In Our Image: Fragmented Sculptures of Humankind.We survey our favourite artists who are creating marble portraits and classical spinoffs that show off the human form, but also our fragmented, flawed nature—and the complicated, cracked, and crooked world we live in. Spanish...
Belmont House in Kew, VIC by Kennedy Nolan.Family homes are just that. Homes filled with families. And families start small and get bigger, often with alarming rapidity. Houses or apartments that once suited a couple no longer suit one with a baby. A house that once sufficed to...
Palace Central Cinema Sydney by DesignOffice.Palace Cinemas has always had it pretty right when it comes to movie-going. The Australian production house and cinema group swapped patterned casino carpets and the scent of burnt popcorn for a more sophisticated, European aesthetic. They...
Casa Josephine’s Fitout for Madrid Advertising Agency is Fresh AF!Madrid ad agency, Mr. Hyde enlisted Spanish interiors studio Casa Josephine to push the whole lifestyle office aesthetic a notch or two further. On the corner of a historic 20th-century building, Mr. Hyde’s HQ had many former lives. From...
Michaelis Boyd Designs Restaurant Duddell’s in a Historic St Thomas Church, London.Michaelis Boyd has inserted a fresh version of Duddell’s Cantonese restaurant into a historic church in Central London, intended as an extension of the double Michelin-starred Hong Kong...
Piccolina Gelateria by Hecker Guthrie References 1950s Southern Italy.Hecker Guthrie has created a new flagship for Melbourne gelateria, Piccolina, echoing 1950s Southern Italy—from the colourways through to the theatre of gelato, and the idea of home cooking and gathering around the...
House Renovation in Ovar, Portugal by Nelson Resende.Having recently acquired the property in Ovar, Portugal, the client commissioned Nelson Resende to transform the entire house, inside and out, in order to maximise their home’s full potential. Having studied the existing conditions in...
Ownerless House nº 01 in Avaré, Brazil by Vão Arquitetura.Single-family housing projects usually respond to desires and objectives of specific clients but in this case, the client was only a middle-man for the unknown future residents. Vão’s approach was to deliver a series of spaces flexible...
SSENSE Headquarters in Montreal, Canada by Atelier Barda.SSENSE's new HQ speaks to the building's original purpose. Its existing industrial feel has been celebrated and nothing unnecessary has been added on....
