Archive for April, 2009

Zappon House

April 28th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Interiors

A man of few words, Zappon is a prolific cinematographer of critically lauded Danish films such as Okay and Aftermath, known for their graceful asceticism and the showcasing of actress Paprika Steen, the Cate Blanchett of Copenhagen. The main living space of the house is [...]


ARTY

April 22nd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Interiors

Bil Ehrlich, a young Harvard-trained architect, bought and gutted a derelict five-floor Manhattan town house and created, behind its old cast-iron facade, a huge white alterna-house. But it seems downright laughable today that the house might have once been seen to be cold and impersonal. [...]


Bali, Indonesia

April 22nd, 2009  |  by  |  published in Travel

Few destinations have benefited from modern tourism quite like Bali, Indonesia. It makes them so sad: hundreds if not thousands of years of cultural evolution undone by a few decades of modern, Western-style development, much of it of the globalized luxury persuasion.


Borneo

April 21st, 2009  |  by  |  published in Travel

Borneo is the third largest island in the world. It is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Administratively, this island is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The island is a haven for researchers, scientists and adventure travelers and one of the most [...]