The contemporary master architect, Jonas Lindvall, uses classic natural materials to warm the minimalist detailing of this house in Malmo, Sweden. And I love that what little furniture there is was designed by the architect.
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A design objective often touted in architecture, the link between inside and outside space. This rebuilt house in rural Switzerland actually gets there, not by big openings alone but through a common palette of colours and materials.
I love the easy elegance of these bathrooms, designed for a consciously unfashionable and decidedly authentic mountain weekender in Brazil. The architect, in his notes, makes a point of talking about the way materials were selected to highlight the contrast between natural and ‘technological’ finishes.
Rule: in life (and design), imitations are never better than the real thing. Though I suspect hi-res wallpaper ‘Scrapwood’ by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek might just be an exception.
I love the feel of this smart small hotel by Stuttgart architects, Naumann. Never folksy, but brimming with a big sense of place, and with just enough whimsy.
The new camping, Swedish style. I could definitely be persuaded.
The perfect spot for a meeting of the local book club, a New York coffee bar designed to look like a library turned 90 degrees.
