Showcasing the best of Australian and Global Interior Design
The Weaver Loft project in Iran had many obstacles to overcome, but the main one was how to transform a textile factory into an enticing residential house. Like many other historic building renovation projects, Ravagh Atelier found a key challenge was preserving the spirit and the original fabric of the building while injecting a contemporary feel to...
A tropical Oasis with teak roof and screens blends inside & outside boundaries connecting people to nature. Studio Saxe was commissioned to design two beach houses in the beautiful town of Santa Teresa in Costa Rica. The studio decided to blend the tropical jungle into the houses whilst creating a bioclimatic comfort for people to enjoy the outdoor...
The Cersaie tile fair is like the Milan Furniture fair for tiles and is a major event on the design calendar. The perspective of this event space entailed a challenge both for the design studio Masquespacio and Roca Tile as a manufacturer, as it is far from the conventional functionality sought in this exhibition, trying to transform...
Located in San Francisco, Argentina is the aptly named Textures House. Designed by Roberto Benito architects, the studio pursues to achieve textural architecture which is reflected throughout this house. The significance given to materiality, represented by the nakedness and honesty of some natural finishes, makes it acquire a great relevance in expressiveness. Volumetrically, it is made up...
This 1912 home, previously used as a talent guest house in Los Angeles for the movie studio across the street, features Mission and Moroccan elements which are also distinctly modern in their feel. Warren Techentin Architecture aimed to retain and restore these details, but also transitionally modernise them. A number of small additions were made to...
Designed to take maximum advantage of the changes to UK Permitted Development rules brought in during 2013, The Mowhay house more than doubled the area of the original building and now provides enough space for two families to holiday together without stepping on each other’s toes.
The new annexe extends beyond the back of the former cart shed and the new roof slopes down...
With expansive views over Balmain Bay, NSW and centred around an existing weeping gum tree, the design for Balmain East Residence starts at street level where the walkway and entry is a journey of continuously descending deep within the terrain of the site; connecting street to bay. Thodey Design Architects, a husband and wife team, approached the...
Innovative Rotterdam-based office MASA architects created Villa West, which was once an abandoned former war period sports building constructed in the 1940s. It was never intended to be renovated, real estate developers thought of demolishing it as no one would imagine making anything useful out of it. However, the client bought the site and decided to turn...
Christo's Wrapped Arc de Triomphe Opens to the Public, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s temporary installation, the L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, opened to the public on September 18th. Consisting of twenty-five thousand square meters of recyclable silvery-blue fabric held together by 3,000 meters of red rope currently cloak the Parisian landmark transforming the urban setting, and photographer Jad Sylla captured the completed installation.
It will...
Constructed in the 1880s, this ornate Berlin, residential building first served as the officer quarters for the Guard Corps Regiment. After recent restorations, toi toi toi creative studio, affectionately known as T3, was hired to transform the building owner's private top floor city getaway, to accommodate a growing family of six.
The 70 sq.m apartment boasts an open-plan...