Homes - My Style

“Electric vehicles have been, let’s face it, traditionally terrible-looking.”

Lincoln brought out one of the most daring electric concepts of the year, the Model L100. The boring name indicates it’s a 100th anniversary model, a fullyautonomous luxury vehicle that wouldn’t have looked out of place at the Turin show in 1968. The canopy and doors open like a flower to reveal a modular cockpit, where the seats can be configured for front and rear passengers to face each other over a table.

manufacturers have finally started to embrace a new design language for electric cars that is diverging from the limitations of internal combustion.

There are many more vehicles on the way, but we’ve picked out six of the most interesting ones to show the range of possibilities when designers start to free themselves from traditional ideas of what a car should look like.

Audi has teased its ‘actishpere’ concept, the fourth of four shapeshifting cars with elements that will make it into production. The actisphere changes its wheelbase – gets longer or shorter – depending on whether it’s in coupe or roadster form.

“Manufacturers have finally started to embrace a new design language for electric cars that is diverging from the limitations of internal combustion.”

Direct competitors Cadillac introduced their Celestiq concept in July, but not only does it have many production-ready features, it’s recently been spotted testing. Cadillac will actually build something very much like the long hatchback, vaguely proportioned like a Lamborghini Espada, in the next few years.

Volvo’s Polestar 6 roadster is pugnacious and angular, especially with its geometric roof up. It recalls classic sports cars like Aston-Martin or a Datsun Z car in proportions but takes advantage of the electric architecture to reshape body lines.

Catherine Cabral’s Style

The pursuit of simplicity and refinement

Catherine is an interior designer with over 20 years’ experience working with a luxury clientele, from bankers to art collectors, hotels and private villas. She has a predilection for bizarre shapes, the bello and the simple, space and proportion; and attaches importance to materials and texture.

Catherine divides her time between Lisbon and Paris, her mother’s home town. She studied and fell in love with the city of lights as a child and still loves it.

“From a very young age, France had a huge influence on me, every time I spend there, even for just a couple of days, is always so refreshing and brings me a continued source of inspiration.”

Her firm is based in Lisbon, in a historical building with an amazing view of the Tagus River. Her marvellous studio full of history and charm is a treasure trove, serving as a showroom for the different pieces, stunning fabrics and exquisite wallpapers.

“No two clients have the same lives, tastes or dreams, just as no two interiors have the same light, proportions, history or personality. And sometimes clients don’t even know their style or the style they are looking for! Through experience and conversations with clients we perceive and trace the client’s style and needs. The ultimate goal is that in each space we reflect the client’s style and create a place where they feel at home.”