Baan Botanica, the exuberant Bangkok home of the renowned designer and his partner, is a treasure trove of exotic plants and unique mementos from their travels around the world.
It is an understatement to say that the Bangkok home of luxury hotel designer Bill Bensley is a feast for the senses – because it is so much more than that.
He is, after all, one of the world’s most well-known resort architects, having designed about 200 luxury properties across 40 countries through the course of his career. Bensley describes his home in Thailand as a "cornucopia of the finest antiques and art and animals that I have ever come across in the last 25 years".
“In Baan Botanica, it is like a constantly revolving showcase of the latest things and the best of the antiques we have been fishing for over the last 20 years.” Today, the house also doubles up as their laboratory of sorts, where they test out new and interesting design ideas that may eventually make it to other projects they work on.
The designer, who is also one of the pioneers in the eco-luxe movement, takes particular pride in the landscaping of his gardens, each of which evokes a different atmosphere. There are elegant courtyards, traditional Balinese water gardens and even party lawns awaiting discovery. Their secret to achieving this is by installing gates in each garden, which prompts guests to move through small passages, creating the sense of being transported into different themed worlds.
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