This unique property has been designed to cater to a large family of 5. How they use each of the homes zones has been carefully considered by Mckimm Design. Zones for socialising and entertaining are considered with “introspective architecture”. Life here “down under” is all about sunshine and as much a cliché as it is, it’s definitely about...
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Pumphouse Point Tasmania … revisited
Pumphouse Point is a new eco-lodge in remote pristine central Tasmania. Situated on Lake St Clair, the boutique accommodation offers it’s guests a truly immersive wilderness experience. Designed by architects Cumulus Studio, it’s a great example of progressive Tasmanian architecture. The project involved the adaptive reuse of Pumphouse Point into a wilderness retreat. The existing...
Ocean House or Beach House… revisited
Measuring no more than 180 metres long by 123 metres wide, Naladhu, which means, “pretty little island”, is precisely that. Accommodating a mere 19 couples at any one time, Naladhu is boutique, intimate and decadently private. Whilst the island may be a tiny dot in the Indian Ocean, ‘guestrooms’ are a colossal 300 square metres and aptly named...
the Local house St Kilda … revisited
A large part of the inspiration for the extension of this St Kilda Californian Bungalow comes from thinking about how this family live and connect with their community. Designed by Make Architecture the spaces are playful and have been conceived more like a favourite local café than a private house, reflecting the family’s desire to create a space...
Colourful connections… revisited
This design masterpiece by architect and interior designer Gisbert Poppler has revitalised the classic and grand architecture of this Berlin apartment with a varied but subdued palette of paint colours and a collection of mid-century modern classics. Celebrating the captured views and visual connections, this apartment luxuriates in the vistas that connect art filled rooms washed with bold...
relax and reflect… revisited
In the Poltova region of Ukraine, between The Black Sea and Russia, you will find Sosnovka’s Relax Park Verholy. Here, amidst a maze of trunks and needled ground, Studio YOD has crafted guesthouses seemingly born from the forest.
Each lightweight metal-framed structure is set on screw base, raised a meter above the ground allowing for quick...
one for the bucket list… revisited
Emerging from the landscape, like a rippled dune or a well-preserved fossil piece formed by nature and eventually returning to nature, Tierra Patagonia is a boutique 40-room all-inclusive eco-resort located on the stunning shores of Lake Sarmiento in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park.
Without detracting from the mystical beauty of the Patagonian landscape,
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Modern Sydney… revisited
With an impeccable art collection, enviable harbour-side position and a view to living a comfortable and relaxed life, the owners of this Sydney property enlisted Decus design to realise their vision. With the architecture under the control of Luigi Roselli (the house was originally three separate apartments), Decus set about creating a fresh, refined and approachable palate that...
open house Christchurch NZ… revisited
Located in Christchurch NZ, the client requested an open space that celebrate the view to the port and create privacy from the surrounding. The building envelope needed to fit in the industrial port area responding to the heritage constraints. This led MC Architecture to keep the original shape of the building, reinterpreting the structure and cladding material.
The house...
Out of Africa… revisited
The concept that architecture is derived from a narrative of the landscape in which it is built is common; however the design of this eco lodge takes that concept an extreme step further. Located on the impressive Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge by Michaelis Boyd has been design in the form...