A flâneur is an urban explorer, and in our rotating column, our writers share their musings, observations and critiques of the urban environment in cities around the world. In this issue, writer Tomás Pinheiro visits Chiang Mai in the wake of devastating floods and considers the resilience and future of Thailand’s second largest city

With the opening of Kalm Village, Thailand’s creative capital welcomes the craft-centric community space it was missing

Kiti Panit General Store in Chiang Mai makes its home in a teak mansion restored by its fifth-generation owner as an ode to the building’s rich history and authentic regional cuisine

Villa Mahabhirom is an idyllic retreat in Chiang Mai housed in an assortment of antique teak houses

In Thailand’s cultural capital, local and traditional vernacular are reimagined at Little Shelter hotel

Raya Heritage is a boutique hotel in Chiang Mai that tells a charming story of local artisanship and architecture without resorting to pastiche or reproduction

The recent design for a Chiang Mai residence by interdisciplinary  design firm wHY incorporates leaf-shaped roofs to extend a lyrical aura to daily life, while paying tribute to the region’s vernacular architecture

The bijou resort Villa Mahabhirom (meaning ‘villa of great pleasure’) in the foothills of the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park just outside of Chiang Mai is home to seventeen individually restored antique teak villas, making for a truly unique stay in the countryside