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VOLUME 94 NUMBER 4
ON THE COVER
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Perched on and cantilevering out from a steep jungle slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, the 1,000-square-foot villa, one of two by sustainably minded Czech firm Formafatal, is built from rammed earth using clay excavated from the site, its wraparound sliding glass doors opening to an infinityedge pool. Photography: Boysplaynice.
features 106 IN THE HEIGHTS by Edie Cohen
The renovation of a San Francisco house by Shamir Shah Design and Geddes Ulinskas Architects does full justice to the property’s elevated position. 114 MAIDEN VOYAGE by Ian Phillips
Kenshō, a private super yacht produced in Italy’s Admiral shipyard, is Jouin Manku’s debut nautical vessel to hit the high seas. 124 MADE IN THE SHADE by Rebecca Dalzell
Paseo Mallorca 15, an eco-friendly apartment building in Palma, Spain, by OHLab, embodies passive-house construction, natural or locally sourced materials, and not a drop of paint.
132 THIS IS LIVING by Lisa Di Venuta and Georgina McWhirter
Whether rental or condo, America or Asia, today’s residential developments are housing occupants in supreme style amid five-star amenities. 146 PUTTING ON A SHOW by Stephen Wallis
A Southampton, New York, retreat by Sawyer|Berson is an artful stage for interiors by its design-forward homeowner, Dune CEO and founder Richard Shemtov. 156 THE RULES OF THE GAME by Ian Phillips
For an apartment overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary, Ramy Fischler Studio applied precepts of an ancient Indian system of architecture, along with its own savoir faire.
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walk-through 35 COLOR STORY by Elizabeth Fazzare
special homes section ON THE COVER
Geometric floor tiles by Ceramica Bardelli bring an energetic note to a three-bedroom apartment in Ragusa, Italy, by Studio Gum. Photography: Filippo Bamberghi/Living Inside.
openhouse 67 SURF, SKY, SAND by Edie Cohen 73 ART ON VIEW by Rebecca Dalzell 85 THEME AND VARIATION by Georgina McWhirter and Jen Renzi
Designers play with dichotomy and difference in creating weekend getaways informed by their locales—from the Costa Rican jungle to Ontario lake country.
at home 81 PAUL VANRUNXT DRAFTS HIS DREAM DWELLING by Kurt G. Stapelfeldt
departments 15 HEADLINERS 19 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block and Athena Waligore 24 PINUPS by Lisa Di Venuta 28 BLIPS by Annie Block and Athena Waligore 40 SHOPTALK 43 MARKET edited by Rebecca Thienes text by Wilson Barlow, Lisa Di Venuta, Georgina McWhirter, and Rebecca Thienes 101 CENTERFOLD A Perfect Sequence by Athena Waligore
With a name and layout inspired by the Golden Spiral, the Fibonacci wine-tasting terrace in Prague by Marco Maio Architects adds up to an outdoor oasis.
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I must admit, it’s quite natural to assume that residential work is exclusively the expression of “the power of one”—be it one person’s own digs or the ancestral home of one family, with one contractor and one highbrow designer as the lead (when there’s the budget, of course). Yes, this assumption is justified because singularity is the name of the game here. But life being complex and all that, residential design actually spills over into soooooo much more. Take the obvious, city living and apartment buildings. That’s already a different story, a place where individuality and community mix it up and create new rules for the (design) game. Now, add live-work commissions to this equation (another very common occurrence today), whereby residential space is inextricably joined to, say, hospitality, retail, and even workplace situations—poster children for all-things-social. And then add to the picture that great American original, large-scale development with
resi: both sides now! major amenities to boot, and we can only imagine where resi will lead! Phew! In short, the residential segment of our business is an exceedingly vast patch on which to ply our craft, much larger and more varied than what we ever expected, more “commercial” than we ever suspected…and when we add the kazillions of products specified into the mix, it is a wonderland of opportunities that has been known to swallow a design team or two. ;) And because it is both sides now—residential and commercial—it also happens to be a positively intractable bear to cover effectively, a nightmare of agonizing choices to make for a poor editor-in-chief like me (hee-hee). Us being us however—as intrepid as they come!— we once again prevailed upon this eclectic beast. We begin with, surprise, surprise, a mini edition of Interior Design Homes (with hard cover and all!) for a taste of unapologetically modern living. Our cover story takes us to new heights with twin rental villas that actually cantilever from a steep jungle slope in Costa Rica…oh my! Then, our top-flight features include a swanky house reno in San Francisco, a to-die-for apartment overlooking the Danube in Buda pest, and a global roundup of developments with amenities that would take anyone’s breath away! From primary to secondary, city to country to seaside home, and including a wide variety of developments with residential as the lead, we are proud to present our most recent endeavor showcasing all sides of resi design today…the Interior Design way! Follow me on Instagram
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