Places I have walked through
and tried to understand.

Most of my travel is research. Some of it is tea. A few are accidents, which turned out to be the best ones. Listed roughly in the order I'd recommend them.

• '26
  Naoshima, Teshima & Inujima
  Three islands, three days, only museums and ferries.
  Japan
• '25
  Marrakech & the Atlas Mountains
  For the rammed earth, and the silence above 2,000m.
  Morocco
• '25
  Lisbon & Sintra
  Pastel de nata as research. The tilework, also.
  Portugal
• '25
  The Cotswolds
  Ten days of stone walls and a single wet hedge.
  United Kingdom
• '24
  Kerala backwaters
  A houseboat, two books, and a quietness that lasted weeks.
  India
• '24
  Reykjavík & the South Coast
  Black sand, Hallgrímskirkja, and one extraordinary swimming pool.
  Iceland
• '24
  Kyoto & Kanazawa
  A long winter trip — temples, tea, and the 21st Century Museum.
  Japan
• '23
  Mexico City, Oaxaca, Mérida
  Three weeks of Barragán, mezcal, and limestone.
  Mexico
• '23
  Vals & Bregenzerwald
  A pilgrimage to Therme Vals, a side trip for Peter Zumthor's chapel.
  Switzerland / Austria
• '22
  Yunnan, Dali to Lijiang
  A road trip through earth villages and the long shadow of the mountains.
  China
• '22
  Porto & the Douro
  Siza buildings, port cellars, and one perfect hotel.
  Portugal
• '21
  Hokkaido in winter
  Skiing as a side effect of looking at onsen architecture.
  Japan
• '20
  Patagonia, El Chaltén
  For Fitz Roy, and to be reminded of the scale of weather.
  Argentina
• '19
  Greek Islands — Hydra & Tinos
  Whitewashed cubes, a donkey, no cars. Notes still in use.
  Greece
• '18
  Loess Plateau, Shaanxi
  Field research for № 002. Six weeks in cave houses.
  China

Working on a slow book about thresholds, photographed in 11 countries. Drop a line if you'd like to see drafts.