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Departures Middle East Summer 2019

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12 DEPARTURES SUMMER <strong>2019</strong><br />

Features<br />

66<br />

Outside the Box<br />

Known for his bold, complex<br />

designs, Pritzker Prize-winning<br />

architect Thom Mayne finally<br />

builds a home for himself.<br />

By Ted Loos<br />

Photographs by<br />

Spencer Lowell<br />

72<br />

It’s Always Sunny<br />

in San Miguel<br />

A longtime mecca for creative<br />

spirits from around the world,<br />

Mexico’s most charming<br />

colonial town is still as<br />

relevant as ever.<br />

By Maura Egan<br />

Photographs by Lindsay<br />

Lauckner Gundlock<br />

80<br />

Grand Hotel<br />

In the Scottish Highlands,<br />

art-world visionaries Iwan and<br />

Manuela Wirth have applied<br />

their Midas touch to<br />

a revitalised hotel.<br />

By Alix Browne<br />

Photographs by Simon Watson<br />

84<br />

Savouring the Season<br />

Off Sweden’s southeastern<br />

coast, the ethereal, rugged<br />

charms of Gotland are<br />

impossible to resist.<br />

By Adam Sachs<br />

Photographs by Felix Odell<br />

p 84<br />

A view of the Parroquia<br />

de San Miguel Arcángel<br />

from the Rosewood hotel<br />

in San Miguel de Allende<br />

LINDSAY LAUCKNER GUNDLOCK

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