When the designer and illustrator is not busy running his Parisian shop, he retreats to this 19th-century house in Normandy, where every room is filled with colour, curiosities and the same old-world charm that characterises his work
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The Prefab Pavilion Facing a Centuries-Old Cedar by Jordi Hidalgo Tané in Olot, Girona, was not designed from…
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Green Lodge by Stylus Architects is almost entirely below ground, and yet every room in it receives natural…
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The street facade of the Remédios à Lapa Building has not changed — and that restraint is Aurora…
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Having worked with designer Lonika Chande on a previous project, the owners of this London property knew she was the right person to breathe new life into its tired interiors and imbue it with a real sense of personality
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The untreated larch facade, windows, and doors of Arhitekti Počivašek Petranovič‘s House Alva in Gorenjska are not a…
The post The Untreated Larch of House Alva in Gorenjska Is Not a Reference — It Is the Same Material as the Farm Buildings Next Door appeared first on urdesignmag.
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Draped across a blank plot in Quinta da Coutada, the L-shaped plan of Vasco Burnay Arquitectura‘s Casa do…
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Designer Evelina Mamedovaite has created an artful yet liveable home capable of accommodating both a penchant for restrained interiors and a busy family life
With a desire to reimagine the Arts and Crafts look for the times, the homeowner invited Irish designer Bryan O’Sullivan to breath life into her newly built estate
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The Cano House in Mount Washington, Los Angeles, is a 2,250 sq ft (209 sq m) four-bedroom structure…
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When Koo and Denny Akers of Bonni Outbuildings wanted to build a house from scratch, they turned to Faeger's Victoria Barker who created a considered, layered new-build that looks and feels as though it has existed for years
A patchwork of Welsh architectural history – the oldest section is anchored by ancient stone walls – this Carmarthenshire property had recently repaired roofs, but everything inside needed attention
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When the architect builds for herself, the result is rarely a manifesto — and that restraint is what…
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When burst water pipes scaled a decorative refresh into a full-blown renovation, designer Mona Ross Berman seized the opportunity to reimagine this Hudson Valley property as a refined yet relaxed retreat
The Training Season singer and 007 contending actor's civil ceremony took place at the Old Marylebone Town Hall, one of the UK's most famous registry offices. Next up is a grand celebration in Sicily
Set in one of the most rural areas of Ibiza, this previously rundown farmhouse has been transformed into an inviting island retreat by British interior designer Joanna Plant and local architect Rolf Blakstad, whose visions were perfectly aligned
From a two-room house in Mississippi, to owning one of America's most iconic homes, this is the rock and roll legend's story told through real estate
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The brief one desk received for this single-story timber-frame house near Warsaw was unusual from the start: a…
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While others ran a mile from this ‘patchwork’ house on the Surrey-Hampshire border, artist Rachel Bottomley saw it as an exciting creative challenge and has gradually revived its rooms with colour and character
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The most consequential decision Office Fora made at Brunswick Corner House was not what to add — it…
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Taking over the reigns of a project that was already underway, interior designer Lucy Cunningham collaborated closely with the owners to create a space that feels charming, comfortable and sympathetic to its cottagey proportions
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Villa in Recco by Gosplan, Giordano Hadamik Architects, caarpa, and studio.skey occupies a promontory above Baia dei Frati…
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Stunning views and a selection of fine pieces enhance the new chalet in Canada by Luke Havekes, a globetrotting designer with a passion for travel.
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Punto Zero‘s Casa Alkymia in Rome occupies a 230-square-meter apartment inside a 1930s rationalist building in Monteverde Vecchio,…
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In Fribourg’s first modern building — a 1936 flat-roofed block by Pierre Vauthey, now protected as a Category…
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In a five-bedroom coastal villa on the Italian Riviera, Calvi Ceschia Viganò Architetti Associati built a house that…
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A celebration of its extraordinary riverside setting, this thoughtful new build in Hampshire is an example of how to create a home that is as sustainable as it is beautiful
This Unassuming French Beach House Conceals a Soulful Retreat Built Around Cedar, Contrast, and Calm
From the street, the modest facade of this former farmhouse offers few clues to what lies beyond. But step inside, and the house design opens out …
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Designed by Helsinki-based Arkkitehtuuri- ja muotoilutoimisto Talli for a family of four, Villa Margo sits in a dense…
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On the verdant hillside fringe of Florence, where centuries-old gardens merge with the city’s edge, Florentine and Zurich-based…
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