David Pastor Liberates a Madrid Home From Nostalgia With Colour and Light.When David Pastor first encountered this Puerta de Hierro home, its modest architecture and mature garden stirred deep nostalgia. But inside, overly divided spaces and disappointing darkness told a different story. The owner's devotion to...
This Milan Beauty Studio Proves the Clinical Wellness Space Is Officially Over.Wellness spaces are finally catching up with hospitality and residential design, and RedDuo's beauty studio in Milan is a sharp example. Custom furnishings, Alpi wood, a vanilla-and-chocolate colour story, and collaborations with Kerakoll,...
Sightline 2026: What Happened When We Asked the Design Industry to Be Honest With Itself.Across two sold-out sessions in Sydney and Melbourne, Sightline delivered a clear-eyed diagnosis of the forces flattening design culture—and mapped six territories where the most compelling work is pushing back. The response was unlike...
Studio Gypsandconcrete Wraps Lopota Lake Resort’s Reception in Memory and Materiality.At Lopota Lake Resort & Spa in Kakheti, Georgia, Studio Gypsandconcrete has designed a glass-wrapped reception space shaped by the memory of a former rose plantation. Rosewood veneer and softly blushed copper carry the site's history...
A Bold, Youthful Apartment in Kazakhstan Designed for a Son on the Brink of Independence.Almaty-based studio Sdelaemremont was to design an apartment a mother would eventually hand over to her teenage son. The result is bold, warm and loaded with personality—think unexpected veneers, a mirrored cube concealing a laundry...
A Victorian Terrace Recalibrated for a Slower Way of Living by Manifold.Manifold's considered reworking of a late-Victorian South Yarra terrace is stripped back to its essentials and rebuilt around daily life. Previous renovations had fragmented the interior; here, cohesion is restored through subtle...
Barcelona Meets Japanese Jazz Listening Culture at Jaç Hifi Café by Isern Serra Studio.Jaç Hifi Café in Barcelona takes its cues from Japan's jazz kissa — intimate bars where the music wasn't background noise, it was the whole point. Designed by Isern Serra Studio, the interior features a walnut bar that doubles as a...
A Garden in the Sky Becomes the Soul of This Ningbo Apartment.In Ningbo, China, a designer couple reimagined their top-floor apartment around an unlikely starting point: a three-metre-square garden open to the sky. The Inner Garden by OUTIN Design places two Japanese maples and wild ferns at the...
Old Bones, New Metal: Retallack Thompson Makes the Case for Galvanised Steel in Heritage Homes.What if the most appropriate material for a traditional terrace house isn’t the traditional one? That’s the central question behind Surry Hills renovation by Retallack Thompson that introduces galvanised steel—in plate and sectional...
