Betty Wood

London, Toronto

Editor-in-Chief at The Spaces

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In Cornwall, a converted schoolhouse offers a world of possibility

3 days ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

This Cornish property is a blank canvas—yet steeped in over 250 years of history. The former schoolhouse dates from the 1750s and has been extensively renovated and extended to create a serene, white-washed home that retains original stonework and soaring proportions.
São Paulo restaurant Santokki celebrates the golden age of Japanese design

4 days ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

In São Paulo, new Japanese restaurant Santokki leans into the 1970s, drawing inspiration from the golden age of Japanese graphic design and a warm, rich midcentury palette for its nostalgic interiors. The Vila Madalena hotpot spot is the brainchild of husband-and-wife chef duo Júlia Tricate and Gabriel Coelho.
A retro prefab diner is for sale in the Hudson Valley

1 week ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

The 1950s are alive and well at this unique Hudson Valley commercial property — a restored vintage diner and deli set on two lakefront acres. The Elizaville Diner Deli is a roadside hotspot originally built in 1956. It’s thought to be the last surviving example of a Dutchess prefabricated diner car, with its candy-striped blue-and-aluminium façade and signature Space Age curved roof.
Midcentury ‘treehouse’ home in Los Angeles asks $1.795m

1 week ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Part cabin, part greenhouse, this 1960s Los Angeles property by local architect Bill Mack, AIA, channels the city’s bohemian past. Mack is believed to have designed the Beverly Glen Canyon home circa 1961, taking inspiration from an elaborate treehouse. Remarkably well-preserved, the three-bedroom, two-bath home has been on the market just twice in the last 65 years. Its 2,185-sq-ft interiors are wrapped in rich wood panelling.
The world’s tallest 3D-printed tower opens to tours in the Swiss Alps

2 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Architecture lovers with a head for heights can now visit the world’s tallest 3D-printed tower, which has opened in the remote Swiss village of Mulegns, along the Julier Pass. Dubbed Tor Alva or ‘White Tower’, the Baroque-inspired structure stands 30 metres tall and was designed by architects Benjamin Dillenburger and Michael Hansmeyer, who, back in 2013, completed the world’s first 3D-printed room.
This striking brick townhouse in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods is a modern icon

1 month ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Brick never goes out of fashion, as this sleek, geometric Toronto townhouse by Kohn Shnier Architects attests. Seventeen years after it was built, the Trinity Bellwoods home still cuts a striking figure—a modern riposte to the surrounding Victorian streetscape. Known as Richmond House for the street it sits on, the property’s boxy lower levels are built in rich red brick, punctuated by slit and floor-to-ceiling windows and vertical timber louvres.
What would you do with this rare Cold War bunker in Norfolk?

1 month ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

A preserved Cold War bunker will go under the hammer on 8 May in the Norfolk village of Dersingham, with a guide price of £20,000. And this rare structure may attract more than just military history enthusiasts. Known as the Dersingham Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Post, the subterranean structure was built in 1957 as part of a network of observation posts across the UK, forming an early detection system in the event of a nuclear attack.
This Cornish boathouse offers unparalleled access to the water

1 month ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Perching on the cliffs of Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula, this former boathouse dates back to the 17th century and dips its toes in the water. The historic building is located within the small fishing village of Portloe—one of Britain’s most beautiful traditional villages—and is constructed from old stone. It was originally the accommodation for the harbour’s Chief Boatman, perching proudly above its own slipway, overlooking Veryan Bay.
Shack owned by one of New Zealand’s ‘most influential artists’ is up for auction

1 month ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but this humble hut on New Zealand’s South Island is causing quite a buzz as it heads to auction next month, because its walls are covered in artworks by one of the country’s most eminent painters, Bill Hammond. The 42 sqm beach shack is located on Banks Peninsula and was a favourite painting spot for Hammond, who passed away in 2021 aged 74, and his wife.
In Vancouver, an award-winning modernist gem is selling for $4m

1 month ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Beyond the 49th parallel, Canadian modernist architect Ron Thom remains something of a discovery for mid-century aficionados, but in and around Vancouver, his residential designs are a hot—and relatively rare—commodity. That’s why his newly listed 1960 stunner, Dodek House, is causing a stir. Dodek House, also known as 6821 Laurel St, is named for Mort and Irene Dodek, who commissioned the property in the late 1950s.