Structure Meets Spontaneity : Decus Transforms a Dover Heights Kit Home into a Party House.Perched atop the cliffs of Dover Heights in Sydney's eastern suburbs, Dancing on the Ceiling is a project that refuses to take itself too seriously—a former kit home overhauled by interior design studio Decus into a vivacious,...
The Corridor is the Star at Atelierzero’s Milan Apartment Renovation.Atelierzero has transformed a fragmented 155sqm Milan apartment into a fluid, open domestic landscape—two connected units unified by bold colour, natural materials, and a portico-inspired corridor that functions as the home's central...
Arent&Pyke’s Golden Light Proves That Great Colour Is Never Just Decoration.At the centre of this Sydney home by Arent&Pyke sits a chromatic palette of extraordinary depth—marigold, forest green, dusty mauve—that gives each room its own distinct emotional register. Working across both levels, the Sydney studio...
A New Vision for Optical Retail: Six Six by Kennedy Nolan.Not your average trip to the optometrist. Kennedy Nolan's design for Six Six centres on a zig-zagging display wall that orients most product away from the street, encouraging unhurried discovery over forensic browsing. A largely...
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...
Inside IF Architecture’s Compact Collingwood Studio Where Every Detail Does Double Duty.In Collingwood, IF Architecture has transformed a compact 100 square metre space into their studio that doubles as a design incubator. Bold colour, galvanised steel, and inventive spatial strategies define a workplace where nothing is...
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...
Interior Designer Turns a Neglected 1934 Madrid Villa Into a Design Manifesto.When Plutarco co-founder set about renovating her own 1934 Madrid villa, the result was always going to be personal. Found abandoned with floors built halfway up the windows, the home has been transformed into an extraordinary study in...