interior design

Pre-war posh on the Upper East Side

This lavish pre-war home on New York’s Upper East Side is seriously jaw dropping. Steven Gambrel, renowned for his sensitivity to history in his work took on the transformation. The brief from the client was to draw inspiration from London’s famous Cosmopolitan Bar in the Connaught Hotel in the posh suburb of Mayfair. No simple task. Gambrel has...

water garden

Naman Residences is comprised of 40 private pool villas featuring luxurious, modern architecture and natural green spaces located in Da Nang, Vietnam. From spacious and elegant beachfront villas to garden villas with no beach view. The Naman Residences Garden Villa is located on the beach but lacks a view to the sea. To immerge the beach feeling and luxury into the garden villas

re-working the past

The mandate for the H67 project was to refurbish a unit that had been remodeled many times in the past, resulting in views obstructed by opaque interior partitions. As a result, Studio Practice primary challenge was not only to restore the panoramic views to optimize the distribution of light throughout the apartment but to also retain the private...

the chocolate bistro

Like a good chocolate, T.A Milano invites us to savour life’s finer moments. Synthesising the spirit of the artisan chocolate and brand it represents, one is compelled to appreciate the history, quality and emotion which embodies the design and the product.

Set on a corner block in Milan, the chocolate bistro is sensitive and responsive to the grandeur of the heritage building as well as brand...

setting the tone

Located in the Bay-side suburb Brighton Melbourne, Australia the owner of the MAH residence desired an interior that reflected the geometry of the building’s architecture. Designed by Mim Design from the front entry, leading through to the lounge with its elegantly curved fireplace sets the tone, the space feels soft and warm. Day light streams through the windows and natural elements such as smoked oak floors,...

Vast and high in Jerusalem

Located in Jerusalem, at the edge of Mamilla is a vast adaptive reuse residence by firm Matti Rosenshine architects. The site sits atop a hill which offers views to the Hinom Valley to south, as well as the city’s old quarters. One of the biggest challenges with this site surely must have been the sense of scale – the...

On Safe Ground

Nestled into the native shrubs on the Martha’s Vineyard coastline Massachusetts the East House’s site-cast concrete facade welcomes the coastal vines, while providing a robust face to New England’s coastal weather. The ten-inch thick concrete walls are cast in the form of a collection of concrete boxes, relieved with sustainably harvested Spanish Cedar window frames oriented to achieve both...

primordial spirit

Located in an abandoned settlement in Eastern Mani, Greece with its rugged natural beauty and distinctive architecture positioned on a hill, the house looks out over the Mani landscape with views of olive groves and the sea. Initially an abandoned megalithic two-storey building dating from the 18th century, cut off from the road with access only over a stone-paved path.

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The Mountain House

Marcio Kogan really is the master of proportion and scale as we have often seen in his striking designs using large floating volumes and open space. It is wonderful then to see his skill turned to a different style of home and what’s more, to see the same triumph of proportion achieved. This home, located in the mountains 180kms...

belonging to the past

This 4 story Italianate row house was was converted from a three family to a single-family house with original interior details carefully restored by Lang Architecture . The garden floor features an office and den, the parlor floor has a living room with cute little custom window seat flanked by the steel windows and balcony at the rear....