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the Adelphi Hotel mark II

Most Melburnians know the Adelphi as “the hotel with the over hanging rooftop pool”. Originally built in 1938 as a warehouse for the rag trade, the building’s simple and elegant design received its first makeover in 1989 by architects Denton Corker Marshall. It opened in 1993 as a minimalist 34-room boutique hotel, the first of its kind in Australia, complete...

The Mullet house Melbourne

“The Mullet,” designed by March Studio, is an extension to a home in Melbourne, Australia, that accommodates the request from the owners, to have a contemporary family home with a challenging design, so they could show-off the capabilities of their construction company. Situated in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Kensington, ‘The Mullet’ is short at the front and long at the back...

May 11-17 Melbourne International Design Week

Design enthusiasts are in for a treat as Design Matters Melbourne International Design Week prepares to celebrate the creativity and innovation of local and international designers, showcasing the best interiors, furniture, illustrations, graphic and product designs across multiple events from 11 – 17 May. A must for anyone with an interest in arts, culture and design, the annual week-long...

The Milton… Elwood Victoria

Located in my old stomping ground the popular Bay side suburb of Elwood, The Milton exemplifies the ongoing gentrification of the area and it’s rich literary and architectural history. Characterised by the once grand array of Victorian, Edwardian and Interwar architecture, which is sadly disappearing with each new development (but that's another story). Named after one of the iconic British literary figures, which define Elwood’s...

sleeps twenty

Two houses located at different levels around a protected orchard alongside a stream of native trees in Valparaíso, Chile. One of the houses accommodates 10 people, and the other 10 people and 10 horses. Designed by Gonzalo Mardones the house 10 is placed at the higher vantage point with views to the evergreen valley, while the house 10...

imbedded in the dunes

The concept of the Dune House is inspired by the dune landscape of one of the northern Dutch islands in which the house is embedded. The internal configuration of the rooms is derived from the experience of walking through the dunes; it exposes a sequence of viewpoints on the dune landscape: from submerged and intimate viewpoints to elevated and stretched out views over the sea. Designed...

well edited

Ester Bruzkus and Patrick Batek have designed a concise and clear-cut residential loft for an internationally active photographer and his partner in a former hat factory in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Bruzkus Batek created a well-lit space that refers to the industrial history of the building in its smooth gray concrete floors and its exposed ceiling structure. At the same time, cleverly...

perfect curves

This project called for the complete renovation of a existing home in the Trousdale Estates section of Beverly Hills, California. Paul Trousdale bought 410 acres of the un-built property from the Doheny Estate in 1954 and soon after began developing sprawling view properties limited to single-level homes. Enlisting Dennis Gibbens Architects the residence, which started out fifty years...

New Zealand pavilions

Clevedon Estate in Auckland, New Zealand comprises of 2 new pavilions, the siting of these pavilions is alongside an existing large H shaped house positioned on levelled hilltop, which forms part of a large estate.The house has a recreational component including a swimming pool pavilion and tennis court and a utilitarian component to house a garage, storerooms and office. The existing house has a traditional...

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