{"id":4048,"date":"2022-08-29T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/inside-the-crazy-and-eclectic-home-of-luxury-hotel-designer-bill-bensley-in-thailand\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:00:00","slug":"inside-the-crazy-and-eclectic-home-of-luxury-hotel-designer-bill-bensley-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiaposts.com\/inside-the-crazy-and-eclectic-home-of-luxury-hotel-designer-bill-bensley-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the \u2018crazy\u2019 and eclectic home of luxury hotel designer Bill Bensley in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>It is an understatement to say that the Bangkok home of luxury hotel designer Bill Bensley is a feast for the senses \u2013 because it is so much more than that. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe style and approach for Baan Botanica in Indonesian is called \u2018lebih gila, lebih baik\u2019,\u201d quipped Bensley. \u201cThe crazier the better. It has no bounds, it has no limits.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Indeed, the wildly maximalist 34,400 sq ft space, which is home to Bensley and his partner, designer and horticulturist Jirachai Rengthong \u2013 as well as their pack of Jack Russell dogs \u2013 does appear a little \u201ccrazy\u201d at first glance. However, there is a method to this seeming madness. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>He is, after all, one of the world\u2019s most well-known resort architects, having designed about 200 luxury properties across 40 countries through the course of his career. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>His design practice, which is based out of Bangkok, boasts an ever-growing list of high-profile projects that includes the Capella Hanoi, Rosewood Luang Prabang and Shinta Mani Wild in Cambodia \u2013 all of which bear his signature immersively exuberant decor style that somehow manages to still look coherent and pulled together.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It is an understatement to say that the Bangkok home of luxury hotel designer Bill Bensley is a feast for the senses \u2013 because it is so much more than that. \u201cThe style and approach for Baan Botanica in Indonesian is called \u2018lebih gila, lebih baik\u2019,\u201d quipped Bensley. \u201cThe crazier the better. 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