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Intel:
The unplugging trend of 2026 and beyond.
How a mountaintop finca in Ibiza became the epicentre of a globetrotting couple’s new way of life.
Oliver and Jenna Friedheim worked with Austin firm Plural to design a farmhouse they could build themselves.
Why digital nomads are moving for better weather and quality of life.
Depression hates a moving target. Winston Churchill used to lay 200 bricks per day to keep his mind busy when feeling down.
Inspiration:
What: Finca Es Rafal
Where: Alaró · Mallorca
About: A working Mallorcan farm at the foot of the Tramuntana mountains. Lavender driveway, Shetland ponies, honey from the estate hives and four years of Spanish and French design magazine features. Alaró village is three minutes on foot.
What: Cabanon Concrete Retreat
Where: Chania · Crete
About: Two concrete cabins in a Cretan olive grove, designed by a Greek artist and Swedish curator as an extension of their artistic practice. Inspired by Le Corbusier's Le Cabanon. Fully glazed to the northwest. The Milky Way visible from the bed.
What: Monte Abastura
Where: Castro Marim · Algarve
About: A late 19th-century sheepfold on three hectares inside the Reserva Natural do Sapal, eastern Algarve. Thick stone walls, reed roof, 360-degree countryside views. The Ria Formosa lagoon 15 minutes away. Self-sufficient water supply, ecological heat pump, pool shaped like a traditional reservoir.
What: Can Lluïssó
Where: Felanitx · Mallorca
About: An antique Mallorcan farmhouse rebuilt in 2021 using lime, soil, stone and traditional manual techniques. 22,000 square metres of private land, five bedrooms, open campo and not another building in sight.
What: Casa Linear
Where: Loulé · Algarve
About: A renovated Algarve farmhouse tucked at the end of a narrow village street near Loulé. Old terracotta tiles, stone sinks, wooden ceilings and a garden bedroom in a separate annex among the fruit trees.
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