Italianate House in Surry Hills by Renato D’Ettorre Architects.Sydney-based Renato D’Ettorre Architects have found a way to breathe new vivacity into a Surry Hills terrace house, respecting its rustic past but also making way for a brave, modern future. Inside the terrace, Renato D’Ettorre...
Werri Beach House in NSW by Atelier Andy Carson.Pitched on a cliff at Werri Beach just past Kiama on the south coast of NSW, this new home by Atelier Andy Carson has been designed to celebrate its airy and rugged seaside setting. To one side of the sprawling 150-acre coastal block lies...
Willow Urban Retreat in Melbourne by Meme Design.There are few things as beautiful in architecture as the simplicity of design expressed with pared-back materials, in a space exceptionally well planned. If you’re looking for an example, Willow Urban Retreat, designed by Melbourne-based...
Swimming Pool Acts as an Art Installation in São Paulo Home by Fernanda Marques Architects.Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques has taken voyeurism to the next level with her internal fish bowl swimming pool. Swimmers in the pool at this renovated residence in São Paulo can be watched from the living room through the 8cm-thick...
Highlights From Milan Design Week 2018.It is with great pleasure that we kick off our epic Milan report, aka MILANTRACE 2018 - bringing you the highlights from the recent Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2018. Hooray! Another strong year for Milan Design Week and...
House with a Guest Room in Taree NSW by Andrew Power.For Melbourne-based architect Andrew Power, proportion and arrangement are paramount—simple, uncomplicated proportions can be powerful forces of design, creating serene environments out of even the most common of spaces. For this...
Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Vicens in Barcelona Restored by Martínez Lapeña–Torres Arquitectes & Daw Office.Like most of Gaudí’s work, this famous, first residential commission of the Catalonian architect, it is not subtle. No-one could accuse Antoni Gaudí of being a minimalist. The striking exterior of layered brick patterns, highly...
Rural Meets Contemporary at Bejing Cottage Refurbishment by Christian Taeubert + Sun Min.First built in the 1970s, the home was left unoccupied and forgotten when its owners shipped off to the heart of the city. Beijing-based architect, Christian Taeubeut’s idea was to maintain the rustic identity of the house, but to layer...
Armadale Residence in Melbourne, Australia by b.e architecture.Armadale Residence is a stone paradox. This three-storey home in Melbourne has a rough, scale-like exterior skin made from 260 tonnes of bubbled dove grey granite – but even so, there’s still a resounding cloud-like softness to the...
