My buddy Elizabeth suggested I checked out this book. Elizabeth has written about style (among other things) for over twenty years, so when she tells me I ought to inspect out a book, a store, a designer, etc., I do it.
MASSERIA, with text by designer Diane Lewis as well as photos by mark Roskams, is a great book. Masserie are fortified farmhouses found in Puglia, the southeastern coastline of Italy.
They variety in size. The materials are local, stone, concrete, iron, as well as brick. Some were utilized as resting locations for pilgrims traveling on through Appia.
Now numerous have been renovated, some into shop hotels. The rest are working farms, passed down with the generations. Puglia is an area of Italy that doesn’t see numerous American tourists. The majority are Italians as well as Europeans.
I haven’t made it down to Puglia yet (it’s on my list) however I truly like the architecture. It’s trendy Simplicity. Rustic as well as elegant, a few of these farmhouses date back to the middle Ages.
There was likewise a useful reason to checked out MASSERIA. When I was in Anguilla over the Christmas holiday, I satisfied with one of my clients’ builders. He showed me a few of the homes he has developed on the island.
In the Caribbean numerous homes have stone or tile floors since of the climate. Some areas of Puglia have a flat landscape like Anguilla. I see a great deal of simliarites in the materials, although wood is utilized much more in the Caribbean. The utilize of the color white, a great deal of white on the walls, interior as well as exterior, makes sense in both locations as the sun is extremely strong.
I’ve flagged a number of pictures in this book. I’m loving the stone floors, the iron bed posts, as well as the utilize of color. It’s great to see exactly how these distinct areas were enabled to keep their integrity while being modernized.
If whatever goes to plan, the home in Anguilla will be done next year. In the meantime, I’m putting together my library/inspiration board for the project. MASSERIA will be one of the books I refer to once again as well as again.
I would suggest this book to anybody who is thinking about design, Italy, and/or traveling to Puglia.
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