOS FELIZ, TWO COLLECTORS MAINTAIN THEIR RICHARD NEUTRA HOME WITH REVERENCE FOR ITS PAST, WHILE FILLING IT WITH CONTEMPORARY ART THAT SPEAKS TO ITS FUTURE.
WANTED: A CLEAN, WELL LIGHTED PLACE
They need rooms of their own to sculpt and paint. But how do you find such places with today's Manhattan rents? A look at the state of an industry legend: the New York artist studio.
IMMERSIVE THEATER
A FASHION DESIGNER MOVED INTO A LAW OFFICE IN PARIS, THEN ENLISTED UCHRONIA TO REIMAGINE IT FROM TOP TO PALETTE. FROM THERE, THE PLOT THICKENS.
HERE'S THE PLAN
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WELCOME to the MUNIZVERSE
FROM A GATHERING SPACE TO HIS ART STUDIO AND THE COCKTAIL BAR OF HIS DREAMS, BRAZILIAN CONCEPTUALIST VIK MUNIZ IS CREATING A CULTURAL HUB IN THE COLOR-DRENCHED CAPITAL OF BAHIA.
SHOULD THE MATISSE MATCH THE DRAPES?
In her new column, Rita Konig tackles modern design dilemmas, both practical and philosophical. To begin: the art of hanging art.
