Sympathetically integrated into the Mojave Desert, this comfortable, eco-friendly cedar retreat is tucked away at the entrance to the Joshua Tree National Park. The Mojave desert in south-east California, with its particularly fragile ecosystem, is breathtakingly beautiful. This convinced Argentine architects Juan Diego and Fernando Gerscovich (IOAN) that it was the ideal place to build […]
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With its emblematic buildings ranging in style from Art Nouveau to Post-Modernism, not forgetting forays into Art Deco and Modernism, Belgium has become something of an architectural benchmark. Today’s architects are the heirs of the masters of functionality and rationality who developed a certain idea of minimalism and an ability to impose a strong architectural […]
Interior
During the Maison&Objet exhibition, which ran from 18 to 22 January, and during the Déco Off presentations in Paris, designers and brands celebrated natural materials. The world of plants, minerals and water were showcased in a number of collections. In terms of colour, we were happy to find lush accents to complement the neutral tones […]
Travel
With autumn colours in sight, London’s art fairs are once again attracting large numbers of collectors and art lovers at the beginning of October. On the agenda? Frieze London, Frieze Masters and PAD. Between Regents Park and Berkeley Square, the spotlight will shine on the most controversial art, the best of previous centuries and a […]
Design
Belgium has everything a designer needs to be happy: the history and culture associated with the discipline, people to collaborate with and space to work in. Created in 2018, the Collectible fair launched a design trend that is still going strong. The Design Market, offers a vision of vintage creation, while the For The Now […]
Art
The gamble paid off for this gallery owner, recognised as one of the most influential women in the art world today. Meeting Leila Heller is tantamount to touching the stars for anyone with a sweeping passion for art. Originally from Iran, she studied art in New York, at Sotheby’s in London and in Washington, where […]
Design
They will matter. They already matter. Between design, art design and virtuoso craftsmanship, Belgian and foreign designers alike are designing our everyday environment. And what they create is always in tune with the times. Design is 98% common sense and 2% futility. It’s not me who says so, but Philippe Starck – he’s never short […]