\u200a Our annual Travel Issue celebrates spaces for creativity and the lengths we go to find them, from a rural Tennessee retreat used as a designer's architectural playground to an eccentric São Paulo home that packs in art studios and multigenerational living spaces. We also visit some of our favorite new hotels around the world and offer ways to bring the vibe home. Wherever you prefer to venture, we hope these stories inspire you to seek out inspiration. |
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The angular, eclectic house trades conventional boundaries for varying ceiling heights, walls of glass, and strategically placed cutouts. |
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The phenomenon of temporarily trading houses with a stranger has come a long way since the early days of “vacation exchange clubs” and printed catalogs. |
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Bob Butler bought land in Fairview, Tennessee, to use as a playground for his architectural ideas. He ended up with a serene retreat—including a new house for himself. |
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The designers behind some of our favorite new small hotels share decor ideas to help you channel their deftly constructed vibes. |
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Four equal-size rooms open one onto the next via large barn doors, encouraging continuous motion throughout its modest footprint. |
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They turned their home into a rental and converted the garage out back into their two-bed family flat and recording studio. Now they want to share it with friends. |
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A potted creosote plant she brought back from Arizona brings the smell of the desert into her New York apartment. |
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