With home libraries fast becoming the defining status symbol of the post-pandemic age, we look at five properties that make dynamic use of the bookshelf.
As we’re all very much aware, the last year has forced much of the world’s working population to broadcast their home interiors to a rotating array of colleagues and strangers. This has created new dynamics in the relationship between home design and professional identity, with repercussions for what interior elements we find most aspirational.
In short, that anecdotal awareness that a literary collection (or lack thereof) was becoming the key social signifier by which you judged others, and by which you yourself were judged, is starting to move the market. Bookbarn International, a company more used to supplying books in volume to TV and film production companies, has revealed that it is increasingly servicing private clients. Now, new research shows that the three rooms UK homeowners most wish they could add to their prope
Simon Hamui creates clean-lined furniture for minimalist Mexico City house
Mexican design firm Simon Hamui has created bespoke furnishings for a moody and minimalist Mexico City home by Spanish practice Francesc Rifé Studio, using a tactile palette of eucalyptus wood, glass, quartzite, marble and brass.
AdH House, which was completed last year, is a two-storey home in the residential neighbourhood of Lomas de Chapultepec and features a dark grey facade and black aluminium shutters across its two monolithic volumes.
Top: a marble and glass coffee table centres the living room. Above: Simon Hamui created a series of built-in shelves for the home
Distinguished residence is a paragon of contemporary artistry in the ultimate luxury slopeside setting.
The Sebastian - Vail, the award-winning luxury resort in the heart of Vail Village, is pleased to debut the Grand Galerie Penthouse, an expansive slopeside residence spanning more than 5,000 square feet with panoramic views of Vail Mountain and the Gore Range.