In the pantheon of twentieth-century design, few names carry the weight of Le Corbusier (1887–1965). Architect, urban planner, painter, and polemicist, he was as radical as he was pragmatic, as theoretical as he was tactile. Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, he became known by the moniker Le Corbusier—a chosen identity that reflected hisContinue reading “Le Corbusier: The Architect of Modern Life”
Category Archives: The Artist at Home
La Casa Azul: The Frida Kahlo Museum
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”
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.
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.
Sara Ruffin Costello’s Fabulous New Orleans Home
In the Garden District of New Orleans, the photographer Paul Costello and his wife, Sara Ruffin Costello, live in a storied pink house that was what Paul calls “a chic disaster” when they found it in 2010.
My World of Interiors 