via yatzer
via yatzer
In Italian it’s called ‘bellezza aqua e sapone’. The sort of natural glow that comes from feeling good inside your own skin. For me, this house by Rotterdam architects Pasel Kuenzel is that kind of beauty.
I love black window frames in white buildings.
I caught myself watching one of those lifestyle outdoor transformation shows last night. It was a local production, and while admirable for its championing of landscaping for a dry climate, I couldn’t help wishing the team had just taken a step back and looked at how those inventors of the urban condition, the Romans, are still doing their inner city courtyards today. They might make good television, but slatted timber cabanas and funky retro-floral print wallpaper just aren’t quite the answer our gardens are looking for.
This is Puglia on Italy’s southern coast where, a little ironically perhaps, big, honest, hard-working old farmhouses, masserie, are being converted into some of the most beautiful sanctuaries from the stress of modern living on the planet… Just don’t expect a holiday from design.
This new office in the woods outside Madrid is remarkable not least because it doesn’t need to be pristine and people-free to look fantastic… The most soulful and seductive workplace I’ve ever seen is the studio of Spanish architects Selgascano. The highly descriptive photography of Iwan Baan is an added delight.
via dezeen