This is one of those museums that feel intimate, and lived-in, of course because Frida Kahlo did live here before it became the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City. Known affectionately as La Casa Azul for its cobalt-blue walls, the house where Frida was born, lived, and died is more than a shrine to anContinue reading “La Casa Azul: The Frida Kahlo Museum”
Category Archives: Architecture
Carlo Scarpa & Villa Ottolenghi, Verona
Nestled among the vineyards of Bardolino, overlooking Lake Garda, Villa Ottolenghi represents Carlo Scarpa’s final architectural statement—a masterful interplay of nature, materiality, and design.
David Lynch’s Hollywood Hills Compound: Architecture, Interiors, Creative Life, and Night Blooming Jasmine
David Lynch’s longtime Hollywood Hills estate—newly listed for sale—reads like a maker’s campus more than a single home. Across five contiguous parcels, it fuses a pink-hued mid-century residence by Lloyd Wright with a concrete-forward studio house that doubled as a film set, plus a third residence adapted for post-production, screening, and editing. The result isContinue reading “David Lynch’s Hollywood Hills Compound: Architecture, Interiors, Creative Life, and Night Blooming Jasmine”
Luis Barragán: The Architect of Light and Colour
Few architects in the 20th century achieved what Luis Barragán did: an architecture at once modern and timeless, deeply rooted in Mexico’s cultural traditions yet universally resonant.
Necchi Architecture – Where Memory Meets Cinematic Detail
Founded by Charlotte Albert and Alexis Lamesta, Necchi Architecture is a Paris-based interior studio.
Festen Architecture — Quiet Grandeur, Lasting Atmosphere
Paris-based Festen Architecture (Charlotte de Tonnac and Hugo Sauzay) have built a reputation for interiors that feel inevitable rather than invented.
The Archaeological Museum – Athens
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is not just a collection of artifacts — it is a living conversation with the ancient world.
The Acropolis Museum in Athens
The New Acropolis Museum is more than a repository of ancient art—it’s an experience that fuses past and present. Its architecture respects and frames the ruins above, while its collection breathes life into centuries-old masterpieces. For anyone visiting Athens, it is a cultural pilgrimage that should not be missed.
Audrey Hepburn’s Beloved Swiss Home, La Paisible, Is Now for Sale
For more than three decades, Audrey Hepburn—style icon, actress, and humanitarian—called La Paisible (“The Peaceful”) her sanctuary. Nestled in the quiet village of Tolochenaz near Lausanne, Switzerland, the estate that was once her cherished family home has now come onto the market, offering an extraordinary chance to step into a piece of cinematic history.
Vitra Design Museum & Schaudepot: A Living Archive of Modern Design
What makes the Vitra Campus unique is its broader architectural context. Alongside Gehry and Herzog & de Meuron, buildings by Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Nicholas Grimshaw, and SANAA turn the site into a kind of open-air design anthology.
My World of Interiors 