GG Magazine 01/25 (USA)

THE COUNTRY ISSUE

Kevin Costner

How the Western genre is shaping a new lifestyle. An exclusive interview with the star of Yellowstone and Horizon

From Taylor Swift to Beyoncé

A portfolio of big names, personalities and trends in country culture

Dunton Hot Springs

Relax like a cowboy – how a family turned a former ghost town into a Wild West resort in Colorado

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Dear Reader,

Life in the countryside evokes images of rolling meadows, tranquil forests, grand estates or charming homes nestled in greenery. It embodies the desire to slow down, live more simply, and reconnect with nature – a shift that has gained momentum, especially since the Covid pandemic. The rise of remote work has further fueled this desire, sparking a new-found interest in rural living.

In the U.S., Upstate New York suddenly became more appealing than the hustle and bustle of New York City. Similarly, in Germany, rural regions like Schleswig-Holstein saw such high demand that properties were nearly sold out. Between 2020 and 2022, house prices and rents in the countryside soared. Pop culture played a part in this trend, with successful productions like the Western series “Yellowstone” drawing around five million viewers per episode and helping to drive the growing interest in country living. Our licensed partner, Paul Benson in Park City, Utah, highlights an ongoing migration from California: “Due to political factors such as high taxes and rising crime, California is seeing a significant exodus. It’s estimated that 530,000 Californians have left, with many wealthy individuals buying ranches in places like Park City (UT), Jackson (WY), or Whitefish (MT), embracing a self-sufficient, rural lifestyle.” The growing appeal of self-sufficiency and open spaces has prompted Engel & Völkers to launch the Land and Ranch Group in the U.S, a network of advisors dedicated to serving clients seeking the perfect ranch.

Are you considering a move to the countryside? If so, we hope this issue of GG provides inspiration. Whether you’re in search of a quaint rural home or a sprawling farmhouse on acres of land, our portfolio offers a variety of options to match your taste. For fans of Clint Eastwood, there’s exciting news too: The ranch featured in his iconic film “Unforgiven” is currently for sale. For more details on this unique property in Canada, check out the Engel & Völkers News section on page 21.

Wishing you a wonderful winter!

Sincerely,

Christian Völkers

Wild, Wild West!

Ever since Pharrell Williams sent his models strutting down the Louis Vuitton runway in American Western-inspired outfits, this trend is impossible to ignore: Cowboy core has not only taken the fashion world by storm. Western fever is spilling over into nearly every lifestyle sector. A key player in this global trend is our cover star, Kevin Costner, whose monumental comeback in 2018 began with the first season of the TV series “Yellowstone.” His portrayal of patriarch John Dutton and the rugged ranch life initiated a global longing for a simpler life closer to nature. In an exclusive interview for GG (page 30), Costner seemed surprisingly unfazed by his influence when interviewed by Christian Aust. Nevertheless, this resurgence created the perfect moment to show the world “Horizon” – his very personal, big Western film project. In our Portfolio, we’ve highlighted influential figures who have either started their career with country music – like Taylor Swift – or tapped into its cultural energy to broaden their impact, as Beyoncé has just done. For those ready to experience a slice of cowboy or cowgirl life themselves, we highly recommend Dunton Hot Springs in Colorado. This unique resort, owned by the Henkel family, offers the perfect blend of adventure and relaxation: After an exhilarating trail ride, guests can ease their muscles in the hot springs or retreat to cozy cabins nestled in the heart of nature. Even celebrities occasionally find solace here, as our own Steffi Kammerer was able to witness when testing out the Wild West for you firsthand.

Enjoy your read!

Michaela Cordes

Santa, can you hear me? This Isabel Marant suede jacket tops my Xmas wish list! Still fabulous and my forever favorite Western : “Giants,” with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor.

Christian Aust

T he expert for Hollywood in Germany, Christian Aust has interviewed many stars over the years and met Kevin Costner for our exclusive cover feature in Berlin. It was not their first encounter. In connection with one of Costner’s many films, Aust was lucky enough to be invited to the actor and director’s ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Accompanied by Costner’s two Labradors, they conversed in front of a cabin on a lake and soon forgot the official nature of their meeting. Aust’s first memory of the country genre was at the age of four, when he discovered a double album of country music in his parents’ collection. Since then, he has been a fan of Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash.

Jack Richmond

Before moving to Colorado, Jack Richmond ran a commercial photography studio in Boston for 45 years. Today, he lives only two miles south of Dunton Hot Springs (page 52), an attractively rustic and luxurious resort that he has photographed countless times in different light and from different angles. His magically evocative images make you want to set off for the Rocky Mountains immediately.

Kirsten Best-Werbunat

This past summer, Kirsten Best-Werbunat (together mit Matthias Hoeltken) was appointed the new Managing Director of Grund Genug Verlag – the company that publishes this magazine. The trained journalist and communications consultant is also Director of Brand & Communications for Engel & Völkers worldwide. In her spare time, Kirsten enjoys running and reading her favorite authors –Michael Crichton and Robert Harris.

Chris Burns

Chris grew up in Vancouver, embracing the outdoor lifestyle of the Pacific Northwest, and has represented Engel & Völkers ever since his brokerage, the Carros Group, joined E & V in Vancouver in 2016. Chris is a member of the newly established E & V Land and Ranch Group. A former professional football player, he is also a founding member of the E & V Professional Athlete Advisory. His portfolio includes premium ocean-front properties, exclusive equestrian estates and unique ranches like the 6,000-acre Four Hearts Ranch (see page 70).

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FUTURE NEEDS ROOTS.

Resource-conserving renovation, sustainable expansion: the historic JUNG founder’s villa finds a new purpose as a meeting and service centre.

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PLAYGROUND

Pull on a pair of stylish cowboy boots before you hit the legendary honkytonks of Nashville, the country music capital.

COOL CITY HOUSE

Howdy, Nashville!

Welcome to the country music capital of the world. A welcoming Southern city where they dance in cowboy boots and listen to singer-songwriters in honky-tonks.

BY Merle Wilkening ILLUSTRATIONS: Asia Orlando

The Nashville vibe

1 CLASSIC Many U.S. presidents and celebrities have stayed in the elegant The Hermitage Hotel, built in 1910. 2 HOMETOWN Nashville-born actor Reese Witherspoon’s fashion label Draper James is located right next to the famous “I Believe in Nashville” mural. 3 ROCKSTAR Jack White, who has lived in Nashville since 2005, established his record label Third Man Records here in 2009. 4 FARM FRESH The Green Door Gourmet farm on the Cumberland River specializes in local produce.

The capital of Tennessee is the undisputed center of the country music world and an important cultural hub for country music artists. From its humble beginnings as a small settlement on the Cumberland River, Nashville has evolved from a tranquil Southern town into a dynamic, bustling city.

In recent years and especially after the pandemic, the city has experienced rapid population growth and a massive increase in property values. It consistently ranks among the nation’s top real estate markets.

Along Broadway, the vibrant heart of the city’s nightlife, Nashville proudly upholds its “country swing” legacy. You’ll find lots of newcomers, singer-songwriters and even genuine country superstars performing at the honky-tonks (bars with live music). During Nashville’s rapid growth, Robert’s Western World has remained a haven for locals, preserving the authentic spirit of the city’s country music roots. Its menu also stays true to its heritage, with offerings like the Recession Special, which includes a fried bologna sandwich, Lay’s potato chips, a moon pie and cold Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

Every year, around 15 million visitors flock to Tennessee’s most populous city, also known as Music City. No visit to Nashville is complete without a visit to the home of the legendary Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio show in the U.S. Weekly country music concerts have been broadcast from this historic venue since 1925 and continue to this day. For a deeper dive into the city’s rich musical heritage, don’t miss the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the National Museum of African American Music.

Or explore the historic downtown district, whose time-honored buildings bear witness to the Southern culture and history that have shaped the city. The district regularly resonates with the sound of rising stars as well as established artists performing at the Ryman Auditorium, affectionately known as the “Mother Church of Country Music.”

The streets are lined with historic storefronts like Hatch Show Print, a legendary poster print shop, the Ernest Tubb Record Shop, and Boot Country, the iconic cowboy boots store (“buy 1 pair, get 2 pair free!”). Before you know it, you could easily find yourself square dancing with the best in the company of new friends.

Away from the performance stages, a trip to Belle Meade Winery or Centennial Park feels like a journey back in time. In Shelby Bottoms Park, locals and visitors relax by the Cumberland River, while just a short walk away, vintage shops and a burgeoning restaurant scene await in East Nashville. The Nashville Farmers’ Market has been offering local specialties all year long since 1802.

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Parthenon in Centennial Park RCA Studio B

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Tootsie,s Orchid Lounge

Riverfront Park

Grand Ole Opry

OUTDOOR EXPERTS Dedon has been producing highquality furniture, woven from weather-resistant synthetic fibers, for more than 30 years. Its source of inspiration: “spirit of place,” the unique energy of a particular spot.

MIX & MATCH The name says it all –at least about what goes together very well. The smokey glass Bubbles and Bottles from Polspotten are best filled with a good drop and then decoratively displayed, singly or in a group. These hand-blown bottles with their interchangeable stoppers will add a touch of elegance to any room.

A Sensual Celebration

Our favorite designs inspired by nature and country living.

FAITHFUL COMPANION If ever a sheep conquered the world, then this one. Created by Hanns-Peter Krafft in the 1970s, it went on to acquire cult status, and early examples are even traded as vintage objects these days. Since 1978, Krafft has cooperated with and worked exclusively for Meier.Germany, a familyowned company now being run by the third generation. The designer’s maxim: “Develop a product that wants to be kept forever.” The enduring animals are made of solid beechwood and real sheepskin.

A TRUE ORIGINAL Vitra will probably always be the go-to source for classic design. What began as a friendship between Vitra founder Willi Fehlbaum and designer duo Charles and Ray Eames has turned into a worldwide concept for success. Collaborations with well-known designers around the world have produced a large number of classics. One example is the swivel-based lounge chair and ottoman “Grand Repos” by Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio, who has worked with Vitra since 1988. The thick padding and inviting armrests tempt you to sit down, lean back and relax

ORNAMENTAL APPROACH To stroll across a field of flowers every day … VIA’s vibrant Flower Meadow tiles make this possible. The family-owned firm’s broad portfolio of eye-catching cement mosaic tiles, terrazzo tiles and pavement panels includes many examples of timeless design.

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Warm Scents

Beauty professional Anne Zimmermann of Niche Beauty recommends fragrances whose rustic charm invokes forests, deserts and broad, sweeping landscapes.

1 DIPTYQUE With notes of fig and white cedar, the unisex eau de parfum “Philosykos” recalls summers in Greece, € 165. 2 ÉDITIONS DE PARFUMS FRÉDÉRIC MALLE “Vetiver Extraordinaire,” created by perfumer Dominique Ropion, is a charismatic fragrance with a woody heart note for men, € 220. 3 STORA SKUGGAN Inspired by Earth’s satellite, “Moonmilk“ has a scent profile of black tea, lime, cardamom and mandarin, € 140. 4 MAISON LOUIS MARIE A tribute to Balincourt, a family estate surrounded by an ancient forest steeped in mystery: “No.04 Bois de Balincourt“ has notes of sandalwood, vetiver, nutmeg and cinnamon, € 101. 5 MAISON CRIVELLI Nomen est omen: “Hibiscus Mahajád” evokes an extravagant floral display of hibiscus and rose, € 200. 6 TOM FORD With rosewood, cardamom, tonka bean and a smoky mix of rare oud notes, “Oud Wood” exudes a dark, earthy sensuality, € 342. 7 FUGAZZI “Goudh” is a homage to the scent also known as liquid gold, which is obtained from the rare, resinous heartwood of the agar tree, and combines notes of musk and black currant, € 145. 8 BYREDO “Desert Dawn” plays sensually with the dry heat of the desert, € 165. Would you like to know more?

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ENGEL & VÖLKERS

A passion for country living from Montana to Mallorca

Imagine untouched nature as far as the eye can see and your home right in the middle of it. The hit series “Yellowstone,“ which is set in the U.S. state of Montana, has turned the spotlight on ranch life and inspired people around the world to try it. But is this just a U.S. trend or is it a global phenomenon?

The answer lies in the broad prairies of Montana, the forests of Canada, the hills of Tuscany and Mallorca’s traditional fincas. In today’s fast-paced world, many people would prefer nothing better than to slow down and lead a quieter, more self-determined life. Owning a place in the country brings with it the promise of space, privacy and close proximity to nature. For the most part, wealthy families and city dwellers purchase properties in these locations to serve as a country home. In the U.S., many people who wish to lead a self-sufficient life far from major urban centers dream of owning a ranch with plenty of land attached, particularly in Montana or Wyoming. Properties in these states are often quite luxurious and include sufficient land to keep horses, grow your own food or take long walks in the wilderness. “Ranches like these embody the American dream of freedom and independence, and can cost millions, particularly in the five Rocky Mountain states of Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and South Dakota,” explains McKinley Smoot, Engel & Völkers adviser for the newly formed Land and Ranch Group, which helps interested clients find just the property they are looking for.

A similar trend can be observed in Canada, primarily in the western provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, where potential buyers are drawn by untouched forest and wide, unbroken country. This is where nature lovers come in search of a place in which to live a sustainable life. The available real estate ranges from log cabins to luxurious lakeside properties.

In Europe, demand for properties in the country is also on the rise, primarily in Italy and Spain. Many dream of living in Tuscany or Umbria, of buying a historic country house in a vineyard or surrounded by olive groves. Lovingly restored houses in Italy, many of which boast stone facades and

terracotta roofs, are more than just a place to retreat to. They also offer a way to connect with the history of the region. The Engel & Völkers 2024 market report for Florence found that that demand for homes in rural areas, especially in Tuscany, is still strong. Buyers are mainly wealthy international clients and Italian city dwellers who are looking for a refuge with a cultural flair.

Developments are similar on the Balearic island of Mallorca. Fincas in rural areas offer seclusion and a Mediterranean way of life. They are typically set in extensive grounds with olive groves and citrus gardens. Prices for such properties have risen an average of 74 percent over the last ten years. Buyers are looking for large, Mallorcan-style country homes or modern, sustainably built villas. Whether in Port d’Andratx in the southwest, in Son Vida close to the capital, Palma, in the hills further inland or in Santanyí in the south –large properties are very sought-after, particularly in the upmarket segment.

Demand for modern, architect-designed houses is also growing in Europe. These properties, often located in the hills of Provence in France or high above the Algarve coastline in Portugal, combine peace and solitude with contemporary design. They typically boast large windows giving onto the natural landscape and are built from sustainable materials. Here, you can live in harmony with nature yet enjoy all the comforts of modern life.

Whether in the U.S., Canada or Europe –the trend toward country living is clear. The reasons for the trend include a wish for more space, a desire to slow down, to grow one’s own fruits and vegetables and to escape the hectic pace of the big city. The market for homes in the country is booming and reflects the growing desire for a life in harmony with nature that promises peace, freedom and an enjoyable new lifestyle.

Demand is so high that Engel & Völkers have established the “Land and Ranch Group” in the U.S.

FUN FACT

REAL ESTATE IN MONTANA HAS BEEN BOOMING EVER SINCE THE TV SERIES “YELLOWSTONE” PREMIERED IN 2018. IN FACT, RANCH PRICES HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED.

EUROPE’S MOST LUXURIOUS RURAL RETREATS

1 TUSCANY, ITALY – OLD STONE COUNTRY HOUSES AND PALAZZOS, VILLAS IN VINEYARDS

2 PROVENCE, FRANCE – CHÂTEAUX, BASTIDES, MAS (RESTORED FARMHOUSES)

3 ENGADIN, SWITZERLAND – CHALETS, MANSIONS, ALPINE VILLAS

4 COTSWOLDS, ENGLAND – COTTAGES, HISTORIC COUNTRY HOUSES

5 LAGO MAGGIORE, ITALY/SWITZERLAND – HISTORIC AND MODERN VILLAS, PALAZZOS WITH A LAKE VIEW

Exclusive editorial tips for what’s available in Europe’s most impressive locations. From Tuscany to the Cotswolds – each of these extraordinary properties is set in breathtaking natural surroundings. Allow yourself to be inspired to find your dream country home!

THE RANCH THAT HOSTED CLINT EASTWOOD

McKinley Smoot, Advisor, Engel & Völkers Land and Ranch Group, Park City, grew up on a cattle ranch in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Like his father and brother, he has a passion for real estate, livestock and wildlife, and knows the quality of life that comes with being in the country. His specialty is large-acreage land and ranch sales. His mission is regenerating grasslands to combat climate change, enhance biodiversity and promote ecological responsibility while ensuring profitability for local communities. Speaking of which: Smoot is the goalkeeper coach for the local high school.

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Currently for sale through Engel & Völkers Calgary: The Ranch at Fisher Creek will accommodate your whole family, friends and their horses. With a waterfall and a lake of 11 acres on the property, the ranch at the foot of the Rocky Mountains evokes the Wild West in the middle of Canada . Clint Eastwood lived here while filming the Western “Unforgiven” near by. The main house has over 1,142 m 2 of living space, five bedrooms, seven fireplaces and a dining hall. Price: approx. €13 million.

The current trend toward eco-friendly and off-grid living is unmistakable. In Australia, Gardiner Architects have come up with a very impressive design: Heather’s House is a self-sufficient farmhouse located in rural Victoria. It was built on land that was renaturized with native vegetation and trees. The house, which uses solar energy and harvests rainwater, combines minimalist, sustainable architecture with natural building materials. This trend toward environmentally conscious living shows how stateof-the-art technology can be combined with a lifestyle in harmony with nature.

Cowgirl Chic

Jump in the saddle and giddyup! Designer pieces to take with you on your wild ride through life.

1 PERFECT MATCH Sky-high cowboy boots and floor-length shirt dress “Dallas“ by Lena Hoschek, price on request. 2 ICONIC The “Marine Band 1896,” the world’s most popular blues harmonica, is also a country music fixture. Hohner, approx. € 45. 3 CUTE COMPANION Equestrian sports have always been important to Hermès, which started out as a saddle maker. Bag charm “Rodéo” is made of calfskin and horsehair, from € 530.

4 REVIVAL Exteta teamed up with French label Jacquemus for a relaunch of the famous “ Locus Solus” collection from 1964, prices on request.

5 WESTERN CHIC Suede meets diamonds in this updated version of American Western style. Taylor Swift is also a fan of designer Diane Kordas’ jewelry. Necklace “Chocolate Brown Explosion Bolo,” approx. € 4,100. 6 PLAYFUL Modular shelf system “Onda“ from Schneid Studio will

add a flourish to any room. Approx. € 1,300.

7 ILLUMINATING These wall lamps from the “Ginger” collection combine clear lines and indirect lighting to create the perfect atmosphere. Joan Gaspar for Marset, prices on request.

8 HEADS UP Traditional Japanese craftsmanship with a contemporary look: “Nambu Iron Horse” by Nobuho Miya is a cast iron bookend or decorative piece. Studio Kamasada, via Gessato, $ 105.

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Let’s Groove!

From prickly to smooth, these accessories bring the feel of the wide open range into your home.

1 KNIGHT OF THE ROSE Black leather pants with rose details and a matching cardigan. Ernest W. Baker, fall/winter 2024 collection, price on request. 2 VERSATILE Looks great in a country house or a modern living room: patchwork cushion made from Brazilian cowhide. Natures Collection, € 99. 3 HANDMADE This cactus doesn’t prick, it glows! So light up your life with the “Cactus Sunrise” table lamp by Seletti, via

Gessato, $ 245. 4 HAIRY A super-soft seat upholstered with eco fur: “Toulou“ from Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors, price on request.

5 DINNER TIME A green melon? Well-known desert plant? Either way, the earthenware plate by Bordallo Pinheiro invites you to fill it up with delicious food. Maison F via trouva.com, approx. € 40. 6 PROFESSIONAL PICK Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Neil Young all swore by

guitar brand C. F. Martin & Company. Here, model GPC-X2E, approx. $ 800. 7 WESTERN SPIRIT Cowboy culture goes high fashion: The “LV Rider“ calfskin cowboy boots from Louis Vuitton have monogram flowers on the heel, € 2,000. 8 PLAYFUL These “Wiggle Candles“ from 54Celsius could easily pass for stylized cacti, € 30. 9 DANISH DESIGN Simply elegant: solid oak “Accent Café Table“ from Mater, price on request.

The American West

Perspectives of the American West in color, light and shadow. Photographer Ernst Haas is regarded as a pioneer of color photography. Already well-known as a black-and-white photographer, the Austrian native traveled to the U.S. for the first time in 1951. There, he began using his distinctive visual language to capture the geographical and cultural landscapes of the western United States. Haas’ photos feature magnificent canyons, vast landscapes, famous Route 66, and farms and villages. His subjects range from rural poverty to suburban lifestyles and the promise of freedom.

Paul Lowe, Prestel, € 50

Country and Cozy

Almost everyone longs for a place where they can find solitude. To escape the hustle and bustle of urban living, more and more city dwellers are choosing to move to the countryside. This illustrated book reveals just how multifaceted life can be out in the country, where nature plays such a prominent role. It takes readers on a tour of country homes worldwide – from traditional wooden cabins to converted French chalets, delightful fincas and English red-brick cottages – all of which celebrate rural life. Whimsically floral or exuding modern rustic charm – what would your dream country house be like?

Gestalten, approx. € 50

How to Be a Cowboy

Nothing embodies the American West better than the cowboy. Over the years, the figure of the simple cowherd or ranch hand developed into a powerfully evocative myth. This entertaining and informative guide to life as a cowboy (or cowgirl) introduces readers to the diverse culture of life on the range. And answers questions such as: How do you stay on a bucking bronco at a rodeo? What should you consider when choosing your next pair of cowboy boots? How best to combine denim, spurs and buckles for that authentic head-to-toe look? It also lists the top 20 cowboy movies and novels about the Wild West.

Jim Arndt, Gibbs Smith, approx. $ 22

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A yearning for the Wild West and a fascination with cowboys, horses and life on the range. From Kevin Costner, Ralph Lauren, Dolly Parton and Beyoncé to the Dunton Hot Springs resort in Colorado.

Hip again! With “Yellowstone” and his monumental Western saga “Horizon,” Kevin Costner has brought back country fever.

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The TV series “Yellowstone” catapulted him back into the hearts of millions of fans. With his “Horizon” movies, Kevin Costner is also fulfilling a lifelong dream – his very own Western saga. GG met the Hollywood icon for an exclusive interview.

BY CHRISTIAN AUST

Kevin Costner invested a portion of his own money in his Western saga “Horizon.”

“What pushes me to make films is always the wish to share something personal.”

KEVIN COSTNER

evin Costner has a little bit of a cold, so he pours himself some peppermint tea. We’re sitting in the conference room on the second floor of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Berlin. He’s wearing a shirt, gray on the outside, blue on the inside, with the sleeves rolled up. His glasses sport a broad, dark rim reminiscent of 1950s Ray Bans. Costner’s handshake is firm, as if he’s a man used to farm work or saddling a horse. It’s not our first meeting: Some years ago, I was invited to interview him at his ranch outside Aspen, Colorado – a 65-hectare estate consisting of a main building and several separate houses, built in the rustic Craftsman style. The whole time I was there, I was treated like an honored guest and I never once felt that I was attending a press event. Unusually, the actor, film producer and director showed up without any assistants (who are very much in attendance at this interview in Germany and constantly remind him to keep it short). Instead, he arrived on a quad with two Labradors on the back seat, neither of which subsequently left his side. After the interview, he invited me to look around his private estate; all the doors were open. In the kitchen of the main house, his then wife Christine was preparing a small meal. Their child was asleep in an infant seat on the table beside her.

Costner is relaxed and pleasant today too, despite the hubbub surrounding his person. Authentic and down to earth, he shows none of the reserve or aloofness that celebrities sometimes develop over the course of their career. In fact, he’s so approachable that I keep forgetting he’s such a prominent personality.

With “Horizon: An American Saga,” conceived as an opulent four-part film series, Kevin Costner has tapped into a trend. More than any contemporary Hollywood actor, Costner, now 69, represents the revival in Western culture and lifestyle that we are seeing right now. The TV series “Yellowstone,” in which he plays the patriarch John Dutton, has created a whole new generation of fans. With up to 12 million viewers per episode in the U.S., the successful five-season show broke all previous records. The Western genre appears to run in Costner’s blood. Not only because his ranch in Aspen bears so much resemblance to Dutton’s family residence in “Yellowstone.” Costner is also still active as frontman for his country band Kevin Costner & Modern West. Nothing right now appears to be more important to the father of seven children from two marriages than filming and marketing “Horizon.” After all, he has been trying to make this monumental Western for 40 years. And as was so often the case, all the film studios he approached rejected the project, some of them several times.

But rather than bury his dream, Costner invested between $38 million and $50 million of his own money (estimates vary) in order to finally bring the project to the big screen. He even mortgaged part of his property in Santa Barbara to raise enough funds. Should you interrupt him at this point to say that, in your humble opinion, this was a very rash move indeed, the uncompromising risk-taker will turn his still very blue eyes on you with a look saying: Would you sacrifice love to reason? I instantly feel like a nitpicking German kill-joy.

Staying power: It took almost 40 years for “Horizon” to begin shooting in southern Utah.

“Will ‘Horizon’ be a huge success? I have no idea. But I know that I put good work into it.”

KEVIN COSTNER

The Hollywood Reporter estimates that production costs for ”Horizon” were around $100 million – just for the first installment.

Much like his character James Dutton in the successful TV show “Yellowstone,“ Kevin Costner plays Hayes Ellison as a withdrawn, somewhat weary loner in the epic “Horizon” movies.

GG: Country music is currently making a comeback. Even Beyoncé recently recorded a country album. How do you explain this phenomenon? I can’t. People around the world seem to have started listening to this kind of music again. I was never particularly good at predicting trends. And that’s also why it was never my thing to follow them. Of course, I appreciate that country is popular again. But I don’t want to be part of that trend. That’s not what motivates me.

What does?

For me, seeing a movie in a theater is a very private matter. What pushes me to make films is always the wish to share something personal with an audience. If a film is well made, it broadens people’s horizons in the best possible way. That’s the kind of story I wanted to tell. In the end, it turned into four scripts, but that’s just the time it needed.

It’s not the first time you’ve put your career and personal finances at risk to realize a project that was dear to your heart.

You can say that again. But I never risked as much as I have for “Horizon.” Yes, I invested my own money in the project, a lot more, incidentally, than is being reported everywhere. I used every trick in the book to be able to make this film. I had 106 days in which to film “Dances with Wolves,” but only 56 for “Horizon.” And that’s the bigger film. Of course I’d like to get my money back. But if something happens to me tomorrow, my children will still know exactly who I was. These films are the best example of that. Because I always go all the way to realize my ideas.

Since the beginning of his acting career, which Richard Burton pushed him into to a certain extent when he advised the younger man to concentrate on acting, Kevin Costner has held on to his vision: He is both a dreamer and a fighter, someone who performs best when he meets with resistance. His most successful film –“Dances with Wolves,” which he directed, produced and starred in – was turned down by a number of studios back in the day as well. But in the end, Costner was proven right. He happily took home 55 awards – among them seven Oscars and three Golden Globes – and the film enjoyed worldwide box-office takings of $400 million. In Germany alone, the Western was viewed by nearly seven million people, making it the most-watched film of 1991.

Why do you always play for such high stakes? It’s hard to say. I don’t like losing. And I also don’t like looking the fool. I just believe in these films so much. And I’m convinced that they will still have a life even after opening weekend and a bunch of bad reviews. Although to tell the truth, they haven’t all been bad. New York Magazine suddenly called “Horizon” one of the best films of the year.

“Throughout my career, I’ve always gone for the big dream.”

KEVIN COSTNER

So you let bad reviews affect you?

I know, I shouldn’t take them to heart so much. But it hurts to see something like that published. Then again, when I read a nice little review, it just feels damn good. And I believe in the big screen. You’re sitting in the theater, the lights go off and you have no idea what’s going to happen. When I see a space movie, I want to be pulled in. I want to identify with the story so much that it actually feels like I’m in space. The same goes for Westerns. This is what is so exciting about cinema, the authentic and emotional experience. We become time travelers experiencing other worlds and different time periods. That’s what film can offer.

Are you able to handle pressure differently these days than 30 years ago?

It hasn’t gotten easier, it’s still a struggle. Ten years ago I made a little film about racism called “Black or White.” Not one studio was interested in financing it, but it was so important to me, I used my own money. It was a form of financial suicide. I don’t know why I keep doing things like that.

So you just can’t help yourself?

You know, I have acquired more stuff than I ever imagined I would, and I come from a very conservative family. The film business was completely foreign to them and not a realistic career option at all. I achieved more than I ever dreamed I would. Yes, I have some very nice stuff. But it’s not so nice that I have to be a

slave to it just to give meaning to my life. Let me put it this way: That stuff is not more important than telling a story that I would like to see playing on the big screen. My strategy and my beliefs are not especially complicated. Make the films that you would like to see.

What is it about you that attracts the Western genre? Were you a cowboy in a previous life? (He laughs) Honestly? I don’t particularly like most Westerns, and didn’t as a child, either. But there was one movie that really opened my eyes: “How the West was Won.” That movie was authentic. They filmed everything on site, not in some studio back lot. In some of the scenes, the story felt absolutely real to me. Most Westerns are put together too simply. Everything seems wrong, the costumes, the sets or the roles women get to play. The indigenous actors seem to be dressed strangely too. If you ask me, many Westerns just don’t get it right.

“Honestly, I don’t like most Western movies, and didn’t as a child, either …”

KEVIN COSTNER

What do you object to in the stories?

Many of them follow the exact same pattern. In the first five minutes someone kills the protagonist’s whole family, and the rest of the film is about revenge. Don’t get me wrong, there’s definitely a place for revenge in movies. I was once part of a story like that, in the miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys.” But in most Westerns, the West is portrayed far too simply. It was actually a very complex world. Many people suddenly found themselves in a place that was completely foreign to them, and they had to live there. They had to share the land with other groups who didn’t want them there. The West also drew many criminals, because the law didn’t apply. We make our Westerns too simple, which does this period of our history a great disservice. We also almost always see only male characters in the main roles. I like

female characters, and in “Horizon” you see many women in key roles. That might not be a style that suits everyone but I like seeing strong women in Westerns.

What does your taste in movies boil down to? Tell the story with as much nuance and humanity as you can. If there’s a place in it for humor, find it. If tragedy strikes, take advantage of it to create an emotional bond with your audience. When things get violent, let it be bad. And when people die, you should feel something.

Movie making has changed a lot over the years. Do you still enjoy it as much?

They have all these great tools these days, computer effects and so on. But I’m a director who doesn’t work with special effects. I take my actors and actresses to the actual locations, to where everything happened. I hope this gives audiences a little something extra. I find that these days, more and more people are wanting to have a say in things. Many decisions are made jointly because everyone wants to add their own two cents. That’s not how I work. As the director, I have a right to the final cut. It’s been like that since “Dances with Wolves.” Not that I’ve directed that many films since then. I’m convinced there are better directors out there than me.

Did it use to be easier to find financing for big films? Not in my experience. None of the big studios were interested in “Dances with Wolves.” They all rejected me. Also, because I had no experience as a director. For me, making films has always been a struggle. I can look back on a great career in which I was able to play different and interesting roles. But as soon as I really started caring about something, it got difficult. That’s when I’d look back at the brilliant part of my career and ask myself: Is this the kind of success I really love, or do I love my dream? I always chose my dream.

If you’re completely honest with yourself, you enjoy fighting for what you want, don’t you? No, I don’t like fighting. But I am prepared to fight in order not to lose myself and forget who I am. Because I would, otherwise. I like having as little drama in my life as possible, and also for things to go smoothly on set. Continued on page 66.

Fun fact: Kevin Costner started his career in marketing and worked part-time at Disneyland.

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The

fastest-growing streaming genre in the U.S., country has morphed into a mainstream phenomenon thanks to Gen Z. Here are some of the icons and personalities

BY Silke Bender

behind the cultural trend.

TAYLOR SWIFT

“The Eras Tour,” the most commercially successful concert tour of all time, has cemented her status as the biggest pop star of our age, selling over six million tickets across 152 shows in 54 cities worldwide. The U.S. Travel Association estimates the tour’s economic impact at $10 billion. As a child, Taylor Swift sang country hits by artists like Shania Twain and Dolly Parton. “Country is all about the lyrics,” she once said. “You sing about what happens in your life. I don’t drive a tractor, but I see myself as a country singer because I set my everyday American life to music.” The daughter of an investment banker, her parents supported her financially from an early age; to further her career, they moved from Pennsylvania to Nashville, the capital of country music. At fourteen, she landed her first songwriting contract. She spent the next two years honing her craft, singing in Nashville’s live bars until her début album, “Taylor Swift,” released when she was sixteen, shot to number one in the country charts. Like her idol Shania Twain, she broadened her repertoire to include pop music in 2014 in order to reach a wider audience. Today, she has 283 million followers on Instagram

alone. Behind the glitz and glamour of her stage shows, the 14-time Grammy winner remains downto-earth. She cultivates a strong bond with her loyal international fanbase, the Swifties, posts cat videos and invites fans over for home-baked cookies. Swift peppers her songs with hidden messages, which she calls Easter eggs, These cryptic clues always trigger a viral scavenger hunt as fans race to decode their meaning. Her lyrics are being studied in literature classes at U.S. colleges, while Stanford and Berkeley run courses that explore her marketing and branding strategies. Because of the way she negotiated better deals with record labels and streaming services, the granddaughter of an opera singer is also seen as a Robin Hood for artists’ rights. Swift’s influence extends to politics. Historians will judge whether and to what extent the singer, who has around 105 million Spotify listeners per month, has influenced the most recent U.S. election – as she did in 2020. Within 24 hours, her post endorsing Kamala Harris on Instagram in mid-September drove over 400,000 people to visit the vote.gov website, the largest U.S. voter information site.

From country star to global pop icon: Taylor Swift, 34, has been shattering music history records for 18 years.

Clint Eastwood, the eternal cowboy. After a 60-year career, the Hollywood legend wants to make one last movie before he retires.

“The political correctness era is really not doing anyone any good.”

CLINT

EASTWOOD AT THE 2017 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

CLINT EASTWOOD

In 1964, Sergio Leone’s “Dollar” trilogy introduced Clint Eastwood as the laconic, poncho-clad “man with no name” wearing a Stetson and smoking a cheroot. The movies quickly established him as a cult figure of the Western genre. He was 34 and had been a moderately successful actor for ten years when the then completely unknown director offered him the lead role in “For a Fistful of Dollars.” Leone couldn’t afford stars like Henry Fonda or James Coburn. Neither of them initially displayed much enthusiasm for the other. Leone teased Eastwood about his acting – he said that Eastwood has two facial expressions: with and without a hat – while Eastwood had his doubts about an Italian making a Western movie. At the time, no one would have guessed that the trilogy would make Eastwood one of Hollywood’s most successful and enduring heavyweights. He also showed he could hold a tune when he played a burnt-out country singer in his 1982 film “Honkytonk Man.”

His movies won 13 Oscars. He received the first four for his Western “Merciless” (1992), which he directed and starred in. At the age of 94, Eastwood is still active as an actor, director, film composer and producer. His last work, the courtroom drama “Juror No. 2,” was recently released in cinemas.

It wasn’t until 1995, with the hit film “Bridges of Madison County,” that Eastwood started to leave his tough-guy image behind and took on his first romantic role. He had discovered a theme that would define his work: exploring the complexities of American morality through everyday heroes, from the compassionate boxing coach in “Million Dollar Baby” to the reformed racist in “Gran Torino.” Clint Eastwood was never woke, however. He is regarded as one of Hollywood’s few outspoken conservatives and is an advocate of controlled but free gun ownership. The cowboy ethic, which says that only the good guy with a gun can stop the bad guy, has never left him.

Dolly Parton, the queen of country music, here with her frequent duet partner Kenny Rogers (†2020). Together, they immortalized the song “Islands in the Stream.”

“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.”

DOLLY PARTON

DOLLY PARTON With 25 number 1 hits, 100+ million album sales and eleven Grammys, the long and successful career of this singer-songwriter has made her a country music legend. Her trademarks: a high-pitched voice, blonde wigs, buxom figure and over-the-top outfits. “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap,” Dolly Parton famously quipped. “The way I look and the way I looked then was a country girl’s idea of glam, just like I wrote in my “Backwoods Barbie” song,” she says in the documentary “Dolly Parton: Still Rockin,” which was released in 2024. “I didn’t know any screen goddesses, so I really patterned my look after the town tramp in our hometown. Soon people were saying ‘She’s nothing but trash,’ so I thought: Well, that’s what I’m going to be when I grow up.”

A master of self-irony, Parton has managed to delight loyal fans in both the arch-conservative Bible Belt and the LGBTQ+ scene for more than 50 years. For some she embodies the American Dream; for others, she’s a drag queen in a woman’s body. As the fourth of twelve children in a poor farming family from Tennessee,

country music was her only escape. At 18, she moved to Nashville. Her first self-penned hits were “Coat of Many Colors” and “Jolene.” Even Elvis Presley wanted to record her third number 1 hit “I Will Always Love You,” but on terms she found unacceptable. It was not until 1992, when Whitney Houston covered the song in the movie “Bodyguard,” that it became a worldwide hit. “When Whitney came out, I made enough money to buy Graceland,” Parton later remarked.

During the pandemic, her donation of $1 million made a significant contribution to the development of the Moderna vaccine. Her iconic status was such that, in 1996, her name was used, albeit without her knowledge or consent, for the world’s first cloned sheep in a politically incorrect nod to the mammary glands from which it was developed. In her “Dollywood” theme park in Tennessee, she has placed a song in a box that will not be opened until her 100th birthday. Only Dolly knows the melody and content of the song, which she wrote to be released as her last. It’s called “My Place in History.”

This year, Lily Gladstone became the first indigenous person to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress.

“I knew Hollywood would find it hard to cast me.”

LILY GLADSTONE

LILY GLADSTONE Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” sheds light on a dark chapter in American history, revealing the violence and systemic racism inflicted by settlers on the Indigenous population. Lily Gladstone plays the film’s proud heroine, Mollie, an Osage woman whose relatives are systematically murdered by her husband (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his uncle (Robert De Niro) in a scheme to inherit her family’s oil-rich land in Oklahoma.

This year, the 38-year-old became the first Indigenous actress to win a Golden Globe for the role and was also nominated for an Oscar. Gladstone is a woman who defies Hollywood stereotypes. She grew up on the Blackfoot reservation in northern Montana. Her father is a descendant of the Canadian tribal leader Red Crow and her mother is white with British roots. When she was eleven, the family moved to Seattle, where her father found work in a shipyard and her mother worked as a teacher. After graduating from high school, Gladstone studied theater and Native American studies at the University of Montana. Rather than seeking

fame and fortune in Los Angeles or New York like so many actors, she remained in Montana, working in theater, teaching acting workshops to Indigenous children and advocating for the LGBTQ+ movement. She distrusted the Hollywood system and feared the frustrations it might bring. “I just knew that I would be difficult for Hollywood to cast,” she says. She gained wider recognition in 2016 for her performance in the critically acclaimed indie film “Certain Women,” which garnered numerous festival awards. The film was seen by Scorsese, who found her intense screen presence hard to resist. Gladstone never had to go to Hollywood; Hollywood came to her. Reflecting on her career path, she once joked that her father’s Native American wisdom had proven true: “The prey runs to the hunter.” In her new movie “Jazzy,” Gladstone plays a member of the Oglala, the best-known of the Lakota tribes. The coming-of-age drama explores the lives of today’s Native Americans. The film had its world première in June at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, although a cinema release date had not yet been set.

“Johnny Cash and his ‘At Folsom Prison’ album was a household staple.”

KEITH URBAN

KEITH URBAN More familiar to some as “Mr. Kidman,” the Australian singer has been a country music favorite for nearly 25 years, with four Grammys and 15 Academy of Country Music Awards to his name. To support his new album “High,” he will be making five guest appearances in Las Vegas.

Born in New Zealand in 1967, Urban moved to Australia with his family as a child. His parents owned and operated a grocery store. His father was an amateur drummer and country music fan. “Johnny Cash and his album ‘At Folsom Prison’ was a household staple,” Urban recalls. He began playing ukulele at four and guitar at six. The family made regular trips to the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival, the second largest in the world after Nashville. Urban entered and won a talent contest there at the age of nine. He went on to build a reputation in the country music scene, releasing his debut album in 1991, which yielded four hit singles.

The move to Nashville a year later was a bumpy one. The musically unorthodox “Kiwi,” who includes not

only country music but also Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Fatboy Slim among his influences, was not taken entirely seriously. He first tried to prove himself as a songwriter and played in various bands. His breakthrough as a solo artist came in 1999 when he was named Best New Singer by the Academy of Country Music for his album “Keith Urban.” In 2009, Taylor Swift opened for him on his tour, and the two have been close friends ever since. “His melodies and his tone influenced me a lot because they were so different from what I was hearing in the country scene at the time: He brought rock, pop and blues into the mix,” Swift told Rolling Stone. “He completely redefined the genre for me.”

Urban married Nicole Kidman – and is father to their two children – in 2006. Kidman recently posted a romantic photo on Instagram to mark her 18th wedding anniversary. She is lying on a wall by the sea with Keith Urban sitting next to her playing guitar. Two happy people from Down Under who found themselves and each other in the U.S.

A high-flyer from Down Under. Singer-songwriter Keith Urban is often referred to as Nicole Kidman’s husband. But he is so much more than that.

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As a Texan, Beyoncé knows what it means to be a cowgirl. Gianni Versace designed the vintage ensemble and hat for Naomi Campbell in 1992.

“The beauty of making music: There are no rules.”

BEYONCÉ

BEYONCÉ

“Cowboy Carter” is the eighth successive album that Queen Bey has taken to the top of the international charts. She was also the first African American to reach number 1 in the U.S. country charts. Even the cover is like a carefully composed painting, iconic from the moment it was released last March. Beyoncé on horseback, sitting sideways in a stetson hat, a silver wig fluttering in the breeze alongside the American flag. In the U.S., the self-assured symbolism is politically charged. How can Black artists, who have historically faced challenges breaking into the genre, contribute to its evolution?

In 2016, the singer’s first foray into the genre that is so popular in her hometown of Houston, Texas, proved to be an unsettling experience. Beyoncé received Grammy nominations in the fields of rock, rap, R&B and pop for her crossover album “Lemonade.” The only genre that didn’t acknowledge her was country music. Her surprise performance with the Dixie Chicks at the 50th Country Music Awards in Nashville drew record-breaking TV ratings but was met with a fierce backlash from conservative fans. In response to the racist calls for a boycott, their joint performance of “Daddy Lessons” was later banned by the Recording Academy and the

video was removed from social media. Subtext: Given her generous donations to movements like Black Lives Matter and her songs about police violence, Beyoncé is an outsider in the largely conservative white milieu of country music fans and performers.

The experience of being “not welcome,” Beyoncé wrote on Instagram, inspired her to explore the genre further and push boundaries. She spent five years working on the “Cowboy Carter” album, a deeply American, 27-song opus that retells classic myths in a fresh light. Stories in which Black and Native American cowboys as well as female ranch hands and wranglers also have their place. But she also made it clear: “It’s not a country album; it’s a Beyoncé album.”Big country artists like Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Miley Cyrus lend their support with guest appearances, and the project includes a collaboration with Linda Martell, an African American singer who succeeded in making the breakthrough into country music in the 1970s. It is perhaps no coincidence that Beyoncé’s longtime friend Pharrell Williams, now the creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, sent Black cowboys down the catwalk when he unveiled his second collection in Paris.

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Campfires and fly fishing meet supreme comfort at Dunton Hot Springs, a resort that evokes the romance of the Wild West. An unforgettable visit to a former ghost town in the Rocky Mountains.

BY STEFFI KAMMERER

to Colorado for the sunsets alone.

the star-studded sky at night is surpassed only by the absolute tranquility of this remote retreat.

The restored 19th-century bathhouse holds the mineralrich hot spring after which the resort was named.

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After a strenuous hike in the mountains, look forward to a deep tissue massage or a hot stone treatment in the spa.

“We fell in love with the place immediately. After only 15 minutes, we knew we wanted to buy it.”

CHRISTOPH HENKEL

he story began in Telluride, Colorado, on a rainy January morning in 1994. Christoph Henkel had cracked a rib on a mogul course the previous day and was taking a break from the slopes. He and his then business partner decided to drive out to a hot spring deep in the mountains, about two hours away, which someone had mentioned was for sale. “When we arrived, we almost fell over,” Henkel recalls. The hot springs were not hot, the ground was covered knee-deep in marmot scat and the log cabins surrounding the site had partly collapsed, their doors swinging in the wind, their windows cracked from bullet holes. “We fell in love with the place immediately. After only fifteen minutes, we said: We have to buy it, we’ll think of what to do with it afterwards.”

Today, 30 years later, Dunton Hot Springs is a member of the exclusive hotel and restaurant association Relais & Châteaux. But on the halfhour drive up into the mountains along a dusty

track, the turns growing tighter and tighter the higher you go and the rear windshield covered in red grit, you begin to realize that staying at this resort will be unlike what you might expect at other five-star hotels. Guests spend the night in 14 lovingly furnished wooden cabins, some of them as big as a full-sized chalet, surrounded by 75 hectares of land bordering on national forest.

Dunton Hot Springs is also an adventure, a journey back in time to an era characterized by upheaval, by danger and deprivation. The cabins attest to the hardships people underwent in search of a better life, dragging the logs with which to build them behind horses, along rough forest paths through the mountains. These same log cabins are now finely furnished and equipped with every comfort, but you can still sense the excitement of that legendary period as you luxuriate beneath the rainforest shower and relax in front of a blazing fire. Appointments, stress, all your

A gift from Christoph Henkel to his wife, Katrin: The library holds literary treasures and Western classics. It’s the perfect place for spending winter days in front of a cozy fire.

The Dunton River Camp consists of eight tents complete with air-conditioning, stoves and en-suite bathrooms. Bookable from June to October.

worries are just distant memories. During the day, you watch eagles circling high above, at night, you look up at incredibly bright stars.

In the 1880s, gold and copper were mined in the isolated town of Dunton, where only about 500 people lived. Almost four decades later, the miners and their families abandoned the town to follow the railway. The huge area became part of a cattle ranch, was occupied by hippies in the 1970s, purchased by a former Wall Street executive and then finally by the German entrepreneur Christof Henkel, who grew up in Düsseldorf with Karl May (the author of extremely popular adventure stories of the Old West). On special evenings, Henkel himself stands behind the bar in the restored saloon.

Dunton Hot Springs is a declaration of love to the Wild West. Many of the details are authentic, but the resort was never intended to be a museum. Some of the buildings originated elsewhere, Henkel had them taken down several hundred miles away and hauled to the property by truck, where he grouped them in such a way that everything is easily accessible by foot. Each piece of timber was numbered and then reassembled like a 3D puzzle. It took seven years to turn the old mining camp into a resort, he says. “The only thing that was already there when we arrived was power. No water, definitely no sewage system and no telephone.” About a year after he bought the property, he met Katrin Bellinger, an art expert from Cologne. They had only just fallen in love when he took her with him to Dunton, where they used a pail to fetch water from the spring and had no facilities apart from an outhouse. He asked her to marry him in a meadow in the mountains. They soon had two sons and moved to London. But to this day, they spend summers and Christmases in Colorado.

The family’s private home stands somewhat apart, a five-story tower made of wood and glass that vanishes into the treetops. Designed by Annabelle Selldorf, it’s a good enough reason in itself for architecture fans to make the trip to Dunton Hot Springs. The world-famous architect is a close friend of the Henkels’, she went to school with Katrin in Cologne. Every August, the Henkels and their grown sons

host a barbecue at the resort, tables groaning beneath mountains of steak. It’s attended by ranchers from the adjacent valley and long-time friends from Europe, as well as an Oscar-winner with her children and a famous singer. Neither of them have bodyguards present, nor are they at all worried that anyone will bother them. The actor, to reveal just a little bit, says that Dunton is one of her absolute favorite places, that she comes here regularly but keeps it to herself.

“There was no water, definitely no sewage system and no telephone.”

CHRISTOPH HENKEL

After purchasing quite a bit more land about four miles downriver in 2007, Henkel opened the Dunton River Camp: eight luxurious tents that can be occupied between June and mid-October. Kim Kardashian booked the entire camp in an attempt to save her marriage with Kanye West. She never posted any details of that stay on social media, but in one photo, the Gmundner tableware, which they use at Dunton, was clearly visible. A short time later, a crate arrived from Austria with personalized tableware for every member of the Henkel family and a card saying: “Thank you for the extra business.” Christoph Henkel shakes his head and laughs, as he so often does when speaking about Dunton. “I’m actually a rational person, but perhaps it was all in the stars,” he says. “When you think about your life looking forward, it appears as a straight line, but when you look back, you see that it’s like a bowl of spaghetti. Dunton was one of these big twists that didn’t fit at all, but I was crazy enough and had the bandwidth to do it. You have to be a bit stubborn to carry something like that through to the end.”

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At Dunton Hot Springs, highlights include horseback riding in the San Juan Mountains and yoga with stunning views into the distance.

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No other fashion designer has defined country style as definitively as Ralph Lauren. The native New Yorker has been shaping the American look for over 50 years. From the right jeans to casual interiors.

BY Patricia Engelhorn

Ralph Lauren, 85, bought his ranch in Colorado in 1982. “This is where I fell in love with the West,” he once said.

alph’s is tucked away in the courtyard of a 17th-century townhouse on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris. Curious passers-by can spot the terrace at the end of the high archway, the wrought-iron garden chairs with blue and white striped cushions, the rose bushes and box trees. If you wish to know what the world of Ralph Lauren feels like from the inside, make sure you book your table a few weeks in advance. The legendary American designer’s restaurants can be found in Manhattan, Milan, Chicago and Chengdu, but his Parisian establishment, which opened in 2010, is considered the most elegant. In a prime rive gauche location, he has managed to breathe a Wild West atmosphere into a classic hôtel particulier. The décor combines masculine and rustic elements while maintaining a romantic, understated elegance: tartan cushions on the dark brown leather banquettes, brightly set tables with bouquets of red roses, large paintings of equestrian and hunting scenes on the walls, and heavy lanterns dangling from the beamed ceiling. “Monsieur Lauren dines here every time he visits Paris,” says restaurant manager Christian Laval. And he’s not the only one. With a bit of luck, you could find yourself sitting at a table next to former Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, couture heiresses Nathalie and Lola Rykiel or model Poppy Delevingne as they enjoy a Maine lobster salad, a Ralph’s burger or the fantastic cheesecake. Ralph Lauren, who turned 85 in October, is renowned throughout the world for his signature polo shirt featuring an embroidered pony and polo player. Launched in 1972 in a choice of two dozen colors, it remains a bestseller for his brand to this day. You’ll also find the iconic logo on his polo line of ties and in many of his collections, which often feature tweed fabrics, tartan checks and natural wool. Drawing inspiration from the American preppy look, these add a British twist to the timeless style favored by well-todo East Coast students.

Lauren grew up in New York, the son of Belarusian immigrants. “We didn’t have much money at home,” he once said, “but I quickly realized that the right clothes could make me look like I did.” His polo shirt, which became a must-have for a young generation, was the catalyst of a unique success story that began with a $50,000 loan. Ralph Lauren has created a global company that sells more than just products: It sells a way of life. His fashion and interior design reflect a carefree, infectious optimism, as well as an endlessly fascinating, straightforward approach.

The saloon at the Double RL Ranch in the Rocky Mountains. Lots of leather, even more wood – and a bar in the background.

The spaces Ralph Lauren designs are both cozy and classic. Once there, you never want to leave. This is the ranch house veranda.

His book “A Way of Living,” published last year, celebrates the 40th anniversary of his Ralph Lauren Home collection and reveals how he designed his own homes, including the Double RL Ranch in southwest Colorado. The recurring theme of his interiors is a sense of cheerful warmth, often complemented by his clear affection for the Wild West, cowboys and the expansive skies of the prairie. Ralph Lauren captures the mythical vintage Americana style – a style whose existence is uncertain, but one he intuitively understands. The ranch in the Rocky Mountains that he bought in 1982 is full of quilts and patchworks featuring Native American motifs, as well as paintings of buffalo hunts. It features big fireplaces, deep, comfortable leather armchairs, wooden beds and collections of Sioux and Shawnee poems. There are also animal skins, hunting trophies, antique feather headdresses, cowboy hats, colorful woolen ponchos, Navajo blankets and rugs from Arizona and New Mexico. These pay homage to the region’s strong identity – its people, its craftsmanship and its history. The ranch, whose name Double RL stands for Ralph Lauren and his wife Ricky Lauren, is a perfect example of the iconic Western style that epitomizes the Ralph Lauren aesthetic. But the designer can also do things differently. The Lauren’s penthouse on New York’s Fifth Avenue, not far from the Guggenheim Museum, is minimalist, almost monochromatic and modern in style. “We wanted it to feel more like a loft,” Ralph Lauren explains in the book. “In a way, it was our first real home. I wasn’t looking for glamour or to make an impression; it was just the simple desire to have a kind of freedom – room for our three children, room to take stock of ourselves and to discover who we really were and what we

wanted.” Virtually the entire apartment is white –white-lacquered tables, white canvas sofas and natural bamboo armchairs on polished wooden floors. Everything is simple, relaxed, uncluttered and elegant – very different from the carefully curated clutter in Colorado, where the exciting array of objects leaves visitors not knowing where to look. A large number of these objects are available to buy. The Home collection includes many items you’ll find in the Laurens’ home, and the Navajo rug is just a click away. The website asks you to choose where you’d like to start browsing. In the Home section, which includes Garden Vine tableware, hurricanes and comfortable dining chairs? Or would you prefer to go straight for the leather club armchair? Cushions with checked patterns? It’s not surprising to learn that many places look like they were designed by Ralph Lauren. He has created a style with so many facets that it works almost anywhere. You can use it to furnish your country house, a studio in the heart of the city, a villa by the sea or a mountain cabin. You can mix vintage objects with modern designs and colorful ethnic looks with natural colors. “It’s not about fashion; it’s about taste,” he says. The focus is on authenticity, integrity, timelessness, longevity, tradition and heritage. Sometimes, the Laurens think about moving to their ranch in Colorado permanently. “I don’t really like living in the city,” he says. “In New York, people worry about who they will be sitting next to at the museum dinner, whether they will be able to get the right table in the restaurant and whether they’ll be recognized. At the ranch there’s none of that pressure.” Maybe he could even run things from there.

“But if I did,” he says, “I wouldn’t have anywhere to retreat to.”

Would

PHOTO: BJORN WALLANDER

In the coffee-table book published by Rizzoli in fall 2023, the designer reveals how he has furnished his private retreats.

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“I don’t fall out of love that easy. I’ve been dreaming of making ‘Horizon’ for 40 years …”

KEVIN COSTNER

Continued from page 38.

I hate firing people, for instance. Although I’m not afraid of a good argument. I always trust my own taste. I’m convinced that “Horizon“ is a good film, that it is legitimate. Will it become a huge success? I have no idea. But I know that I put good work into it. For me, that’s what counts in the end – no matter how much trouble it took to make.

Is that what makes you happy?

I’ve found my way in life. Although I never considered myself to be particularly smart. I was also never really good in school. But like in “The Wizard of Oz,” I found my yellow brick road. I’ve been trying to get this story onto the big screen for almost 40 years. I had the idea for “Horizon” before “Dances with Wolves.” Seeing it in theaters now means everything to me, makes me happy. I have fallen in love with this project. And I don’t fall out of love that easy. I’m not that kind of guy. If I see something I like, I don’t change my mind quickly.

What made you fall in love with this story? First, I fell in love with the main character and wanted to play him. I was so in love with this character that I named my son Hayes after him. Who, by the way, has a small part in the movie too. And then there was the fascinating story about the founding of a town called Horizon. Much of what the settlers experienced

back then takes place in this town. Another important thing was that the land on which the town was built actually belonged to Native Americans. We forget about indigenous people to this day, in pop culture too. The film is like a book, a story, that I have written for the audience. A film like that belongs on the big screen, not on a streaming platform. All those galloping horses on screen, I haven’t seen anything like that in a long time. Isn’t it great?

Are Westerns making a comeback too?

I really don’t believe in trends. To me, it’s always the right time for a great science fiction movie, a fantastic Western or a good love story. You just have to dare to produce a great story for the big screen. And for it to be great, it has to be carefully thought through. It has to be authentic and subtle. And you should always keep your target audience in mind. If you want a onestop shop that’s going to make everybody happy and follow every trend, it’s not going to work. I don’t believe in test screenings where the studio shows my film to a test audience and then asks which scenes they liked the least. Of course some people will raise their hand. That’s the confirmation studios are looking for so they can force me to make changes. But the question itself is already suggestive. Of course people will like some scenes better than others. That’s why I refuse to change my film.

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As with his masterpiece “Dances with Wolves,” Costner both directs and stars in “Horizon.”

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British Columbia, Canada

Price CAD 20.8 mill.

Interior approx. 2,880 m²

Land approx. 5,925 acres

E&V ID AM-5044173

Country meets cozy! Simon Lake House lies just a few footsteps away from the lake of the same name.

Panama

Luxury Apartment in Spectacular

Prime location in Costa del Este

Houston

Gem in Prestigious Pinewood Estates

Reimagined & Redesigned Luxury Retreat

Montana, United States of America

Price USD 2,295,000

Interior approx. 4,104 square feet

Land approx. 0.46 acres

E&V ID AM-5051960

Virginia City The Magnificent Fire Tower Ranch

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Bozeman (US)

Contact PollyAnna Snyder

Tel. +1 406 600 2477

E-mail pollyanna.snyder@engelvoelkers.com

Interior approx. 2,280 square feet

Land approx. 379.50 acres E&V ID AM-5006851

Wyoming, United States of America

Price USD 2.69 mill.

Interior approx. 5,180 square feet

Land approx. 14.14 acres

E&V ID AM-5044549

Engel & Völkers Jackson Hole – 155 W.

Etna Luxury Home Offering Comfort & Elegance Along with Indoor Riding Arena

Contact Judy Rogers

Tel. +1 307 699 3356

E-mail judy.rogers@engelvoelkers.com

Dubois

Windbreak Ranch – Equestrian Facility on Approx. 257 Acres

Wyoming, United States of America

Price USD 13.95 mill.

Interior approx. 18,079 square feet

Land approx. 257 acres

E&V ID AM-5047652

Gorgeous North Idaho Home with Saloon

Serenity Hill Haven Perched on Approx. 2.1 Acres

California, United States of America

Price USD 7,628,000

Interior approx. 6,200 square feet

Land approx. 95,004 square feet

E&V ID AM-5056013 Woodside

Laguna Beach

Pristine Oceanfront Legacy Compound

Contact Lindsay Clark Shields

Tel. +1 949 627 3825

E-mail lindsay.clark-shields@engelvoelkers.com

Land approx. 3.7 acres E&V ID AM-5760576

Arizona, United States of America

Price USD 2.45 mill.

Interior approx. 6,938 square feet

Land approx. 0.86 acres

E&V ID AM-5044694

Gilbert Luxurious Estate with Breathtaking Catalina Mountain Views

Alabama, United States of America

Price USD 950,000

Interior approx. 2,841 square feet

Land approx. 10 acres

E&V ID AM-5052374

Silverhill Bohemian Farms – 10 Acres of Serenity & Luxury

Florida, United States of America

Price USD 995,000

Interior approx. 2,612 square feet

Land approx. 0.85 acres

E&V ID AM-5051225

Cedar Key Gulf Coast Waterfront Estate with Breathtaking Sunset Views

Price USD 1,495,990

Interior approx. 3,670 square feet

Land approx. 5 acres

E&V ID AM-5044506

Waterfront Dream in Sorrento Shores

Price

Tel. +1 561 818 9476

Florida, United States of America

Price USD 1.9 mill.

Interior approx. 2,048 square feet

Land approx. 5,250 square feet

E&V ID AM-5040522

E&V ID AM-5046288 Jersey City Beautiful Four-Bedroom Duplex

New Jersey, United States of America

Price USD 2,088,888

Interior approx. 3,200 square feet No. of bedrooms 4

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Lake Placid (US)

Contact Colleen Holmes

Tel. +1 518 523 4404

E-mail colleen.holmes@engelvoelkers.com

Lake Placid

Exclusive Year-Round Lakeside Retreat in the Adirondack Mountains

New York, United States of America

Price USD 4.68 mill.

Interior approx. 4,493 square feet

Land approx. 1.2 acres

E&V ID AM-5049197

Massachusetts, United States of America

Price USD 2.2 mill.

Interior approx. 5,148 square feet

No. of bedrooms 3

E&V ID AM-5052717

Ipswich Luxury Golf Course Living with Stunning Fairway Views

Contact Dean Poritzky

Tel. +1 781 248 6350

E-mail dean.poritzky@engelvoelkers.com

Cambridge

The Residences at Charles Square Penthouse Unit

Massachusetts, United States of America

Price USD 10.25 mill.

Interior approx. 3,894 square feet No. of bedrooms 4 E&V ID AM-5035103

Waterfront Townhouse

Tel. +1 603 566 9904 E-mail rosi.andrews@engelvoelkers.com

British Columbia, Canada

Price CAD 1,999,900

Interior approx. 6,800 square feet

Land approx. 0.43 acres

E&V ID AM-5043517 Kamloops Modern Elegance With River & Mountain Views

+1 250 809 1260 E-mail lyndi.ainsworth@engelvoelkers.com

Naramata B. C. Naramata Bench Splendour – Luxurious Home & Vineyard

Parry Sound Elegance & Unmatched Views on Georgian Bay

Ontario, Canada

Price CAD 5,499,000

Interior approx. 7,500 square feet

Land approx. 1.75 acres

E&V ID AM-269940

Engel & Völkers Parry Sound – 70 Bowes

Lac Supérieur

Genius Architecture & Strategic Placement for Optimum Luminosity

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Tremblant (CA)

Contact Marc-André Pilon & Louis-Charles Ménard

Tel. +1 514 296 8411 & +1 514 773 1510

E-mail marc-andre.pilon@engelvoelkers.com & louis-charles.menard@engelvoelkers.com Québec, Canada Price CAD 2,248,000 Interior approx. 3,215 square feet Land approx. 93,377 square feet E&V ID AM-5052153

San José del Cabo Pool Residence at Las Ventanas al Paraíso

Contact Jupp Team

Tel. +1 242 803 8419

E-mail juppteam@engelvoelkers.com

Great Exuma

Exceptional Island Living in the Gated Community February Point

Exuma, Bahamas

Price USD 8,475,000

Interior approx. 5,600 square feet

Land approx. 0.71 acres

E&V ID AM-5053326

Gran Canaria

Stunning

Brígida

Majorca

New Luxury Residence with Stunning Sea View in San Lorenzo

Málaga

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Marbella El Rosario (ES)

Tel. +34 952 83 20 40

E-mail marbellaelrosario@engelvoelkers.com

Marbella State-of-the-Art Beachfront Penthouse in 5-Star Resort Community

Málaga, Spain Price EUR 5.35 mill. Interior approx. 242 m² No. of bedrooms 4 E&V ID W-02UA8W

Architect-Designed Property in Torrelodones

Alicante

Luxury & Sophistication in Alicante Golf

Altea Hills

Benidorm

Jacuzzi

Cambrils

Tel. +34 872 20 14 88

E-mail costabravanord-emporda@engelvoelkers.com

Cosy Townhouse Overlooking the Ría de Arousa & Cortegada Island

Charming Property Offering Direct Access to Beach

Tel. +34 983 66 90 79

valladolid@engelvoelkers.com

Anaiak Servicios

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Majorca

Maçanet d. C.

Alicante

Vilagarcía

Cascais

Quinta d. L.

Albufeira

Cascais

Remodelled Villa – Design, Comfort & Elegance

Stunning Villa with Spectacular Sea Views Minutes from the Beach

Algarve, Portugal

Luis Palma Santos Lda. – Estrada de Vale Rabelho

Albufeira

Nidwalden, Switzerland

Price CHF 1.65 mill.

Interior approx. 168 m²

Land approx. 634 m²

E&V ID W-02W1QT

Crans-Montana

Styria, Austria

salzburg@engelvoelkers.com

Interior approx. 150 m²

Land approx. 900 m²

E&V ID W-02PI8K

Tirol

Eco-Friendly House with Views of the Dolomites

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Cortina d‘Ampezzo (IT)

Tel. +39 0436 86 14 51

cortina@engelvoelkers.com

Tel. +39 0421 38 01

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Alba-Langhe (IT)

Tel. +39 0173 190 15 63

E-mail alba-langhe@engelvoelkers.com

Agliano Terme

Dream Residence in UNESCO Heritage Site

Piedmont, Italy

Price EUR 2,975,000

Interior approx. 1,100 m²

Land approx. 1 ha E&V ID W-02VCRM

Toscolano Maderno

Lombardy, Italy

Lombardy, Italy

Milan Beautiful Period Home on Piazzale Gorini

Tel. +39 055 202 31 85

E-mail collinetoscane@engelvoelkers.com

Barberino Tavarnelle

Tuscany, Italy

Maremma

Manciano

Beautiful Residential Ensemble in Medieval Village

Umbria, Italy

Price EUR 1.55 mill.

Interior approx. 680 m²

Land approx. 500 m²

E&V ID W-02W8P5

Umbria

Piegaro

Marsciano

Stylish Villa with Guesthouse, Annex & Panoramic Pool

Panoramic ʼCasaleʼ in Valderice

Finest Properties West Sicily S.r.l. – Via Avvocato Giuseppe Palmeri, 7 – 91100 Trapani / Real estate

E-mail ragusamodica@engelvoelkers.com

Charming Villa Near the Crystal Clear Sea in Syracuse

Tel. +39 0942 62 00 78 E-mail taormina@engelvoelkers.com Sicily, Italy

Historic Villa with Panoramic Views in Taormina

Sicily, Italy

Price EUR 490,000

Interior approx. 140 m²

No. of rooms 6

E&V ID W-02WNWD Sicily

Finest Sicilian

Charming Penthouse in the Centre of Palermo

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Palermo-Bagheria (IT)

Tel. +39 091 854 14 11

EUR 875,000

approx. 252 m² No. of rooms 9 E&V ID W-02WYD5

E-mail palermobagheria@engelvoelkers.com Sicily, Italy

Historic Jewel in the Catholic Palace in Palermo

Sardinia, Italy

Price EUR 4.8 mill.

Interior approx. 465 m²

Land approx. 3,000 m²

E&V ID W-02QUCB

Sardinia

Magnificent Mansion Overlooking the Sea in Torre delle Stelle

Island of Hvar

Luxurious

Czech Republic

Prague Designer Duplex in the Heart of Lesser Town

Glücksburg

Exclusive Residence in Prime Position on the Flensburg Fjord

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Flensburg (DE)

Contact Manuela Goga

Tel. +49 461 97 88 67 13 E-mail flensburg@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020.

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Price EUR 3.5 mill.

Interior approx. 324 m²

Land approx. 4,538 m²

E&V ID W-02WFFN

EuV Wohnen GmbH – Norderstraße 3 – 24939 Flensburg / Real estate company – Licence Partner of Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Price EUR 1.58 mill.

Interior approx. 120 m² No. of rooms 3

E&V ID W-02VKXV

Hamburg Bel Étage Apartment with Alster Lake Views in Winterhude

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Hamburg Alster Stadtvillen (DE)

Tel. +49 40 46 86 31 20

E-mail alster.stadtvillen@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020.

Hamburg, Germany

Price EUR 6.75 mill.

Interior approx. 266 m²

No. of rooms 6

E&V ID W-02MHQU

E+V Hamburg Immobilien GmbH – Eppendorfer Baum 11 – 20249 Hamburg / Real estate company – Licence Partner of Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH

Bad Essen

Luxurious Forest Idyll: Exclusive Home with Pool & Sauna House

Lower Saxony, Germany

Price EUR 1,695,000

Interior approx. 264 m²

Land approx. 6,844 m²

E&V ID W-02WQ07

541 96 32

Potsdam

Brandenburg, Germany Price

Interior

Exceptional Listed Mansion with Large Pool in Dahlem

Berlin, Germany

Price EUR 5.6 mill.

Interior approx. 390 m²

Land approx. 1,509 m²

E&V

W-02TDH5

Tel. +49 30 89 73 09 00

E-mail kathleen.vonalvensleben@engelvoelkers.com

buyer commission

Groß Schoritz

Thatched Jewel on Waterfront Plot

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Price EUR 1.05 mill.

Interior approx. 176 m²

Land approx. 4,005 m²

E&V ID W-02V1J3

Stubbendorf

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Rostock (DE)

Contact Enno Vogt

Tel. +49 381 375 66 70 E-mail rostock@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Price EUR 2.5 mill.

Interior approx. 521 m²

Land approx. 38,921 m² E&V ID W-02WZTL

First Class Immobilien Rostock GmbH – Lange Straße 9 – 18055 Rostock / Real estate company – Licence Partner of Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH

Fabulous Manor House in an Art Nouveau Design

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Price EUR 4.95 mill.

Interior approx. 1,195 m²

Land approx. 14,777 m²

E&V ID W-02M05S

Exclusive Living in Private Retreat Surrounded by Greenery

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Bonn (DE)

Contact Alejandro Theilen

Tel. +49 228 42 27 70 E-mail bonn@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020.

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Price EUR 2.49 mill.

Interior approx. 315 m²

Land approx. 2,887 m² E&V ID W-02WKPX

Kleinsendelbach

Home Steeped in a Rich History

Sauerlach-Arget

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Münchner Süden (DE)

Tel. +49 89 649 88 60

E-mail muenchnersueden@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020. Engel & Völkers

Bavaria, Germany

Price EUR 7.5 mill.

Interior approx. 700 m²

Land approx. 1,430 m²

E&V ID W-02PLHW

Bavaria, Germany

Price EUR 2.4 mill.

Interior approx. 292 m²

Land approx. 850 m²

E&V ID W-02WTAY

ENGEL & VÖLKERS München Westen (DE) Contact Robin Graf Douglas

Tel. +49 89 18 90 80 60 E-mail robin.grafdouglas@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020. EuV Münchner Westen GmbH – Bahnhofstraße 87 – 82166 Gräfelfing / Real estate company Licence Partner of Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH

Lindau

ENGEL & VÖLKERS Lindau (DE)

Contact Michael Zehnle

Tel. +49 8382 94 79 70 E-mail lindau@engelvoelkers.com

Commission fee split between buyer and seller in accordance with new legislation from 23.12.2020.

CREDITS

WELCOME

EDITORIAL page 8

DUNTON HOT SPRINGS, www.duntondestinations.com

PLAYGROUND

COOL CITY page 14

NASHVILLE, www.visitmusiccity.com

HOUSE page 16

DEDON, www.dedon.de

MEIER.GERMANY, www.meier-germany.de

POLSPOTTEN, www.polspotten.com

VIA, www.viamaterial.de

VITRA, www.vitra.com

BEAUTY page 18

NICHE BEAUTY, www.niche-beauty.com

ENGEL & VÖLKERS

NEWS page 20

E&V LAND AND RANCH GROUP, www.evrealestate.com/en/lifestyle-properties/ ranch

WOMAN page 22

DIANE KORDAS, www.dianekordasjewellery.com

EXTETA X JACQUEMUS, www.exteta.it

HERMÈS, www.hermes.com

HOHNER, www.hohner.de

LENA HOSCHEK, www.lenahoschek.com

MARSET, www.marset.com

SCHNEID STUDIO, www.schneidstudio.com

STUDIO KAMASADA, shop.gessato.com

ADDRESSES

LAST MINUTE

MAN page 24

BORDALLO PINHEIRO / MAISON F, www.trouva.com

C. F. MARTIN & COMPANY, www.martinguitar.com

ERNEST W. BAKER, www.ernest-w-baker.com

LOUIS VUITTON, www.louisvuitton.com

MATER, materdesign.com

NATURES COLLECTION, www.naturescollection.eu

ROBERTO CAVALLI HOME INTERIORS, www.robertocavallihomeinteriors. onirogroup.it

SELETTI, shop.gessato.com

54CELSIUS, www.54celsius.com

BOOKS page 26

GESTALTEN, www.gestalten.com

GIBBS SMITH, www.gibbs-smith.com

PRESTEL, prestelpublishing. penguinrandomhouse.de

AT HOME

KEVIN COSTNER page 30

WARNER BROS. PICTURES www.warnerbros.com

PORTFOLIO page 40

TAYLOR SWIFT, www.taylorswift.com

CLINT EASTWOOD, www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/

DOLLY PARTON www.dollyparton.com

LILY GLADSTONE, www.lilygladstone.com

KEITH URBAN, www.keithurban.com

BEYONCÉ, www.beyonce.com

DUNTON page 52

DUNTON HOT SPRINGS, www.duntondestinations.com

RALPH LAUREN page 60

RIZZOLI PUBLISHING, www.rizzoliusa.com

RALPH LAUREN, www.ralphlauren.com

PERSONAL page 194

ELMNTL, www.elmntl.io

1 Beyoncé’s album “Cowboy Carter,” Sony Music

2 Zach Bryan’s album “The Great American Bar Scene,” Belting Bronco/Warner 3 Podcast “The Boar’s Nest,” www.audible.com

4 Willie Nelson’s album “The Border,” Legacy Recordings

5 Podcast “Legends of the Old West,” www.blackbarrelmedia.com

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Wellness in the wild

Modular cabins are the key to a brand-new outdoor experience.

A sauna surrounded by nature, a wellness retreat in the woods – the Colorado-based design company ELMNTL has devised a construction system for fully customizable, prefabricated cabins. Customers can choose their own floor plan, exterior look, interior colors, windows,

doors and elements such as a roof terrace or fireplace, according to their needs. The very efficient yet highly individualized concept was devised to appeal primarily to customers in the hotel business. “Our big idea is simple – to foster a love for the fragile, wild, natural world. To do that, we work with our hospitality clients to get as many people as possible into the elements,” explains CEO Vlad Dubovskiy.

From programmer to cabin builder in the Rocky Mountain wilderness: With the founding of ELMNTL in 2017, the former data scientist switched tracks and began focusing on nature. “We create unforgettable experiences for people who love to adventure outside,” Dubovskiy says. His team of designers and cabinet makers accompanies clients from concept to

completion, offering what ELMNTL calls a “turnkey service.”

Floor to ceiling windows dissolve the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, and the saunas and wellness retreats can be erected virtually anywhere, no matter how remote. All of the materials are biodegradable and can be repurposed. In addition to more than 1,000 possible configurations, the company also offers preset floor plans for clients who are looking for faster and more affordable solutions. In this way, ELMNTL addresses the needs of hospitality startups as well as more established hoteliers. Further wellness facilities such as cold water pools and whirlpools are also in the pipeline.

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