ArchitectureA house built around silence
Inside a courtyard home in Porto where every wall was placed to keep the street out.
From the journal
Stories worth slowing down for
Long reads from our writers and photographers. Drag the shelf, click a story at the side, or use the arrow keys to bring the next one forward.
Architecture
TravelTwo hours of low tide in Lofoten
Chasing the short window each day when the sea steps back from the shore.
FoodBread that takes a whole night
A baker in Ghent who only sells what rose slowly, and closes when it runs out.
NatureTwelve months under the canopy
A year of notes and photographs from beneath one of the oldest forests in Europe.
InteriorsThe flat with one good chair
How a Copenhagen designer furnished her home by waiting for the right pieces.
NightWhere the dark sky still wins
A week in the Alps with astronomers counting the stars that light pollution took.
