Dezeen promotion: holidaymakers can rent architect-designed buildings around the world through rental site BoutiqueHomes, including a stone-walled Mexican house and a hilltop house in Portugal with a missing corner.
The BoutiqueHomes website lists over 1,200 homes and hotels around the world, each hand-picked for their unusual and interesting design.
The site was launched by founders Heinz Legler and Veronique Lievre in 2010, shortly after they opened their own hotel in Mexico. Having spoken to many travellers, the duo pinpointed a need for design-led holiday homes at an affordable price.
EDAA's Meztitla Modern, which sits at the foot of Tepoztlan mountain in Mexico, is available to rent on Boutique Homes
"Often, when you look for a well-designed rental home, you get to sites offering 'luxurious escapes' that are way too expensive for most people," said Lievre. ?So we thought, enough, let's do a site for people who want affordable design." The Chic and Cheap section of the site lists cabins, farmhouses, apartments and hotels for under $200 a night, while contemporary and historic houses by well-known architects are categorised in the Architectural Gems section.
Properties include a hilltop house in Portugal designed by Manuel Aires Mateus with a cross-shaped plan and a missing corner, as well as a stone-walled mountain home by EDAA, which sits at the foot of Tepozteco mountain in Mexico.
A white house in Portugal designed by Manuel Aires Mateus with a cor...