Lifes a Beach

The world´s coasts are lined with extraordinary retreats, offering a serene style spurred by the calming oceanic blue. Life´s a Beach is a new book by Gestalten that takes readers into beach homes around the world, from shacks and modern bungalows to cottages and estates. The beautifully illustrated book transports readers from the remote islands of the Mediterranean, the coasts of Australia to the shores of Brazil and the remote islands of the Aegean, exploring the many ways to decorate a cozy home by the sea for rest and relaxation, and for enjoying the beachy surrounds.

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PAPAYA PLAYA PROJECT

Looking for a unique place to escape hectic city life? Look no further, check out the Papaya Playa Project in hippy-chic Tulum, Mexico, a magical retreat that lets you reconnect with nature. Dotted along a white-sandy beach and nestled in the jungle, is the setting for 99 cabanas, huts and shacks with a rustic charm and a uniquely sophisticated natural luxury. All are made using ecological and local materials such as bamboo and palapa-thatched roofs that complement ...
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PARK BUTTE LOOKOUT

Fire lookouts were built to house workers full time after the Great Fire of 1910 that burned millions of acres of forest in Washington, Montana, and Idaho and were used to detect fires and were used as an early warning system in an age before radios, aircraft and GPS. Thanks to modern technology, they are now obsolete for their original use but are now usually kept up by park volunteers for people to visit and stay in. Take this restored fire lookout in Mount Baker ...
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THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP

"The Great American Road Trip", recently published by the Gestalten, is the book that you need to travel around the United States on the open road. The pandemic has accelerated our desire to travel by road trips, unexpectedly discovering routes that in conventional travel we could not discover. This beautifully illustrated book is about both the iconic routes and the roads less traveled, crossing barren deserts, otherworldly canyons, snowy mountains, and dramatic pr...
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