Interior designer Emmanuel Picault and architect Ludwig Godefroy built their weekend home in Santa Catarina, Mexico six years ago, using the modernist style as a starting point but also drawing on other sources such as Le Corbusier, the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Petra and the Aztec temples of ancient Mexico. The house is completely open to the elements. It only has one door that can be locked, the main entrance from the street. There are no other doors or windows. The indoors blends in marvelously with the outdoors, compelling you to take in the majestic scenery all around the house. This photo essay is an excerpt from the book Close To Nature: Inspiring Houses off the Road by Mirjam Bleeker and Frank Visser, published by Luster Publishing. TwitterFacebookPinterest Related Stories Interiors Issue 43 Home Tour: Rose Uniacke An elegant palazzo—in Pimlico. Design Interiors Issue 42 Studio Tour: Fernando Caruncho Gardens sit between the natural and the artificial. George Upton meets the man mediating between the two. Interiors I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR Worlds collide in a Milanese apartment. Interiors Issue 41 A Home in Arles François Halard built his reputation on photographing other people’s homes. Now, he’s turned the lens on his own interior. Interiors Issue 39 Hôtel Martel A visit to the Parisian cul-de-sac where the legacy of Robert Mallet-Stevens lives on. Design Interiors Issue 38 At Work With: Green River Project Aaron Aujla and Ben Bloomstein switched lanes from art to design, and found their true calling as outsiders in the world of interiors.
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Design Interiors Issue 38 At Work With: Green River Project Aaron Aujla and Ben Bloomstein switched lanes from art to design, and found their true calling as outsiders in the world of interiors.
