At Home with Town & Country

About this book

At Home with Town & Country the first-ever home book from the magazine that is the last word in defining the affluent lifestyle opens the doors to 30 distinctive dwellings providing rare glimpses of lives being lived in sleek urban showplaces and luxurious rural retreats alike-and offering advice and inspiration for creating stylish soul-sustaining spaces of your own. These remarkable homes lavishly photographed to the publications singular standard reflect the latest developments in residential architecture and design including the Invisible House Tadao Andos avant-garde dwelling for the Benetton family in northern Italy and Antoine Predocks art-filled Dallas retreat for Deedie and Rusty Rose. But classic design also plays a part: here too are Chatsworth the 400-year-old ancestral seat of the Dukes of Devonshire; Ralph and Ricky Laurens 1920s-era family estate in Bedford New York; and Spike and Tonya Lees historic Manhattan town house. Each of the chapters concludes with a practical guide to a universal aspect of design from planning the perfect cooks kitchen to building a second home. This sumptuous book is sure to grace the coffee tables of the most fashionable homes.