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Andong reminded me that architecture doesn’t need to be loud to be powerful. Sometimes, the most enduring beauty is found in stillness, in proportion, humility, and quiet coexistence. In the end, that is what good design should do everywhere: not just house us, but hold us gently amongst world.

At Koi No Yokan, we believe design should always leave room for joy. Not as afterthought, but as principle. For in the end, a home, a restaurant, a city are not remembered only for their walls and surfaces. They are remembered for the moments of delight they made possible.

Some gardens are intended to be showstoppers - clipped, ordered, a display of precision. Others, usually the ones that stay with you,...

Every project has a room that, during the design process, sets the tone for the rest of the house. At Seaforth, it is the master suite ....

A house with strong foundations and lived-in charm, but also with corners that no longer quite fit the rhythm of the life unfolding...

Some restaurants make you lower your voice the moment you walk in. Not because it’s formal, but because the room seems to hum at a slower...

There are some places that just manage to slow you down. For me, I found that my home for the past week in Mallorca was one of those. The...

Wood doesn't compete when it comes to adding personal touches to a space. Not just in its texture or grain, but in the way it holds...

Some parts of the week are made for pace. For emails and errands and conversations you forgot to schedule. But Sunday mornings? Sunday...

We’ve been watching the stainless steel renaissance with a raised brow and a slow, knowing nod. Because beneath the cool, clinical exterior lies a surprisingly sensual material - honest, hardworking, and emotionally resonant in all the right ways.

There’s a certain type of person who makes salad outside. And we’d very much like to be them.

There are few things more intimate - and more quietly telling - than a person’s coffee table.