Nourishment: Bee Mine

Hermant is looking at native pollinator plants in bloom, particularly a beautiful specimen of common milkweed – Asclepias Syriaca. She lights a pipe before inspecting the hives, making use of smoke to…

Lofty Ideals: HS2 Architecture

Thomas Hut and Jane Sachs have designed their share of lofts, working more than two decades in New York City as the principal architects and owners at HS2 Architecture. But when presented…

The Peschke House: Flintsbach, Germany

Alexandra Schafer, Founder and Managing Director of VELVENOIR, together with Angelika Peschke, recently opened the door to their guest, to celebrate in an intimate setting such as the Peschke House and Christian…

Luis Bustamante: New Prespectives

LUIS BUSTAMANTE: NEW PERSPECTIVES By Ana Domínguez-Siemens, Gabriela Garza & Zélika García ACC Publishing • $80 Which came first? Luis Bustamante’s passion for art or his stylish eye for displaying it? It…

Le Beach Chic

The Jersey Shore is a golden gift all year once you master the map. Asbury for retro coolness (echoes of Bruce’s glory days at The Stone Pony). Spring Lake for a pretty…

Volume: Interior Tips & Tricks to Spice Up Your Home

Designer Simone Post, Photograph by Patrick Kooiman and Ingrid Robers VOLUME INTERIOR TIPS & TRICKS TO SPICE UP YOUR HOME By Patrick Kooiman Lannoo Publishers • $59.95 Together with Patrick Kooiman, the…

History of the Charles T. Fisher Mansion

Detroit was an exciting place to be in the early 1900’s. By 1920, it was the fourth largest city in the US with robust employment, growing prosperity, and for a select few,…

Postmodern Minimalism in South Africa

Irene, Gauteng Province, South Africa | Built in 2005 | 7 bedrooms, 6 baths | 6,400-square-foot floor plan, .5 acre | Architect: Charl Groenewald The indigenous grassy fields of South Africa’s Highveld…

Boutique Showrooms and Design Centers

Barclay Butera WHAT THE KITCHEN IS TO THE HOME, BOUTIQUE SHOWROOMS AND DESIGN CENTERS ARE TO THE COMMUNITIES in which they exist: a meeting ground, a forum for discussion of new ideas…

New York City Prewar Penthouse

London Terrace Towers Penthouse 410 W 24th St, NY, NY | Original Architect: Farrar & Watmough | Restoration Architect and Interior Designer: Mark Janson of Janson Goldstein Rare and rarified: it’s a…

The Line Lofts: Hollywood, California

Leading Los Angeles-based designer Gulla Jónsdóttir, most known for designing premier hotel resorts around the world including LA’s La Peer Hotel, The Roosevelt Hotel, The Mayfair Hotel and more, has announced her partnership…

Norwegian Forest Family Hideaway

In winter, the cabin looks like it belongs in a miniature snow globe, flanked by white-sugar-iced trees Called Mylla Hytte – after nearby pristine Lake Mylla and the Norwegian word for hut,…

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