Philemon Dedeur

Philemon Dedeur founded Strata House in Bo Phut and publishes The STRATA Gazette. He writes about the building, the island and the people who make both work.

STRATA House in Bo Phut during its soft opening. Photograph from the House archive.

Feature · Inside the House

The House That Began as a Concrete Shell

Before STRATA had a café, offices or members, it was a building with a difficult question attached: what could this place become?

The inner garden at STRATA House. Photograph from the House archive.

Insight · Inside the House

Why Build a House When You Could Just Open a Business?

An entrepreneur could have opened a café, a coworking floor or a restaurant. Choosing all of them together reveals a different sort of ambition.

Illustration: a long café table, one guest reading, two in conversation

Insight · Business & Ideas

The Return of the Third Place

Between home and work, another kind of space has always mattered. It may matter even more now.

Insight · Taste & Culture · Arts & Culture

Designing Belonging: Why Some Spaces Make Us Want to Stay

A room can look excellent in a photograph and still fail the people who use it.