If you hadn’t noticed by now, we love the outdoors. And we admire those who do as well. We find that using the outside as inspiration makes each of our homes unique, in that it becomes an extension of the existing environment. Maintaining a focus on nature throughout the entire process of creating a building is both complex and simple. Living in a space that utilizes natural materials enhances our relationship with the land and brings us back to our roots. If we’re not living in a Bohl house, our next option might be a glamping experience in one of Patrick Dougherty’s stick sculptures.

We recently came across an older article in Habitat Magazine that highlights this property and interviews the interior design agency behind the renovation of this space on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Italy. The hotel was original designed by french architect Jacques Couelle, known for his sculpture-houses. This hotel is most definitely a work of art.

The show profiles different artists in the design field and each episode gives the viewer an inside look at their craft. It is incredible what we’re able to create – all it takes is the belief that it is possible…and a lot of hard work. A final product may look effortlessly flawless, yet it took hours of construction and usually, multiple minds to make it come to life. Once you start seeing the behind of scenes, you can’t quite look at things the same. While every episode left us with tokens of inspiration, Architect Bjarke Ingels and Interior Designer Ilse Crawford hit home.

The other week we serendipitously came across Casa Mexico by Annie Kelly with photos from Tim Street-Porter. While flipping through the pages, we were brought back to Casa Wilson Serrano – a memorable project we did in downtown Mérida, Mexico for our friends Robert Willson and David Serrano.

In honor of International Women’s Day, our creative crush goes out to all the inspirational women out there! Here are several quotes from some influential women…

Creative crush goes to…Chef’s Table! And to the creator of this mouthwatering docuseries on Netflix, David Gelb.

Something we love about Ansel Adams is that he captured moments of the atmosphere interacting with the landscape. Dramatic lighting is a strong theme in his photography and that shows in nearly every one of his black and white images. He coined the term visualization – where you visualize the final image in your head before you take the photo and then, you take your materials and bring that visualization to life. Similarly, that is what we do as architects when designing a home.

From film team Q/A’s and cinema cafes to street performers and a gorgeous Park City landscape, Sundance Film Festival was a very memorable experience.

We enjoying listening to podcasts and one of our favorites is The Grand Tourist with Dan Rubinstein. Whether it be other architects or famous chefs, we love hearing stories and different perspectives from renowned creatives who speak with Dan. Today we’re listening back to conversation with Moshe Safdie.

We just binge watched “For the Love of Kitchens” and now we need to share our love for deVOL…So we’ll title this post, “For the Love of deVOL” because we enjoyed following along as the deVOL team documents the creation of their clients’ dream kitchens.