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    NATURAL LUXURY

    Jun 06, 2018 2 minutes
    WORDS REBECCA GROSS
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    JEAN-FRANÇOIS JAUSSAUD

    TIMBER HAS LONG BEEN USED in the construction of houses but, in recent years, architects and designers have, increasingly, taken to using timber in more creative ways inside the home. Valued for its raw beauty, inherent variation, warmth and tactility, timber has come to represent luxury, no longer covered in a synthetic veneer.

    Timber provides a textured, organic backdrop in this penthouse, designed by Pierre Yovanovitch.

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