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Kent Lindvall and his wife, Britta Jonsson-Lindvall, are natives of Swedish Lapland, an intriguing 43,000-square-mile region in the country’s far north that’s blanketed with pristine woodlands, rivers and lakes. Year round, the region’s remote beauty lures international travelers who crave a connection to nature. Eager to provide just that, in 2010 the couple opened Treehotel on a wooded hillside near the village of Harads. Inspired by the 2008 Jonas Helberg Augustsén film “The Tree Lover,” the Lindvalls commissioned a handful of prominent Scandinavian architects to design a standalone room apiece. Each room would be suspended among the trees, four to six meters above ground. Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård came up with the Mirror Cube; Mårten and Gustav Cyrén conceived The Cabin; Thomas Sandell designed the deceptively named, bright-orange Blue…

Graceful live oaks frame the geometric lines of this “tropical modern” home. Concrete slabs step up to Alex’s private office that is seamlessly connected to the home via glass sliders that open to a central courtyard. CONSIDERED ONE of the best Major League Baseball players of all time, Alex Rodriguez is now a media personality having served as a broadcaster for FOX Sports, a cast member of ABC’s Shark Tank and his recent jaunt as the host of CNBC’s show Back in the Game, where he helps former athletes make a comeback in their personal lives. And he shows no signs of slowing down. Intrinsically charismatic and surprisingly down to earth, the sports legend known as A-Rod imbues a certain masculine touch to his seamless, 11,877-square-foot “tropical modern” retreat set…

The eye follows “thrust” lines in geometrical abandon to take in the foyer’s vertical, horizontal and angular directives. Resembling a cubist painting come to life, the walnut stairway ascends to the second level. WHEN INTERIOR DESIGNER ALLISON PALADINO and Zita Rudd initially saw the sprawling house their clients had purchased, they were both excited and, well — very excited! “Although the thick ceiling beams and heavy columns would have to go, and it would take a complete renovation, the architecture was all there,” Paladino says. And with the complete trust and participation of the owners, the design team set out to transform the dated house into an organically tactile sanctum where “outside” and “in” would become merely illusory. Facing Admiral’s Cove, an inlet off the Intercoastal Waterway near Jupiter, the…

Inside these pages: Garden Design Master Class collects the expertise and knowledge of some of the top garden designers working today. Poised to become the essential go-to for garden design, this book features treasured essays by celebrated experts. Edited by Carl Dellatore and illustrated with 175 exquisitely vivid photographs, it is clear to see that each design is different and every detail counts — from practical considerations such as seedlings and pathways to stylistic concerns including asymmetry and rhythm. Grouped by theme, each contribution is paired with images of the designer’s work. The essays impart expert design advice and philosophy. Unique in the quality of its contributors, Garden Design Master Class reveals the bold synergy created as gardens are transformed. Spanning styles and genres, it becomes apparent that outdoor entertaining…

THE MANATEE RIVER teams with marine life as it snakes toward the Gulf of Mexico and long-legged shore birds skim the estuary for the catch of the day. Here on seven acres of unblemished savannah marshland, amid a grove of old-growth live oak trees, a family built its forever home. The owners bought the property at least a decade before they began construction. They wanted to “take their time, be sure they got it right,” architect William Litchfield says. When the architect visited the site, he was instantly attracted to its Lowcountry charms. He romanced 18th-century schooners sailing into the river’s elbow to weigh anchor and daydreamed of traveling overland through an allée of live oaks drooling with Spanish moss. In a style befitting his vivid imagination, Litchfield called forth…

Crystal cascades from Italamp’s chandelier above Interlude Home’s glass-topped “Stella” acrylic table that takes center stage in the reception area. Saddleman’s hide area rug anchors the space in style. HARMONIOUS IS HOW INTERIOR designers Dee and Jennifer Marksberry describe their collaboration with MLB Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar and his wife Kim. The inspiration for the transformation of a number of areas in the couple’s Tampa home was obvious to the designers from the start. “Kim and Robbie are well-traveled and have a high sense of style,” Jennifer says. Travel was also on the homeowners’ minds when approaching the decor, particularly the lavish resorts they enjoy when they take excursions with their daughters, Robyn and Lourdes. “When we walk into our home, we want the same sumptuous feeling of comfort…

“THIS IS MY HOUSE. My handprints are all over it,” says owner Kristi Jernigan from her San Marco home in the Venetian Islands. Her 180-degree gaze stretches across Biscayne Bay, to the city of Miami, where she chairs the Miami City Ballet. If her handprints are all over it, then architect Darrell Russell’s footprints are all around it. The two met in Memphis where, in the early ’90s, Russell designed an art gallery Jernigan admired. On the heels of an introduction, Russell was commissioned to design her Memphis home. They then collaborated on the fusion of a new public library and public art installations that formed the bedrock of a public art commission Jernigan later founded. “I wanted something modern. He had designed a gallery for a friend of mine…

MARIO NIEVERA & KEITH WILLIAMS Nievera Williams Design nieverawilliams.com Take a look inside a Plantation-style home dubbed “Bamboo Hill” in the desirable South End neighborhood of West Palm Beach that played host to this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach. Owned by famed interior designer Lars Bolander, this 8,751-square-foot home inspired by South African and Dutch architecture served as a showcase for the artistry of 19 of the nation’s most talented interior design firms. “This year’s incredible talent is comprised of local, national and international designers,” says James Druckman, President of the Board of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club. “We are so grateful for them coming to showcase their designs for a very worthy cause.” Carrying the tradition of Kips Bay to Palm Beach, these creatively…

Chosen by founder Edward W. Bok as the perfect setting for a bird sanctuary, Iron Mountain, one of peninsular Florida’s highest points, became home to Bok Tower Gardens in 1929. While wintering in Lake Wales, Fla., and enjoying an evening jaunt to the top of the mountain, an idea came to him to preserve the hilltop and create a place that would “touch the soul with its beauty and quiet.” Bok purchased land to transform into lush gardens featuring a majestic Singing Tower that houses a 60-bell carillon. Boasting one of the greatest works of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., the serene Gardens’ meandering historic landscape was designed to be a contemplative woodland setting and wildlife refuge. Now, with a wildlife population that includes 126 different species of…

A LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE SUN and the sea, a geometric “tropical modern” home, faced in glass and Ipe wood at the ocean’s edge in South Palm Beach, captures the senses. At its entry, a cascading waterfall flows into a glass-lined pond where “floating” wood platforms lead past the glass and porcelain three-story stairway to the mahogany front door. “I’m a real estate artist … I create 3D art on a sundrenched canvas,” developer Frank McKinney says. “The waterfall is a piece of art. It’s like a movie screen, constantly moving, and the tiles are almost iridescent. Walking to the front door over the pond, I want guests to be in a bit of sensory overload.” Of course, the dramatic vista provides a backdrop for the 7,850-total-square-foot home, designed by…

A custom, cantilevered helical stairway designed by architect David Case sweeps the eye upward to the entry’s pecky cypress ceiling embellished with clear cypress beams. A vintage Brighton chair from Chairish takes a seat next to an historically appropriate brandyboard from Whitehall Antiques. BUILT IN 1931 IN THE Mediterranean-Revival style, a magnificent two-story residence and guest house known as “Sea Rest” stood out from the others due to its elegant design. Situated alongside the Atlantic Ocean in Neptune Beach, Fla., the historic dwelling was constructed using locally manufactured sand-lime brick veneer and a clay barrel-tile roof — unique materials rarely used in older beachfront homes in the area. For nearly a century, the charismatic house stood as an iconic landmark on this same stretch of sand and provided a blissful…