Villa La Massa Is a Classic Italian Experience in the Florentine Countryside
Grand historic estate.
The hotel, on the banks of the Arno River overlooking the Chianti hills, feels like nothing else exists beyond the Tuscan countryside.
Spring 2020
A Train Ride Through History in Peru
Stone, gold, and sweet voices.
Peru’s history is in the architecture and stories of the people, like the changing textures in the strata of the Andes, streaming by like a living film reel in the window of the Hiram Bingham.
The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland
A rarefied spa experience.
In the ’60s, a geothermal plant harnessed energy from the earth, and was intended to return the blue water found when drilling back into the earth through the porous lava rock, but the silica hardened and closed up the holes, forming an electric-blue hot spring with the power to heal psoriasis.
What Makes for a Destination Winery?
Why the Okanagan Valley’s Phantom Creek is destined to become one.
While many wineries tout themselves as such, true destination wineries are those that wine tourists, and sometimes wine nerds, put at the top of their must-visit lists.
Marta Café + Pantry
Neighbourhood digs.
On the outskirts of Victoria’s Fernwood neighbourhood, local, sustainably-sourced ingredients converge in Marta Café + Pantry.
Parafina, Eco-friendly Eyewear
100% recycled.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure: a cliché, but also a business model for Samuel Soria and Alfonso de Luján, co-founders of Madrid-based eyewear company Parafina.
Zoë Mowat’s Intimate Modernism
A study in design.
The specificity of rudimentary shapes and colours in compound ways illustrate the intersection between form and function so often talked about, but rarely achieved on such a level.
Middle Eastern Streetwear Loveclosely
Representation in fashion.
The Middle East meets West in Loveclosely’s designs, which infuse contemporary styles—influenced by the likes of Drôle de Monsieur and Adidas—with motifs inspired by Middle Eastern art, poetry, and architecture.
Kawagama Lake Boathouse at the Water’s Edge
Lakeside living.
When an architect combines efficiency and luxury, rusticism and elegance, boathouse and guesthouse in a single dwelling, it takes some creativity.