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Conversation with Lee Yong Chye of BenTen East
BenTen East, named after the street it sits on in Higashiyama, one of Kyoto’s best-preserved historical districts, has a delightfully typical façade. The simple boxy structure of the kyo-machiya, or...
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Hit the Roof
Livable, enjoyable rooftop spaces are the cherries on top of great homes. Be it a bed, a bathtub, a magnificent view, or all of the above, it’s always a happy surprise to discover that your vacation...
View ArticleGarden House, Tenerife, Spain
In the heart of a banana plantation along the deep blue shoreline, this vacation home rental in Tenerife is a hidden tropical paradise designed for indulgent relaxation. Eleven acres of tropical...
View ArticleThe Hideouts, Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall, England
Standing like futuristic sentinels among the forest, these modern hideouts and suspended tree tents form a delightfully unusual, off-grid experience. Overlooking the sea and the windswept grasslands...
View ArticleForest Pub, Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall, England
This cool hideout is that rare experience that takes you off the beaten path and makes you giddy with a heightened sense of adventure. Tucked away within a verdant forest with a stream and waterfall...
View ArticleLake Island Cabin, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Like an oasis hidden within an urban world, but within reach of the best of the city, this cabin rental in Rotterdam is a bucolic escape that places you within a sublime private world of nature and...
View ArticleCasa de Carmen, Tenerife, Spain
Located above the sea a short walk from the famous Socorro beach, this vacation home rental in Tenerife was built during a boom in the island’s plantation expansion and is one of six distinctive...
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The Somaa Rug
There’s something about Casa di Monti in Puglia, this vision in white set on an arid Mediterranean parcel of gnarled olive groves and bunny-eared cacti. As a minimalist confection of stone, cement,...
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Thanksgiving starts here
Everybody knows that getting the clan together for a Thanksgiving dinner is approximately 24 phone calls and one mini meltdown away. We’re here to help! Here’s our pick of family-ready homes with a...
View ArticleCasa CAL, Oaxaca, Mexico
Located in a small compound of six separate villas with a clubhouse, this beach house in Oaxaca is immersed within the wild and remote coastal beauty of Oaxaca just south of Puerto Escondido....
View ArticleDas blaue Pferd, Ruppiner Seenland, Germany
Arranged around a central courtyard much like a monastery garden or village square, this vacation home rental in Germany is a thoughtfully repurposed farmstead designed as both a holiday destination...
View ArticleEl Risco, Tenerife, Spain
Located above the sea a short walk from the famous Socorro beach, this vacation home rental in Tenerife was built during a boom in the island’s plantation expansion and is one of six distinctive...
View ArticleSpronkenhouse, Les Useres, Spain
It is becoming apparent that when it comes to architectural gems, treasure often lies at the end of an old dirt road. In the Castellon Hills of Les Usères, is one such road leading to an immensity of...
View ArticleEdgar Allan Poe Apartment, Mexico City
Located on an upper floor with panoramic city views, this bright and stylish apartment is in Mexico City’s safest and most upscale neighborhood just a few blocks from Polanquito and Emilio Castelar...
View ArticleFikus B&B Trullo 19, Puglia, Italy
After a busy, fast-paced professional life and years of travel, the owners of this small luxury hotel in Italy switched gears, coming back to southern Italy to begin anew. Their road led to the famed...
View ArticleFikus B&B Lamia 84, Puglia, Italy
After a busy, fast paced professional life and years of travel, the owners of this small luxury hotel in Italy switched gears, coming back to southern Italy to begin anew. Their road led to the famed...
View ArticleFikus B&B Lamia 79, Puglia, Italy
After a busy, fast paced professional life and years of travel, the owners of this small luxury hotel in Italy switched gears, coming back to southern Italy to begin anew. Their road led to the famed...
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Hidden in plain sight: a perfectly restored Fickett home
Edward H. Fickett is a name that is passing through the lips of more and more people in the know as this mid-century architect’s canon of work is resurfacing from… well, plain sight. Think of Edward H....
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Big Cities, Small Trips
Missing vacation season like a teenager in boarding school? Pack your weekenders and get behind the wheel! Here’s our pick of great small trips… 3 hours from Berlin Baltic Sea House Prerow, Germany...
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Monocabin: your own minimalist prefab
Somewhere in a clean-lined office in Milan, a group of young designers are working to create the world they want to live in. And they have no intention of keeping it to themselves. They are Mandalaki...
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