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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'',...

When latex tapping comes to an end ….

The TAP Range by Dessein Furniture is made from plantation timber Rubberwood which is an agricultural by-product of the latex production industry. It is considered to be one of the most ecologically sound and durable lumbers used in the manufacturing of furniture and fittings. The natural sap from Rubberwood is ‘latex’. After the economic viability of latex tapping comes to an end, the Rubberwood tree...

La Plage du Pacifique Vanuatu

If you ever needed an excuse to head to Vanuatu then look no further. Kristin Green of Kristin Green Architecture invited photographer Peter Bennetts to accompany her to La Plage du Pacifique, Vanuatu to shoot her latest work in progress. The resulting photographs are anything but “in progress” documentation. Green has bravely allowed Bennetts to present her work at it’s most vulnerable but revealing such...

The light house

The Light Walls House designed by mA-style Architects in Toyokawa City, Japan, stands in a street shaded by the neigbouring two-storey house. Therefore, the design brief was to create a space with uniformly distributed light by adjusting the way of letting daylight in, and the way of directing the light. By taking into consideration the space for the residents, the functions for living, and the...

Zaha Hadid Heydar Aliyev Centre

What’s not to love about Zaha Hadid and the recently completed Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan.  Making a stark departure from the rigid and often monumental architecture of the former Soviet Union that is so prevalent in Baku Zaha Hadid architects set out to create fluid architecture with continuous calligraphic scripts and patterning of historical Islamic architecture that flow from carpets to walls, walls...

On the runway … Paris, London, New York

Design addicts platform bringing you emerging trends, colors, and must-haves from Paris, London and New York.

IN SOLID FORM Paris: Dior Homme shows a series of monochromatic looks in a rich palette of wine, regal blue, slate and black. The Belgian designer employs Mondrian-like blocking to suit sets, the collection full of short suit sets.

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Andy Martin Architects … In stark contrast.

Andy Martin Architects are an award winning London-based studio creating dynamic, striking and unique private residential schemes. AMA accomplished the most elegant blend between the client’s existing classical spaces in this London Mews. Here, the timber framed faux Victorian Style conservatory that was completed in the 80?s, is now a facade of three barrel vaults, with three large curved double glazed units which are the largest single...

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