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Life at the top

The unconventional design of this 600 sqm penthouse in Tel Aviv is proof that life at the top is rather rather spectacular. Designed by Israel based Pitsou Kedem the entire penthouse is enclosed in glass. The internal spaces, floating within the building’s shell are fully exposed to the city and beyond. No rooms connect with the outer shell allowing full views...

LE COIFFEUR

In addition to bouillabasse and aioli, the seaside city of Marseille is now home to a new gem, a cleverly designed hair salon called Le Coiffeur. Conceived for local stylist and salon owner Pascal Lancien by Fabrica alumnus Margaux Keller, a Marseille native herself, the elegant space puts an inviting new spin on the conventional format of a...

concrete fashion apartment

Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office renovated the 40-year-old concrete apartment for a fashion lover, adding a big dressing room in the center of the apartment that functions as a passage as well as a storage space. The project aim was to redesign the interior of this house in Jiyugaoka to suit the lifestyle of a resident who has a passion for fashion. The client requested...

the idea of the imperfect image Shannon McGrath

Shannon McGrath is known for her photographic skills as an architectural and interiors photographer. Shannon say’s, “the endeavor of my professional practice is to capture and work images to the point of near perfection. They are images that celebrate, document and show clearly its subject matter.” Her latest upcoming exhibition “Fraction,” in this series of works Shannon investigates the...

Eureka Melbourne penthouse

Quite often glamour can be perceived as opulent or high decoration. However the furniture concept in this glamorous, unexpectedly modern Melbourne penthouse responds to the material palette that the occupants desired for a city pad designed for entertaining and escape. The apartment architecture and interior was designed by Melbourne practice, Fitt de Felice, and construction was underway when MOLECULE...

sensitive Bondi Apartment

A much needed renovation of this penthouse apartment on Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach Australia. Located on the top floor of an interwar Art Deco walk up flat, the refurb looked to both open the apartment to a generous rear north facing courtyard and modernise the existing interiors. MCK architects based in Sydney, Australia have been incredibly sensitive to the...

Floating in mid-air

The Float House is a single story private residence located in the heart of Israel designed by Pitsou Kedem Architecture. The architectural concept was to create a structure with a continuous wide space divided by internal courtyards and movable partitions which appears to defy the laws of physics. Seamless transitions from external reflective pools to elaborate internal courtyards give...

Penfolds Magill Estate South Australia

It’s been a month of recognition for Melbourne based designer Pascale Gomes-McNabb, who picked up major gongs at two separate Australian interior design awards in Sydney Australia. On May 19, Gomes-McNabb won in the Hospitality category at the Australian Interior Design Awards for Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant , South Australia featured below and Yellow Bistro at the Belle Interior design awards. (more on Yellow later...

unfolding

Located on a 54 acre meadow in Connecticut USA surrounded by 250 year-old oak trees and historic low stacked stone walls, named the “18.36.54 house” designed by daniel libeskind uses a faceted structure which frames views from all angles of the site. The home is conceived as a continuously folding ribbon structure of 18 planes, 36 points and 54 lines. Its...

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