A towering structure rises from a bed of wet rice paddies like a butterfly twisting free from its cocoon and spreading its wings in anticipation of flight; thin bamboo poles stretch upward, lean to the sides, and cross each other in an interlocking matrix of organic symmetry. Kapal Bambu at the John Hardy workshop, on the sprawling grounds of PT. Karya Tangan Indah in the predominantly agrarian community of Mambal, Bali, is an exciting, innovative, visually pleasing, and environmentally-sensible structure ...

Privacy is not big on the list of comforts at Waka Gangga. The ten small, separate rooms, which in practice are more like huts, made from timber and local materials are plotted at intervals going up the gentle, rice terraced slope from the beach. The first thing that catches the eye, and is in total contrast to everything else being built at this time in Bali, is the lack of walls and compounds. The glass ...

Over a century old, The Oriental, Bangkok has been one of the leading hotels in the world—always keeping itself one step ahead. Ve Handojo finds himself in the City of Angels and discovers the secrets that make the hotel a living legend.