When Pavilions Replace Rooms: A Dispersed Farmhouse in Karnataka
Nodecraft Studio's Aalok Farmhouse abandons the traditional corridor-linked layout in favor of autonomous volumes connected by open-air pathways and courtyards.
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Six Months Earlier: Isabelle Miaja on the Decisions That Shape a Hotel Before Anyone Draws a Room
After three decades designing hotels across Asia, the founder of MIAJA Design Group, Isabelle Miaja, argues that a project's most consequential decisions are usually made before an interior designer is appointed. What follows is a case for sequencing, for identity over theming, and for the parts of a hotel that no photograph can carry.
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