FERN

Combining Gloster’s signature plantation teak with a soft finish outdoor rope, the enveloping, woven back rest both protects and provides the comfort and is attached to a typically Scandinavian style teak frame, which mirrors its contours and underlines the comfort aspects. Two heights of the backrests give the Fern collection two distinct characters - a sumptuous, low lounge chair and a more intimate high back wing chair.

Into The Woods

Anchored to a Braga hillside high above the Cávado River this concrete, glass and timber fortress protects its occupants from the world behind cantilevered shutters. The only interference, a chattering mountain stream - winds through the architecture to spill from a naturally filtered pool - escaping beneath a vast terrace in the expansive gardens below.

For all its presence, this striking family home by firm Carvalho Araújo, hunkers down amongst old winding roads and hillside plots - almost disappearing amongst the tall eucalyptus. Only upon entering this imposing sanctum can you really appreciate its scale.