interiors

Blue mountains social climber

Two avid climbers, a professor and a gallery owner, teamed up to build a weekend house in the Sydney Blue Mountains area to host fellow climbers and guest artists. The brief they gave Urban Possible was to design a simple one storey, 3-bedroom dwelling, which would contain a sauna for tired climbers, a studio for dedicated artists and a space...

Sunset house

Perched on Sunset Plaza Drive, Interior Designer Dominic Gasparoly and Architect Khalid Watson of the New York/Los Angeles- based studio GWdesign recently completed this four-storey house in the West Hollywood, Los Angeles. Driving up the hill, the angular wall with it’s overhang greets the passersby, while the straight wall welcomes visitors to enter into its main foyer. Passing through it’s threshold...

Down the ‘Fox Hole’

This Hong Kong speakeasy by NC Design & Architecture is disguised behind the façade of an upscale umbrella shop. Access to the fantasy world inspired by the globe-trotting adventures of an English gentleman is via a ‘secret’ door in the Fox Shop, an elegant walk-through boutique featuring classic silver handle-umbrellas immaculately presented ‘Kingsman-secret-service-style’ within bespoke-design brass edged wall...

A family home

House PE is a dwelling that starts with the idea of two families sharing one house. Each family has their own private areas but shares the social areas (dinning, living rooms, etc) of the house. The house is located in the forest of Tapalpa Mountain Range in Jalisco, Mexico. The orientation of the house allows for Southwest views to the mountains and a large forest reserve....

Parisian hideaway

Cosey and intimate the Hotel Henriette Rive Gauche is a boutique hotel hidden away on a small, quiet street close to the Mouffetard district in Paris. Created by interior designer Vanessa Scoffier, contemporary 1950s Danish consoles and laced with vintage fabrics which sit with rattan furniture, leafy print wallpaper and decorative pineapples.

The result is an intimate space, that offers far more than a...

the stream house

Located on a steep slope in Portugal's Caniçada Valley where there was a small house and a stream the original house was demolished and relocated to avoid small landslides. Designed by Carvalho Araújo the new construction relates with the land in a very spontaneous yet brutalist way, taking advantage of its steep slope, of the small stream and the...

smart design

Located in the beautiful surroundings of Sondrio on the Orobie Alps at 328 feet above sea level, Casa VI by Italian architect Alfredo Vanotti soaks up spectacular views of the valley. By reinterpreting traditional building techniques and using local craftsmanship to create custom elements such as a fireplace and furniture, the architect created a warm and minimal interior that...

Work Life Balance

With the basis of his company founded on a collaborative approach and with the ideal that it takes a range of backgrounds – fine arts, finance, engineering - to produce an interior, Charles Ferrer of FERRER produced this stunning apartment.

Located on Bleeker St in New York City, the space not only shows Ferrer’s deft hand and keen eye...

Paris to Cambodia

Located about 15 minutes from the bustle of Siem Reap, the newly opened boutique property Phum Baitang is a contemporary ode to Khmer village life. Reminiscent of traditional houses found in rural Cambodia, the 45 single storey villas and public pavilions have been inspired by Khmer architecture and feature stilted foundations, extensive timber construction, pitched roofs with open trusses, palm leaf...

Opulence in Notting Hill

Notting Hill is famous for being one of London's most glamorous residential neighbourhoods. Australian born designer Peter Mikic discovered and subsequently transformed one of these rough gems to its former glory. Through the drastic demolition, the building’s long-hidden details began to reveal themselves, from the original shutters to the crown moulding peeking out from behind the '70s drywall. After...