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Singapore Studio

In the midst of summer and the oppressive heat that goes with it, I look to any place for cool refuge and in this project by 0932 Design Consultants I think I have found just that. The studio apartment, in Singapore, is a study in clean lines, calm spaces and refined living. The colour palate swings from cool greys to warm neutrals with the furniture...

distinctly American

Created for a French filmmaker by New York-based Andrew Franz Architect, this colorful, bright apartment takes advantage of a penthouse by opening it up to the roof, adding large windows for daylight as well as a patio with 360-degree skyline views. The colors, materials and spare lines reflect the client’s personal style. As the client desired,...

House on the edge

Kidosaki Architects Studio have designed a house on the edge of the Yatsugatake Mountains in Nagano, Japan. Located on a sloping mountain ridge at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains, this house was designed on a piece of land that offers spectacular views that soak up finest picturesque scenery in Tateshina. The owner spent many years searching for the ideal site for building his house,...

Budapest “Spar”

Hungarian studio LAB5 architects recently completed a supermarket with a difference. An inspiring flagship store in Budapest for "Spar" that features a unique timber skeletal  interior. The undulating forms of the interior are designed to guide shoppers to the back of the store. There is a short route for quick daily shopping and a long route for weekend buyers and all the forms in the interior...

Central Park duplex

This duplex penthouse designed by David Hotson Architects in association with Legorretta+Legorretta overlooks Central Park. The elegant minimalistic home features a blackened steel stairway suspended from the upper level structure.  The suspended stairway hangs over a stunning marble plinth which transitions into stairs and pond occupying the entry hall of the loft and lower level living space.  The warm oak floors and painted red walls...

Margaret River … the Karri loop house

Located south of Perth Australia at Margaret River sits a family home designed by Italian...

Dior’s floral wonderland …

Did you know I was once a florist?  In a past life my partner and I created many a floral fantasy for events across Melbourne so when I saw the footage from Dior’s 2014 Spring Summer collection I was flawed! Nearing winter, a frosty chill was settling in over Paris. However, the cold weather wasn’t about to stop Dior from showcasing their Spring/Summer...

“Maddie on Things” by Theron Humphrey

Dissatisfied with his everyday life working in a big corporate photo studio, American photographer Theron Humphrey decided to leave it all behind and go on a yearlong cross-county road trip across all 50 states in the hope of photographing a project he was passionate about. And what he describes as “This Wild Idea” , a photojournalist project of ''meeting folks, loving folks, living the dream'',...

Sunday dreaming …

If I could plan my perfect Sunday I would start with the lush green velvet sofa and epic bookcase that feature in this stunningly simple interior by Anne Sophie Goneau of Montreal. The apartment is a classic study in contrasting the raw elements of a building with slick joinery and refined design. In an interior that is almost exclusively crisp white the kitchen cuts a strong...

Signature Style

An interior designer’s own home really is their signature. Here, in the home of Fabrice Ausset, this is certainly the case! In his own home, Ausset was able to literally do whatever he liked and knowing exactly what he wanted he set about amassing an incredible collection of furniture and objects and creating a home that was as much about restraint as it was about...