Here at Architizer, we obviously find looking at images of architecture on the Internet to be fairly fulfilling, and visiting the actual buildings is an incomparable experience. But have you ever wondered what it might be like to actually inhabit one of these architectural masterpieces? Well, now you can, through the Landmark Trust's rental program. Villa Saraceno. Image via Landtrust.org.uk. The online platform allows users to book vacation (or as the Brits say, "holiday") accommodations in historically landmarked buildings across the UK and Europe. Here's one example: you could stay for a week in the Villa Saraceno, designed by the 16th-century master of residential Renaissance architecture, Andreas Palladio. Villa Saraceno. Image via Landtrust.org.uk. Built around 1550, the villa operated as a country retreat and a working farm for the Saraceno family, who came to Vicenza from Rome in the late 13th century. The home features one of Palladio's classic symmetrical plans. Visitors enter through the portico and up to 16 people can catch Zs in the generously proportioned rooms. Frescos were recently rediscovered on the building's frieze. The complex is a Unesco World Heritage Site, part of the official Palladian Villas of ...
Here at Architizer, we obviously find looking at images of architecture on the Internet to be fairly fulfilling, and visiting the actual buildings is an incomparable experience. But have you ever wondered what it might be like to actually inhabit one of these architectural masterpieces? Well, now you can, through the Landmark Trust's rental program. Villa Saraceno. Image via Landtrust.org.uk. The online platform allows users to book vacation (or as the Brits say, "holiday") accommodations in historically landmarked buildings across the UK and Europe. Here's one example: you could stay for a week in the Villa Saraceno, designed by the 16th-century master of residential Renaissance architecture, Andreas Palladio. Villa Saraceno. Image via Landtrust.org.uk. Built around 1550, the villa operated as a country retreat and a working farm for the Saraceno family, who came to Vicenza from Rome in the late 13th century. The home features one of Palladio's classic symmetrical plans. Visitors enter through the portico and up to 16 people can catch Zs in the generously proportioned rooms. Frescos were recently rediscovered on the building's frieze. The complex is a Unesco World Heritage Site, part of the official Palladian Villas of ...