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...These mountain communities give an intimacy to an extreme journey of contrasts: the mixture of small villages and thriving cities, third-century rock inscriptions (possibly the first examples of writing...
...Stanley Stewart Pata Lodge, Patagonia, Chile You arrive through enchanted woods....
...When you’re in the Castle District, it doesn’t feel like you are in an urban environment – it’s like a small village....
...Westbeth, a hefty block-sized building in the West Village, is a former telephone factory, transformed some 45 years ago into controlled-rent apartments for working artists of all sorts....
...The transformation from shady to chic over the past few years means these communities now feature trendy shops, restaurants and bars that are nestled among quaint bungalow-style homes, newly-built apartments...
...▲ Mill Creek Road, US, $2.3m Where: Mill Creek Road, Incline Village, Nevada. What: A 3,748 sq ft (348 sq m), four-bedroom lodge. Why: This eco-home is packed with green devices....
...Their work is usually small-scale – simple interventions into villages and small towns, a memorial, an extension to a village hall or school – but these architects are deeply embedded in place....
...The architects chose a minimal form and basic materials of wood, steel and concrete, leaving the building as open as possible....
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