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The Sublimely Refreshing Los Limoneros in Spain

Los Limoneros is a oil and minimalist private residence in Marbella, Spain.

Barcelona-based Gus Wüstemann Architects have created a bold plan with ingenious sun filtering.

A series of cubes captures attention as an intriguing design – but also functions as a cooling element.

Almost every window cleverly prevents direct access from Spain’s blazing sun.

Oblique openings offer the sense of freedom of wide open windows while keeping the interiors – like this open air bathroom – cool and calm.

The generous bathtub is a cooling relaxation spot entirely open to one of the outdoor courtyards between the cubes.

Where glass does enclose the interior a screen of concrete bricks first deflects the direct sun.

The effect is to create a series of cool cavelike interior spaces.

The back of the house has larger open courtyards pulling in cooler air from the north.

A moat-like lap pool encircles a grass lawn.

Starkly minimalist, cool stone throughout also acts to passively chill the heat of the region.

The result is a refreshing, private and tranquil home.

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Scrumptious Cedar Treehouse is a French Spa Retreat

The Cabane & Spa treehouse is literally in a treehouse.

A tree, a cabin, a dream…

The natural cedar getaway is in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France, 31 miles north of Toulouse.

Its freshly starched white sheets, linen drapes and warm cedar-clad walls… What a far cry from the spider-infested tree houses of childhood!

Canopée Construction built the sturdy spa as one of a series of cabanas aux arbres.

It is set in the tree canopy 12 feet above a grassy lawn.

They rent the treehouse by the night – and serve a French breakfast of coffee and croissants.

The luxury of a hot tub as you step out of bed!

Bliss!

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Classicism Meets Minimalism in a Gracious St Petersburg Studio

Architect and interior designer Natalia Ozerova uses thick slabs of bas relief work to shape an elegant space.

Lovely bas relief work in faux stone is used throughout each room.

The extremely modulated colour palette surrounding the ecru bas relief has a calming effect.

The same severely restricted colour palette is used throughout.

A mirror doubles the tiny space in a continuation of the ecru and blue-gray of the bedroom.

The St Petersburg apartment gracefully blends classicism and minimalism.

Even in a tiny toilet, classicism breathes its sense of perspective.

Miraculously a gracious space is created from a very tiny apartment.

The vertical lines of a bookcase emphasise the apartment’s one gracious proportion in the entry.

There is barely room for a fireplace.

Yet as you step out of the bedroom, a calming sight greets you.

And turning and looking back at the bedroom wall, a shiny black TV and classical sculpture is flanked on each side by a pair of mirrored doors that reflect the few windows, with no hint of the bedroom beyond.

Blending modernity and a classical aesthetic, even the stark black of TV screens acquires an ancient elegance!