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  • Five houses where the courtyard is the heart of the home

    Charmaine Chan has highlighted 25 recently completed courtyard houses for her book Courtyard living: Contemporary houses of the Asia-Pacific. Here she picks five of the most interesting. As the book’s title suggests, Courtyard living: Contemporary houses of the Asia-Pacific is a compilation of houses completed in the past 10 years across Asia and Oceania that are focused […] More

  • Seven Santorini island retreats by Kapsimalis Architects

    From converted caves to underground pools, here are seven hotels and houses on the Greek island of Santorini designed by local studio Kapsimalis Architects. Saint Hotel, Odi Stepping down towards the sea from the cliffs of the village of Odi, Saint Hotel features terraced patios with bright blue pools and white walls. In total the hotel […] More

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    Six bakeries and sweets shops with delectable interiors

    We’ve rounded up six bakeries and shops for sweet treats that have been designed with cream interiors just as delicious as the goods for sale. BreadBlok by Commune, Santa Monica, California Commune created BreadBlok bakery with warm materials like plaster walls, limestone slabs and terracotta tiles. The project fuses sandy tones that relate to its […] More

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    10 movies with striking interior design to watch under lockdown

    The coronavirus crisis means we’re spending more time indoors than ever before, so Dezeen’s Natasha Levy has selected 10 films with stand-out interiors that can offer some escape from your own four walls. [embedded content] The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014 The snowy mountaintops of a fictitious country in Eastern European is the backdrop for The […] More

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    10 homes designed for practising yoga and meditation

    We’ve rounded up 10 houses from across the globe with rooms dedicated to yoga and meditation – including a beachfront spot in Mexico and a plywood-covered nook in Canada. Hatley House by Pelletier de Fontenay and François Abbott, Canada This gabled house in the Canadian town of Hatley, Quebec features a minimally furnished room clad […] More

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    10 miniature clay homes created in self-isolation

    Instagram users have shared the tiny clay versions of their ideal homes they created to keep busy while in isolation. The clay sets were created for a competition that Brooklyn designer Eny Lee Parker launched on Instagram, just as New York began to tighten measures amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I started three weeks ago when […] More