Seeking to explore the connection between architecture and memory, The World of Interiors has commissioned a series of ‘architectural pen portraits’ – beautifully crafted descriptions of buildings and rooms – from architects and designers, who set the scene behind the places that have personally moved them. Here, Swedish-born designer Martin Brudnizki recalls childhood visits to the Guards Tent at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm| The World Of Interiors
When an 18th-century cottage became available on her parents’ farm in southern Sweden, London-based interior decorator Beata Heuman jumped at the chance to recover this ‘missing piece’ of her identity. Her childhood was forged in this idyllic rural setting, and it’s proven a wellspring of the imagination ever since| The World Of Interiors
Felipe Oliveira Baptista has lived in Paris for two decades but misses the continual sunshine that his native Lisbon afforded. So when he and his wife, Séverine, went hunting for a flat in the City of Lights large picture windows and a panorama were top of the agenda| The World Of Interiors
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The history of the medium has long been rooted in church architecture; now, modern makers are diffracting its variegated possibilities| The World Of Interiors
In a mountain chapel in Liguria, an extraordinary collection of paintings offer thanks to the Virgin Mary for stepping in to rescue locals from disaster| The World Of Interiors
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