Sunlit Sanctuary: A Ranch-style Home in Santa Barbara by Corinne Mathern.This 1980s ranch-style estate with a rambling ranch-style layout, is nestled deep inside the Santa Ynez Valley in California. It was set on acres and acres of land and dotted with olive trees, horses and emus. Just a 3-hour drive from Los...
Empty Nest Dream: An Apartment in Kirribilli by Amandine Simonetti Architecture and Interiors and Tsai Design.When the owners of this Kirribilli apartment called in Amandine Simonetti and Jack Chen for the interior overhaul, it was clear what the first step would be: reconfiguring the long and narrow layout, which was squeezed in some areas as...
Lighter than Light: A Country Villa by Grain Designoffice.If there's one thing that definesâand unitesâspaces by Grain Designoffice, it's an enduring sense of weightlessness. Walls the colour of sunlight. Furniture in amorphous shapes. Rooms that flow into each other like slow, meandering...
Le Marais: A Luminous Apartment in Paris by Studio Haddou-DuFourcq.âLe maraisâ, in French, literally translates to âswampâ, but there's nothing remotely swamp-like about Le Marais, the apartment in Paris recently redesigned by Studio Haddou-DuFourcq. Mind you, the same canât be said about its...
Let There Be Light: Domingo in Barcelona by AramĂŠ Studio.In the Catelonian capital of Barcelona, sunshine follows you everywhere. Indoors and outdoors. Through summer and winter. From daybreak to dusk. Sometimes, even beyond. But as architects Andrea Arriola Fiol and AdriĂĄn Mellado MuĂąoz of...
The White Cashew: A Rooftop Restaurant in Hyderabad by NaaV Studio.In the leafy neighbourhood of Sainikpuri, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, is a restaurant that stays true to its name. Shaped like an inverted cashew and steeped in soft, buttery hues, The White Cashew looks no different than it...
Turning Back Time: Bar Nouveau in Paris by Atelier Alma.On Parisâs Rue des Haudriettes is a bar with a floor intact from the 1970s. Or so a first look would have you believe. In reality, the floor wasn't laid then, but it was made then. âOne of the most remarkable features of this project...
Historic yet of the Moment: Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Hauvette & Madani.A renovation usually ends better than it begins, although Samantha Hauvette and Luca Madani would probably beg to differ. Their pair's project isn't just a renovation; it's a renovation of a renovation that turns back the clock on its...
Bedazzled: A Jewel-toned Home in Cork by Kiosk Architects and Kingston Lafferty Designs.The interior of this Cork home by Kingston Lafferty Designs is a cornucopia of jewel tonesâas restorative as they are rich. Rich greens, burgundy, pinks and blues saturate every corner, dazzling individually and together, like pieces of...