This Christmas if you are looking for a home tour which is rich in history and filled with stone houses and colonial architecture, why not give the Oley Valley 2011 Holiday House Tour in Oley Pennsylvania a try. It will be held on December 3, Saturday from 10-5. If you check the journal of Heinrich Gudehus that we have online, you will find that Oley was one of the first towns Gudehus came to from Germany prior to becoming a schoolteacher at Moselem Springs.
Ar. Amit Shastri designs a warm and welcoming holiday home incorporating the luxe and contemporary feel of chic hospitality. Check out the project here and tell us what you think…
Veering away from the norm, Concrete redefines the holiday experience with a prototype rental that centres around the themes of togetherness and nature
Ar. Masahiko Sato of Architect Show uses minimalist geometries to define this contemporary holiday home amidst the hills, as its circulatory terrace opens it up to the scenic surrounds. Check it out here
Ar. Shonan Purie Trehan of Studio LAB designs a holiday home in Mulshi using an architectural vocabulary that is driven as much by function as by the panoramic surrounds. Check out this what makes this the World Architecture Festival 2019 finalist in the Completed Buildings - Villa Category and leave us your views…
Colours of the sky simulate the myriad moods of this holiday home on the outskirts of Pune. Designed by Studio Unitecture, the home epitomises the tenets of openness, declutter and abandon - perfect for an exercise in rejuvenation.
Holiday seekers get a new destination in Taiwan's new retreat in the skies! MVRDV designed Y House with its glass-edged roof-top swimming pool is the latest entrant in weekend getaways.
Would you like to share your holiday dwelling with a refugee? Check out the magdas Hotel in Vienna that has made this novel attempt at combining social responsibility with commercial gain…
Can a vernacular approach in architecture take both a sustainable and stylistic route for eco-conscious living? Here's a well-executed holiday home by architect PromodChaugule that blends the two characteristics…
We all know the hassles that come with making preparations for a holiday. However, the most difficult thing is getting a visa for the destination we intend to visit. Going for a vacation outside India isn't just about packing your bags or choosing an exotic destination location, it is a rather long drawn affair and there is a lot of planning to do. The most important of them all is the procurement and management of visas to enter the country you plan to visit. To get that to happen, an interview at the respective consulate is imperative and despite hours of documentation, there is always the downright fatal chance of your visa being rejected. In order to solve this dreaded happening situation, how about visiting places that provide on arrival visa for Indian citizens? Sounds good, right? So here are 10 countries that offer visa on arrival for us, Indians:
Arabic antiques, Indian silver, Mexican ecclesiastical art, handcrafted Talavera tiles, hand-painted wallpaper, English Schumacher fabric… Queen of Maximalism Michelle Nussbaumer lets us into her sprawling holiday home in San Miguel, Mexico.
Ar. Archana van Gils of AVG Architecture En Interiors creates bold elegance with a sense of ingrained luxury as she uses a nude colour palette to design this holiday home in Gurugram…
Envisioned by Manoj Patel Design Studio, this holiday home in Vadodara's Halol comes nestled in the midst of a mango orchard. Striking in form and materiality while conscious in design, the home is a brilliant example of designing with intrinsic respect to the context.
Drawing parallels and fusing styles, Jan Sikora of Sikora Interiors inimitably combines Japanese, American and Polish design influences to design a holiday home for a Japanese-American couple in Poland.
Chris Briffa Architects reinterpret Junichirō Tanizaki's famed essay, In Praise of Shadows to transform this seaside holiday home in Gozo Island into a mesmerizing narrative of Japanese austerity, anchored by a nuanced interplay of light and shadow.
Championing 'eco-futurism', this prefab holiday home in Chikmagalur by Okno Modhomes offers a harmonious blend of contemporary minimalism and sustainable design practices.