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Midas Touch

The original beauty of this apartment had been disfigured and covered over by a succession of previous owners, so when designer was brought on board the brief was very clear: restore the apartment to its former glory. Low ceilings were removed exposing the stunning high ceilings of the 19th century space, located in Madrid, while formal details were re-established to give the space the sophistication and grace...
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keeping a low-profile

This home in Oak Knoll, California by Jørgensen Design , maintains a distinctly low-profile, with a single floor spread across the property. The house is surrounded by vineyards and is protected from the nearby roads by two ‘L’ shaped walls, one of stone and the other of cedar. The main house opens to vineyards on the valley floor with 270 degree views of the surrounding...
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it takes a village

Danish firm COBE designed this Copenhagen kindergarten to look like caricatures of homes of a small village with peaked roofs as drawn by children. The small scale village atmosphere at Frederiksvej Kindergarten is achieved by dividing the building into 11 small houses joint together with different orientation. The various play programs in the kindergarten are centered around two winter gardens...
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Parisian Palace

When you are a Middle-East Princess, who else to design your 460 square metre Paris apartment in the chic 16th arrondissement than Jean-Louis Denoit? The Luxurious apartment conjures an air of femininity filled with traditional yet decidedly contemporary design. Denoit’s aesthetic mixes vintage with modern elements creating artistic spaces. Hard and soft, masculine and feminine, traditional and whimsical and at...
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contained in Fitzroy

The Water Factory involves the refurbishment and residential conversion of a late 19th century industrial warehouse building of individual heritage significance. Located in North Fitzroy Victoria Australia, the building previously contained businesses such as a jam factory, aerated water factory, advertising agency and engineering consultancy. To address the need for multiple possibilities for extended family living, Andrew Simpson Architects...
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Kitty Burns Melbourne

Nestled below Melbourne’s iconic Skipping Girl, Kitty Burns combines both the tranquility of Yarra Bend with the quirkiness that lies key to both Melbourne design and dining. The Kitty Burns project allowed Biasol: Design Studio to combine their experience in interior, product and branding design to create not only a unique space, but a unique character. The Skipping Girl...
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It Takes a Village

Located in Sao Paolo Brazil and completed by architect Felipe Hess, this home renovation has transformed a once traditional suburban house into a contemporary home for the clients and their two children. Following the brief from the clients that they wanted somewhere for their kids to be able to run around, plenty of space for entertaining and to have...
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living with nature

Lyngholmen is an island in the archipelago in Aust Agder, the South coast of Norway. The site is situated on the threshold between the rocky landscape and the ocean. The key feature of this to die for "Thunderbirds-esk" house designed by Lund Hagem is the roof that bridges across the existing rocks. It The roof structure mediates the threshold between inside...
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The White House

Ok ... this house I just can't get enough! Dubbed the white house the house designed by Studio MK27 is located on a beautiful Brazilian beach, on the northern coast of São Paulo. All of the ambients have floor-ceiling window frames in the spans, like true walls of sliding glass, to create a pleasant thermal sensation and blur the division...
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New York ambition

This exquisite 370 square metre apartment with boundless views of the Hudson River in New York was purchased in 2004 by stellar design duo George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg. The pair purchased an empty floor which is such a luxury for designers and provided a blank canvas to work with.  It allowed free reign to design and ornament as...
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