Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

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Design Postcard: New York
For the first time in 50 years the distinctive Bubble House, a space-age modernist building in Manhattan's Upper East Side, is for sale.
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Design Postcard: the house of Dennis Severs
A home should tell a story – but what if that story is completely made up?
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Design Postcard from Mexico City
Join me at the famous Café La Habana, where Fidel Castro and Che Guevara are said to have plotted the Cuban Revolution over coffee and chilaquiles.
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Design Postcards: Lerici
This stunning flat five minutes from a gorgeous beach is for sale and the price has just been reduced.
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Design Postcards: Zurich
Did you know the police HQ here is home to a fresco by Augusto Giacometti that's one of the most important works of art in the entire city?
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Design Postcards: decoding Chequers
A peek inside the UK Prime Minister's official country residence – which is, frankly, a decorative disaster.
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Design Postcards: Henry's Townhouse, London
The house that belonged to Jane Austen's brother is now a boutique hotel and you can stay there.
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Design Postcards: the fitted kitchen
This simple yet radical 20th-Century innovation changed the home forever. And if was designed by a woman, of course.
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Design Postcards: Jolabokaflod
The Icelandic tradition of giving books at Christmas.
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Design Postcards: Superga, the Turin trainers
Did you know that these classic trainers (pronounced sooPERgah) were named after the Basilica that overlooks Turin, where royals are buried and Italy's…
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Design Postcards: the round gardens of Copenhagen.
How architecture and design can make us better neighbours.
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Design Postcards: Venice
A little something I came across that I thought you might like, posted every now and then as a free bonus. This time: how do you like your marble in the…
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