Archive: May 2015

Charleston

The latest edition of Art & Home is here! From thoughtfully landscaped grounds to immaculately manicured gardens, what lies just outside the front door is what makes a house a home, finds Lyna Bort Caruso. Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture, sought to channel the “genius of a place” in his projects. He believed every habitat had a spirit of its own and accessing that quality was the most meaningful way to connect with one’s surroundings. At…

Luxury Villa in France

Raise your hand if you have never dreamt about living, or just staying, at a royal residence. In the one owned by the Marquis de Lafayette, for example, that has just become for sale. The price of the property is not exactly affordable, however 1,8 million euro is an extremely reasonable sum for a luxurious residence, whose walls tell the glorious past of one of the most famous general on the other side of the Alps. The house in which…