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Sea View by Jackson Clements Burrows
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Australian beach shack

The Sea View house designed by Australian studio Jackson Clements Burrows Architects , a single family house located in Old Barwon Heads Victoria on a street which accommodates an eclectic mix of post war beach houses dominated by single storey weatherboard dwellings. The owners were looking to replace their existing deteriorating beach shack with a modest beach retreat that would...
Flinders Lane Apartment
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Unpretentious Melbourne pad

Located in a heritage-listed building in Melbourne’s CBD, this apartment designed by Clare Cousins Architects updates a 75m2 apartment for a young family. Bathed in abundant natural light from windows along three of the four walls, the open, functional space utilises readily available, affordable materials to make the most of a small space and a modest budget. The clients,...
apartment by ARQMOV
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Exposed Personality in Mexico City

An interior’s design should always reflect the needs of the client and also, I believe, their personality. This apartment in Mexico City is a perfect example of these two points coming together to create a unique space that that fully completes the client brief of “I want a place where I can live and enjoy my lifestyle… “ The first step was to take away the...
Melbourne dwelling by K.P.D.O
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Melbourne Regency

Whats not to love about Kerry Phelan Design Office whom favor a collaborative design approach, which espouses the theory of emotional design, a soulful and responsive exploration of ideas, rather than a static design methodology. This is expressed through a strong architectural aesthetic that has ultimately resulted in creating warm and versatile spaces.

Located in Melbourne Australia one of K.P.D.O.'s recent projects, a...

The Chamber of Curiosity
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The Chamber of Curiosity

Who doesn't love a great interiors book? With over 256 pages The Chamber of Curiosity takes the reader on a tour of some very exciting interiors. This volume also provides portraits of trailblazing interior designers with complementing features on Jean-Christophe Aumas from Voici-Voilá, Pietro Russo, Dimore Studio, Autoban, and the Harmony Club, additional texts about the featured owners and their furnishings reveal how...
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
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Venetian culture

Today is a slightly different post as I am writing to you from the 2014 Venice Biennale. This year is Architecture ‘Fundamentals’ and Rem Koolhaas has brought the start of the Biennale forward to the beginning of June running right through until the end of November. This is my first visit to Venice and while only relatively short,...
Penthouse by Bernard Khoury DWs
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Beirut Penthouse

Located on the 9th level of an apartment block the articulation of this project is also related to its geographic location. Virtually situated on the former demarcation line which separated east and west Beirut, this apartment opens up onto “the hell” of its city, placing it neither east nor west but in between. Whereas usual preference for Mediterranean roof apartments is to turn their backs...
Villa E by Studio KO
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desert dwelling

Villa E by Studio KO is described as a minimalist mountain lodge, but it’s place in the Moroccan foothills, solid stone walls, and imposing metallic entrance make it seem more like a fortress. Locally-sourced Ouriko stone gives the luxury home the distinct red colour often associated with nearby Marrakesh. To contrast the building’s somewhat harsh exterior, the interior is filled with soft white walls,...
London Loft by Studio Verve
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Fluidity and Form in London

I was drawn to this project by the apparent contrast in forms and materials and the way in which this contrast has not just been executed well, but executed with grace and beauty. The designers, Studio Verve Architects, imagined the London loft as a “swirling fluid progression of spaces” and indeed with the curved concrete and timber-slatted walls...
1950's revival by Didier Gomez
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1950’s revival Ipanema Beach Rio de Janerio

Located near the forest looking out over Ipanema Beach Rio de Janerio with breathtaking views to mountains called the Dois Irmãos (Two Brothers). Originally designed Paolo Mendes da Rocha in the fifties, Parisian designer Didier Gomez has preserved the spirit and originality whist breathing new life into the villa. Facing the pool, the sea appears in all its immensity....
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