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Cues from the Sea & Sky in this Fusion of Two Styles that Celebrates a Site’s Natural Gifts
The expansive vista of wildflower-laden bluffs meeting the churning Pacific where gray whales seasonally leap from the waves is the unique and dynamic setting of this home for a couple with nostalgic connections to their East Coast roots and a newfound desire...
A 1960s Residence is Reimagined and Hovers Over a Nature Reserve in California’s Bay Area
Affectionately dubbed the ‘doughnut house’, it had an open area in the centre containing an internal courtyard – entering the home involved first walking through and underneath it, followed by a spiral ascent to the main level courtyard. ‘We’d never seen...
Dynamic Views & a Tactile Quality of Light Become the Amplified Phenomena at this Latitude Above Miami’s South Beach
Ocean Drive is a 568-square-metre single floor condominium unit within a new residential tower overlooking the Atlantic in Miami Beach, Florida. The clients are based in Seattle and travel often, but have deep roots in the panhandle and had been looking to...
In the Business to Sell Lifestyles, Not Just Homes: Films Location Company Launches Property Investment Division & Equates ‘Normal’ with ‘Luxury’
The affluent real estate market in South Africa is vigorously competitive with over 60 estate agencies competing for sole mandates across the country. Buyers and sellers are looking for value-add, not only in the properties they purchase, but in the agency they...
Step Inside GSQUARED‘s Unique Response to a European Family’s Dream of a Summer Holiday Retreat in Camps Bay
Full height glazing provides unobstructed views of Camps Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Fluent open-plan living blurs the transition from the exterior to interior and vice versa. Situated on a steeply sloped site, sophisticated engineering solutions allow this...
The Birth of Boxed Micro-Living: Customised and Refined to a Flexible and Sustainable 13-Square Metre, Fully Equipped Home
With micro-spaces popping up all over the world, Cape Town-based interior design graduates transitioned from the design and manufacture of furniture and home décor to the design and creation of private and luxurious interior spaces in the form of micro-homes....
No Turning Back: A Lockdown Project by Bomax in Bamboo Lane
This appealing rebuild for a family of four involved the integration of a forest site, koi garden, tree house and path in the forest ravine estate Bamboo Lane of Hout Bay’s Scott Estate. The house was built using the existing structure of an old cottage and the...
A Community of Belonging by African Creatives – Home is an Oasis Where We Can Begin Again: Vulnerable, Steady and Healing
As a contemporary and genuinely South African furniture and design company based in Johannesburg, The Urbanative's products are manufactured locally. Expect a synergy between the juxtaposition of abstracted African heritage inspirations with the functionality...
This U.S. Island Home’s Discreetly Striking Rural Narrative Harnesses Lightness from a Focus on Material Aspects
Intentionally appearing low-key from the valley, as a courtesy to the pastoral farmlands below, this gracious architectural dream was designed as both retreat and part-time residence for a growing local family with strong local roots going back several...
Sharp Peaks, Soft Hills and Sunlight are the Guiding Elements Dictating the Design of Lac Léman’s Swiss Villa
By at the the same time blending in and standing out this project testifies to a rare dexterity and achieves a statement-making tribute to both its spectacular lakeside setting and to the many hands that made it. Just as its alpine setting has been formed by...
The Simple Over the Superfluous: High-End Design Choices Boost Collective & Environmental Well-Being by Aligning with a Concern for Our Planet
The United Nations projects that more than two-thirds of the world’s population will inhabit urban areas by 2050. City-living will have a key and lasting influence on the new luxury mindset that was once defined by materialism and excess. The new luxury will...
With Its Pulsating Views, This Award-Winning Tailored Penthouse Becomes Bangkok’s Magical Urban Oasis
Standing next to the iconic St Regis hotel located on the prominent Rajadamri Road in the commercial district and heart of the city of Bangkok, this luxury penthouse features stellar views of the city skyline and ultra-polished fixtures and details. The pad was...
Understand a Legacy’s Level of Persistence and Step Inside This Precious Neighbourhood’s Historic Renovation
Every moment can be elevated by its environment. Pac Heights (or Pacific Heights for long) is one of the most prestigious and elegant neighbourhoods in San Francisco. It became the home for many of the nouveau riche in the late 1800s when the cable cars made...
Towering Oak Trees in California’s ‘Horse Country’ Inspire a Contemporary Farmhouse Vision that Comes to Be
Woodside is a small town in San Mateo County, California on the San Francisco Peninsula. It’s home to many horses and is among the wealthiest communities in the United States. Turning off one of its busy roads, a pair of house hunters drove over a bridge...
Bathe in Privacy and Blend in on the Edge of an Extreme Hawaiian Landscape
Situated along a rugged stretch of coastline, this getaway family retreat embraces the spirit of Mauka-Makai – the symbolic flow of lava from mountain to sea. This site in Manini'owali Beach, loosely referred to by islanders as Kua Bay in Kona, captures the stark...