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A tranquil retreat in upstate New York. After founding their own homeware brand, Piaule, in 2016, Nolan McHugh and Trevor Briggs started thinking about a larger scale project: a hotel. Fast forward to 2021, and Piaule Catskills has become a reality. Designed in a collaboration with prefab specialists Garrison Architects, the retreat celebrates the idea of reconnecting to nature. Locat...

A tranquil retreat in upstate New York. After founding their own homeware brand, Piaule, in 2016, Nolan McHugh and Trevor Briggs started thinking about a larger scale project: a hotel. Fast forward to 2021, and Piaule Catskills has become a reality. Designed in a collaboration with prefab specialists Garrison Architects, the retreat celebrates the idea of reconnecting to nature. Locat...

A cozy off-grid retreat built among pastures on a working farm in Australia. Inspired by local masonry houses and hay sheds, Gawthorne’s Hut is a modern retreat that welcomes guests in a bucolic landscape in Buckaroo, on the outskirts of Mudgee in New South Wales, Australia. The clients hired architecture firm Camero...

The home of an iconic Danish designer and architect, revisited by a heritage furniture brand. Here at Gessato we love Scandinavian design as much as we admire Danish furniture, architecture, and the kind of timeless objects that become...

The home of an iconic Danish designer and architect, revisited by a heritage furniture brand. Here at Gessato we love Scandinavian design as much as we admire Danish furniture, architecture, and the kind of timeless objects that become...

An ultra-minimalist chair collection that pairs modern, clean forms with traditional woodworking techniques. Created in a collaboration between handcrafted wood furniture specialists Union Wood Co, and designer Alyssa Lewis of Studio Block, the Slab Collection perfectly blends minimalist design and traditional woodworking tec...

A home designed to coexist with nature in a new town close to Minoh City, Japan. Located in a rapidly developing new town still surrounded by nature, just north of Minoh City, in the Osaka Prefecture, Japan, House in Minohshinmachi has a distinctive design that aims to create a perfect balance between urban and natural environments.

A farmhouse from the 19th century transformed into a modern retreat. Set in the Estiramantens village in Algarve, Casa Um is a contemporary retreat that welcomes guests into a pastoral landscape. Architecture firm Atelier Rua redesigned and also expanded the former farmhouse, transforming the 19th century building i...

A farmhouse from the 19th century transformed into a modern retreat. Set in the Estiramantens village in Algarve, Casa Um is a contemporary retreat that welcomes guests into a pastoral landscape. Architecture firm Atelier Rua redesigned and also expanded the former farmhouse, transforming the 19th century building i...

Hayo Gebauer is a Berlin-based designer who established his studio in 2016 after graduating from the Master’s program Contextual Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands. Before that, he studied Industrial Design in Braunschweig, Germany. Currently, Geba...

A creatively designed house with a central courtyard that houses a tree. Built on the outskirts of the city of Morelia, Mexico, UC House features an ingenious and thoughtful design that establishes a spatial ambiguity between indoor and outdoor spaces. Daniela Bucio Sistos // Taller de Arquitectura y Diseño created the ...

A creatively designed house with a central courtyard that houses a tree. Built on the outskirts of the city of Morelia, Mexico, UC House features an ingenious and thoughtful design that establishes a spatial ambiguity between indoor and outdoor spaces. Daniela Bucio Sistos // Taller de Arquitectura y Diseño created the ...

A creatively designed house with a central courtyard that houses a tree. Built on the outskirts of the city of Morelia, Mexico, UC House features an ingenious and thoughtful design that establishes a spatial ambiguity between indoor and outdoor spaces. Daniela Bucio Sistos // Taller de Arquitectura y Diseño created the ...

An ingenious design that aims to make people re-think their electricity use. Created by Vienna-based designer Klemens Schillinger during his residency at Schloss Hollenegg, the Off-Grid Lamp is as ingenious as it is thought-provoking. The location, in an Austrian castle with some rooms that don't have access to electricity, inspired the project’s concept. The designer also referenced ...

A distinctive chair made with a blend of solid beech wood and flexible fabric rope. Following their previous three collections designed for Matiazzi, French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec created another stylish piece of furniture for the Italian company. The Filo chair

A renovation and thoughtful upgrade of a 1970s Charles Gwathmey house. Designed in the 1970s by renowned architect Charles Gwathmey, this home in Amagansett, New York, was thoughtfully restored and upgraded by NYC-based architecture and design studio Worrell Yeung. House in the Dunes (originally the Haupt Residence) requir...

A renovation and thoughtful upgrade of a 1970s Charles Gwathmey house. Designed in the 1970s by renowned architect Charles Gwathmey, this home in Amagansett, New York, was thoughtfully restored and upgraded by NYC-based architecture and design studio Worrell Yeung. House in the Dunes (originally the Haupt Residence) requir...

A modern Japanese house designed with eight connecting volumes. Built at the southern edge of the city of Nagoya, Japan, House in Odaka stands on top of a small hill. Formerly an empty field, the site recently transformed into a quiet residential area. Thickets, bamboo groves, and open fields still surround the suburban ...

A modern Japanese house designed with eight connecting volumes. Built at the southern edge of the city of Nagoya, Japan, House in Odaka stands on top of a small hill. Formerly an empty field, the site recently transformed into a quiet residential area. Thickets, bamboo groves, and open fields still surround the suburban ...

A chair series with a sustainable twist. Seoul-based designer Jinyeong Yeon explores the beauty of imperfection in his work, often using reclaimed materials to create products and furniture with a sustainable twist. The Padded Chair series is no exception. Created in a collaboration with South Korean fashion brand shirter, the collection uses recycled materials. More specifically, goo...

A family home designed with four monolithic volumes arranged around a dining area. Built in Lhotka, Prague, House Lhotka is a great example of contemporary Czech architecture. The family home features four monolithic volumes that complement the surrounding dwellings in this quiet neighborhood, on a street shaded...

A family home designed with four monolithic volumes arranged around a dining area. Built in Lhotka, Prague, House Lhotka is a great example of contemporary Czech architecture. The family home features four monolithic volumes that complement the surrounding dwellings in this quiet neighborhood, on a street shaded...

A concrete house built in a secluded forest in Mexico. Inspired by the idea of bringing living spaces back to wild landscapes, Casa Amapa rises from among mature trees in a secluded forest in Guadalajara, Mexico. Architect René Pérez Gómez designed the dwelling with a

Eastern minimalism with a splash of Italian style. Part of the Poltrona Frau Take Your Time collection, the Mi series of cabinets provides an elegant storage solution for modern living spaces. Among the three products, the Mi Trolley modern bar cart caught our attention, as it offers an elegant way to serve whiskey and other ...

A restored and thoughtfully modernized 19th century house in Spain. Located in the center of the charming town of Comillas, Spain, this 19th century listed baronial house required major repairs and renovation work to become a welcoming family home. Madrid...

A contemporary retreat built on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. There are all kinds of ways you can make the most of a weekend away or a vacation, but if you want to disconnect from the pace of urban living completely and recharge your batteries, nothing beats taking a break in a cabin nestled in a quiet, natural setting. Black h ...

A concrete house designed with courtyards that open to the sky and the surrounding bushland in Australia. Modern concrete houses look especially striking in natural settings. Pearl Beach House is a perfect example. Designed by New South Wales-based Australian...