Interview: Patrick Kennedy and Rachel Nolan of Kennedy Nolan.Revered Melbourne-based architecture practice Kennedy Nolan are no strangers to our pages. Established in 1999 by Rachel Nolan and Patrick Kennedy, the much-loved local architects celebrate 20 years in business this year (ummm – wow!),...
Casa Cook Chania on Greek Island Crete by Lambs and Lions & K-studio.Lambs and Lions Berlin, Greek architects K-studio and interior stylist Annabel Kutucu conceiving the new Casa Cook Chania as a modernist village of low-slung villas that hug the hillside of an untouched stretch of Cretan coast. The...
August in Antwerp by Vincent Van Duysen.Turning a place once filled with piety into one of shameless hedonism, Vincent Van Duysen-designed August in Antwerp encompasses a hotel, bar, restaurant, wellness spa and shop in a converted convent. The interiors of August are a...
Esrawe Studio Designs Grupo Arca’s Stone Showroom & Warehouse in Guadalajara, Mexico.Playing on the notion of a quarry being a ‘manufactured landscape’, Esrawe Studio have designed a showroom and warehouse for natural materials brand Grupo Arca in Guadalajara, Mexico. Upon entrance to the courtyard of Grupo Arca’s...
Tokyo Office Tower by nendo Veiled With a Timber Grid.Rather than allow another closed-off office building to populate the street, nendo created a space connected to the exterior environment with this Tokyo office building. Balconies have been placed sporadically on six floors, each of which...
Roscommon House in Floreat, Western Australia by Neil Cownie.Roscommon House by Neil Cownie embraces the Japanese ‘Wabi-sabi’ style of seeking beauty in imperfection, with uneven concrete surfaces and materials chosen for their roughness, texture, and modesty. Spurred by the demolition of a...
Brick House in Whitefield, India by CollectiveProject.Brick House in Bangalore by CollectiveProject is made with hand-moulded table bricks with natural variations in colour and form, celebrating the imperfections of the material and the slightly uneven manner in which they are...
Stamford Park Homestead in Outer Melbourne by Jason Jones & Brahman Perera.After three-years of restorative TLC by Jason Jones and Brahman Perera, Stamford Park is open to the public. Playing on the intrinsic European origins of early Australian homesteads, the interiors straddle both classic and modern style...
Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar Opens in Doha.Inspired by a blade-like mineral formation known as the ‘desert rose’, the National Museum of Qatar in Doha designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel features 11 galleries across 21,000sqm. Steel frame and glass-fibre reinforced concrete...
