Sweet Escape

Glean design ideas from this inspiring read, which features holiday homes unique to various regions

Top of our reading list right now is Living On Vacation, a new book published by Phaidon. Conceived and produced by editors from the art-book publisher, this design tome chronicles architecturally outstanding holiday homes from around the world. Admire beautiful lakeside retreats, tranquil island villas, rugged coastal havens, chalets up in the mountains and even abodes situated in the middle of a desert. The selection is both diverse and intriguing, and will trigger pangs of wanderlust and house-envy. Highlights include a project by Yucatán-based architects Salvador Reyes Ríos and Josefina Larraín Lagos of Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos (pictured above), which was built around the ruins of an abandoned plantation estate in the Seyé municipality of Yucatán, Mexico. The architects left the decrepit walls intact, surrounding these historic remnants with a modern residential complex and calming water gardens.

Available from 17 April at phaidon.com