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setting the tone

Located in the Bay-side suburb Brighton Melbourne, Australia the owner of the MAH residence desired an interior that reflected the geometry of the building’s architecture. Designed by Mim Design from the front entry, leading through to the lounge with its elegantly curved fireplace sets the tone, the space feels soft and warm. Day light streams through the windows and natural elements such as smoked oak floors,...

Vast and high in Jerusalem

Located in Jerusalem, at the edge of Mamilla is a vast adaptive reuse residence by firm Matti Rosenshine architects. The site sits atop a hill which offers views to the Hinom Valley to south, as well as the city’s old quarters. One of the biggest challenges with this site surely must have been the sense of scale – the...

On Safe Ground

Nestled into the native shrubs on the Martha’s Vineyard coastline Massachusetts the East House’s site-cast concrete facade welcomes the coastal vines, while providing a robust face to New England’s coastal weather. The ten-inch thick concrete walls are cast in the form of a collection of concrete boxes, relieved with sustainably harvested Spanish Cedar window frames oriented to achieve both...

primordial spirit

Located in an abandoned settlement in Eastern Mani, Greece with its rugged natural beauty and distinctive architecture positioned on a hill, the house looks out over the Mani landscape with views of olive groves and the sea. Initially an abandoned megalithic two-storey building dating from the 18th century, cut off from the road with access only over a stone-paved path.

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The Mountain House

Marcio Kogan really is the master of proportion and scale as we have often seen in his striking designs using large floating volumes and open space. It is wonderful then to see his skill turned to a different style of home and what’s more, to see the same triumph of proportion achieved. This home, located in the mountains 180kms...

Milan Fashion Week Menswear Spring-Summer 2016

Milan Fashion Week Menswear Spring-Summer 2016 has come to an end and it was interesting to see a big trend, was gender blurred designs that could easily find their way into women’s closets which makes me ponder the real-world wear-ability and sale-ability factor.
Asian inspired prints and styles, heavy military influences, a nod to 1980’s fashion were also in hot pursuit.  Men will definitely be...

belonging to the past

This 4 story Italianate row house was was converted from a three family to a single-family house with original interior details carefully restored by Lang Architecture . The garden floor features an office and den, the parlor floor has a living room with cute little custom window seat flanked by the steel windows and balcony at the rear....

From Moscow with love

The Constructivist Apartment by Kate Hume is located in central Moscow, Russia and takes its name from the artistic and architectural movement. Inspired by Melnikov whose architectural work placed him at the fore of 1920s avant-garde architecture. Constructivist architecture combined advanced technology and engineering with an openly Communist social purpose – flourishing in the Soviet Union and much...

Black Box – Canada

A strong brief from the client and an interesting concept from the architect has delivered an understated yet imposing weekend home deep in Quebec close to the US border. With the instruction to create a home that was low maintenance and connected to the environment, Atelier Barda developed a program that splits the house into three very separate...