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Intel:
“I was addicted to my phone – but one screen time hack actually made a difference”
English country houses 📉: prices in the Cotswolds fell 12% between October 2022 and the end of 2025.
Bookmarked for our next visit to upstate NY.
A rural house in the Australian hinterland pushes its occupants outside.
A Pilgrimage to the Original Viral Cabin.
Inspiration:
What: Villa Benkemoun
Where: Arles · Provence
About: A 1974 villa in the agricultural plain four kilometres from Arles, Provence. Designed by Le Corbusier disciple Émile Sala as a study in organic architecture, it was restored to its original state in 2017 by the founder's daughter and listed by the French Ministry of Culture as 20th Century Heritage.
What: Vagar do Pastor
Where: Aldeia dos Orvalhos · Alentejo
About: A single-storey 300-square-metre farmhouse on a 2,600-square-metre natural meadow near Aldeia dos Orvalhos in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Designed by Lisbon-based PHDD Arquitectos and completed in 2024. Large windows open to views across the montado and the Serra d'Ossa, with an outdoor pool, a barbecue terrace, and bedrooms with outdoor showers.
What: Neuendorf House
Where: Santanyí · Mallorca
About: An iconic house near Santanyí in southeast Mallorca, designed by John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin during their partnership as one of the founding statements of architectural minimalism. The house is composed of terracotta-pigmented monolithic walls, a tall narrow slit entrance reached by a long straight path through the grove, an enclosed courtyard, local Santanyí sandstone floors, and a long narrow lap pool projecting from the house into the landscape, with five bedrooms, two salt-water pools, a clay tennis court, and a rooftop terrace with sea views.
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