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Travel by Design: Condesa DF in Mexico City
Travel by Design: Condesa DF in Mexico City
A 1920s Art Deco mansion in Mexico City's Condesa, restored by India Mahdavi with its terrazzo floors and ironwork intact and a rooftop built as an urban oasis. Read more...
Travel by Design: Art Deco Excellence at Sommerro House
Travel by Design: Art Deco Excellence at Sommerro House
Oslo's former electric company headquarters, a 1930s Art Deco building restored by GrecoDeco into Sommerro House, and the Deco details that carry it. Read more...
Travel by Design: La Dolce Vita at Casa Monti Hotel
Travel by Design: La Dolce Vita at Casa Monti Hotel
An 18th-century palazzo in Rome's Monti district, turned into a hotel by Laura Gonzalez, where Renaissance grandeur meets a bohemian ease. Read more...
Italy Travel Itinerary: A Recap of My Five City Trip
Italy Travel Itinerary: A Recap of My Five City Trip
Twelve days through Venice, Verona, Florence, Rome and Portofino: the damask rooms at Residenza La Loggia, the Uffizi, Rasputin in Florence and Baia Cannone beach. Read more...
Travel by Design: Hotel Peter & Paul
Travel by Design: Hotel Peter & Paul
A former Catholic school and 19th-century church in New Orleans, restored into a hotel. How ASH and Nathalie Jordi kept the old European charm and added the comforts. Read more...
Travel by Design: Chateau Voltaire Paris
Travel by Design: Chateau Voltaire Paris
A 17th-century townhouse on the rue Saint-Roch, done by the founder of Zadig & Voltaire. What makes its rooms feel like a well-connected friend's pied-à-terre. Read more...
Travel by Design: Le Sirenuse Positano
Travel by Design: Le Sirenuse Positano
Le Sirenuse in Positano: local stone terrazzo, antiques, light through shutters and a palette of warm white, blue and terracotta. How to borrow it at home. Read more...
Travel by Design: The Interiors of the Proper Hotels
Travel by Design: The Interiors of the Proper Hotels
Kelly Wearstler's Proper Hotels in Austin, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and how to bring her layered, sculptural look home. Read more...
48 Hours in Charleston: Weekend Guide
48 Hours in Charleston: Weekend Guide
Two days in Charleston, four and a half hours from Atlanta: dinner at Maya on King Street, a Sullivan's Island beach day, candlemaking at Candlefish and oysters at Leon's. Read more...