Beni Rugs Take a Wild Trip to Flamingo Estate.Moroccan rug brand Beni has collaborated with Flamingo Estate on a playful collection of rugs designed by Richard Christiansen. The palette takes its cues from the colours, flora, fauna, architecture and details of Flamingo Estate’s lush...
Nature Meets History: 1960s Roman Apartment Renovation by Manuela Tognoli.Upon first glance, Manuela Tognoli’s renovation to this 1960s Roman apartment seems like any other contemporary update. However, it takes zooming out to understand why this little home is so special in its specific context. Wedged in the...
A Concrete Vision: Casa TO Boutique Hotel in Mexico by Ludwig Godefroy.Inside Ludwig Godefroy’s concrete masterpiece is a calming and sensory oasis. A beautiful interpretation of Mexico’s Oaxacan Temple, Casa TO offers visitors a heightened sensory experience with voluminous voids and grand cut-outs. With...
Garden Living: A Loft House in China by New Office Works.This home in Haikou, China is an interplay between the hidden and exposed. Overlooking a sea of lush greenery, New Office Works used the juxtaposition of garden, nature and infrastructure as the starting point for the project. Nature...
Water, Wine, Wood & Industry: The Rebello in Porto by Metro Urbe and Quiet Studios.The Rebello, a five-star hotel in Vila Nova de Gaia (a ten minute drive from Porto), spread across four 19th-century industrial buildings with panoramic vistas of Porto. The work of architects Metro Urbe and interior design studio Quiet...
Can Living with Less Result in More: Adam Haddow’s Home in Sydney’s Surry Hills.Buried amongst the urban chaos of warehouses and terraces that once served Sydney’s rag trade sits a unique home neatly packaged within a 29-square-metre site. Designed by SJB director Adam Haddow, for himself and his husband Michael and...
Quiet Power: Merricks Farmhouse in Victoria by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins.While architecture is often known to disrupt the landscape, delicate planning and bold moves can introduce a sense of nuance and layer of poetics. In the case of Merricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby and Nielsen Jenkins, the determination of...
A Side of Ocean: Dunas in Belgium by Grain Designoffice.Dunas could have been excavated from the briny deep. All the evidence says so. Take the organically shaped benches in prefabricated stamped concrete, or the floor emblazoned with shell fragments. Or even the transparent sand-coloured...
Rambla Climate-House in Spain Results from an Atypical Collaboration.Beyond its pastel lime green interior, the jagged metal-clad form of Rambla Climate-House coils itself around an elliptical open space—a space that is, quite literally, the very heart of this contemporary home in Molina De Segura. The...
