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Sisan Hupao 1934
It was in 1934 that a distinctive villa started to be built in Hangzhou, China. This place was to be, at different points, the home of an American embassy and a Chinese bank. -
Palazzo Daniele
“Questa casa non è un albergo” (This house is not a hotel). This statement, which also doubles as an installation occupying one of the walls of Palazzo Daniele, reminds us that this boutique hotel located in Gagliano del Capo, in southern Italy, was designed to provide an experience. Ludovica and Roberto Palomba (Palomba Serafini Associati), the architects responsible for transforming this 19th century aristocratic building, emphasise the idea, acknowledging that “it was paramount to design the experience above all”. -
SOUL AND SEDUCTION
A residence where amazement provides the epigraph to a mise-en-scène of arts and contrasts, and where monotony has been banished. -
REFINED SERENITY
They communicate who they are through the space they have created as their home. The exacting details, the ethereal elegance and the restrained use of colour confirm this. -
Bang & Olufsen
To combine substance and integrity, to challenge technology and craftsmanship, without ever compromising seamless articulation between designers, engineers and craftsmen. For Bang & Olufsen Vice President Gavin Ivester, these are among the fundamentals that sustain over nine decades of experience, an immersive quest that has resulted in the development of unique products with the power to enhance the lives of those that use them. -
LAVA HOMES
Arriving on the most mountainous island in the Azores archipelago, we are taken aback by the stunning colours of nature, a flora that rises from the volcanic ashes and moves us at every glance. -
LE PRISTINE
A celebration of Antwerp through art, gastronomy and architecture. This was the motto adopted by Space Copenhagen studio in order to breathe life into the recently inaugurated Le Pristine. -
FILIPE LUCAS FRAZÃO
When Filipe Lucas Frazão greeted us at his home in São Caetano, Pico, a few seconds were all it took for us to sense the family and – above all – genuine ambience – that it would distinguish this night of our trip. -
THE ESSENCE OF APPEARANCE
Located on a hill in Bali, Indonesia, Villa Rumah Fajar leads vernacular architecture into a contemporary world, in an exercise that proves that luxury can also be simple. -
WHITE EXCLUSIVE SUITES & VILLAS
On our way back from Furnas, still under the spell of the exotic gardens of the Terra Nostra botanical park, we headed to the south of São Miguel, following the winding roads of the island coast.
