Design
‘Let Nature Dominate & Use Architecture to Frame the Experience’
This resort-style guest venue is dedicated to wine, food, & the natural landscape breathes life into a cherished local landmark in California. Located minutes from downtown Healdsburg, in the heart of Russian River Valley, and originally built as a winery in the...
This Ultra-Luxe Modern Home on the Coveted Portuguese Riviera Achieves an Eclectic Elegance with Calibre
Quinta da Marinha is one of the most prestigious and exclusive areas of Lisbon and Cascais. Tucked away between the sea and the mountains of the Sintra‐Cascais Natural Park, this neighbourhood includes privileged landscapes views and a special tranquillity and...
Owners in the Untamed Spirit of the Wild West Share a Love for Disciplined Japanese Culture
The four-bedroom home is arranged around a series of garden courtyards that complement the home’s sweeping views over a pond to the Tetons beyond, creating a setting the owner’s call Tengoku, Japanese for 'paradise'. Tengoku Residence embraces its natural...
Yellowstone Residence: Like a Barnacle Clinging to its Precarious Perch in Big Sky, Montana
Perched at 2, 470 metres on the side of a mountain in Montana’s Madison Range, the massing and materials of this house are sourced from the powerful landscape – as is its mood. The exterior of the house is a composition of Cor-ten steel and board-formed...
Lexus Reveals a New Concept Sports Car – N.B. The Future is Electrified & it’s Stunning
This svelte, jaw-dropping new model was first revealed at a press conference in December as the new sports car that will be part of a full line-up of battery EVs Lexus will launch by 2030 under its Lexus Electrified brand vision. See this gallery of new photos...
Action Inspired Through Open Dialogue at a Labyrinth of 1950s-era Warehouses: Now a Foundation for Creative Communities
The NM Bodecker Foundation was established in 2017 by Sandy Bodecker to provide creative communities with a dynamic mix of in-person spaces for workshops, gathering, and collaboration. Housed in a collection of repurposed 1950s-era warehouses and a former...
‘It May Simply Seem Like a Lamp, But Her DNA is Inside It’: A Tribute to Zaha Hadid
It all began on April 27, 2012, when architect Nigel Coates, Slamp’s Art Director, wrote colleague and schoolmate Zaha Hadid, inviting her to create a lamp for the company. A few days later, Nigel found himself in Hadid’s London neighbourhood to discuss the...
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...
Discover Measured Twists and Elegant Surprises in Simplicity at a Less Formal, Ultra Indulgent Culinary Experience in Rosebank
After a series of successful pop-up restaurants in Joburg, award-winning chef Luke Dale Roberts now stamps a permanent mark on the Jozi food scene with the opening of the The Shortmarket Club JHB at Oxford Parks in Rosebank, Johannesburg. ...
Rethinking our Profound & Binding Connection to Natural Light for the Residential & Commercial Workspace with Vibia Luminaires
It nourishes us and soothes us, both outdoors and from within the built environments in which we work, live and love. Vibia believes that life is more joyful, beautiful and rewarding when we consider light. They design with natural light at the forefront of...
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...
Makes Sense: Lexus Planting Thousands of Spekboom on its Road Towards Carbon Neutrality
Committed to planting enough Spekboom trees for every hybrid model sold locally to offset each of these vehicles’ carbon emissions for at least one year, Lexus South Africa has since mid-August 2021 already planted more than 6000 Spekboom plants at the Owl...
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...