INSPIRATIONPEEK INSIDE THE MOST STUNNING HOMES IN MARRAKECH A new book opens the doors to private oases where international style meets Moroccan decor Of the many museums in Marrakech, there’s one that designer Meryanne Loum-Martin always brings first-time visitors to help them get a sense of the city’s eclectic architectural legacy: Dar Si Said, housed…
INSPIRATIONA LIGHT-FILLED MINIMALIST OASIS Architect Lee Skolnick and designer Steven Volpe team up to transform a traditional New York City home into a modern oasis From the street, this elegant 19th-century brick house looks like many of its neighbors in New York’s historic Greenwich Village. But when you open the front door, you realize that…
INSPIRATIONLOUISE BRADLEY’S LONDON HOME IS THE LAST WORD IN UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE Marrying natural materials with an earthy colour palette, the designers remodelled Chelsea townhouse is an oasis of calm “It took me nearly three years to find the property which would become my home,” says London-based interior designer Louise Bradley. “It was an elegant Chelsea…
INSPIRATIONA COOL, COUNTRY STYLE HOME Interior designer Matthew Patrick Smyth breathes new life into his own 1970s prefab One might find it rather curious that a classically minded interior designer like Matthew Patrick Smyth would leave his beloved 18th-century weekend retreat in Sharon, Connecticut, for a neglected 1970s prefab in the woods. But when he…
INSPIRATIONFIVE DESIGN TRENDS WE’LL BE SEEING IN THE NEAR FUTURE Designers and architects across the globe consult their crystal balls Architects and designers have long mused about what the future would hold. In the 1930s, French architect Le Corbusier famously imagined a Radiant City where efficient, concrete block housing was brought to life with…
INSPIRATIONA RELAXING RETREAT IN RURAL IBIZAINTERIOR BY JOANNA PLANT A sprawling farmhouse in Ibiza’s secluded Morna Valley exudes character thanks to the efforts of decorator Joanna Plant. London-based interior designer Joanna Plant was an obvious choice for the decoration of this house in rural Ibiza. Not only was she a regular visitor to the island…
INSPIRATIONURBAN HOME IN INDIA DESIGNED BY CADENCE ARCHITECTS Designing a home around the concept of “delight” may seem a difficult task. But it comes quite naturally to Smaran Mallesh. “Culturally, in India, the home is a symbol for a lot of things, not just a center for family but the aspirational statement that the family…