This inviting loft apartment in Amsterdam gets its warmth from far-flung places across the world. Designed by Dennis and Lotte Bruns, the design duo and real-life couple behind Amsterdam-based DAB Studio, the home is located in the Jewish Cultural Quarter, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city after the famous canals. […]
Set amongst a tree-lined street in Sydney’s Queens Park Heritage Conservation Area stands a quiet Victorian cottage hiding a hard-working revitalised family home. The project by RUN Architecture began by removing a series of dark extended rooms from the original gable roofed building and marrying this with a light-filled contemporary extension. The new two-storey volume […]
Colombian architects Lorenzo Botero and Martín Mendoza have collaborated on this warm and textural restaurant in Bogota. With Lorenzo on architecture and Martín on the interiors, the space flows into a harmonious concept grounded in a shared focus on materiality. Located in an eclectic three-storey house, featuring a highly compartmentalised mishmash of renovations, the […]
Young couple Nina and Dylan Meehan decided to reject the safe all-white kitchen and go against the grain (or rather, embrace it!) when designing for their seventies bungalow in Newcastle NSW. Together since their teens, the couple, a site foreman and a digital marketing manager, have embarked on their first, but they say definitely not […]
Decor + Design is back, with a fresh new look and an all-star cast! The 19th edition of Australia’s premier interiors trade event will take place from 13 to 16 July 2023 at Melbourne Exhibition Centre, with the theme of Elevate, and we’re thrilled to be a media partner once again. A beautiful interior by […]
By Kate McGlone The latest bathroom technologies and designs are enabling Australians to focus on wellness. The pandemic led us to reinvent everyday rituals, which we are now seeing in the smart technologies and designs making their way into bathrooms. From shower heads with wellness functions, to extra large freestanding baths that offer a more […]
Art and colour have a remarkable power to transform and enhance any space and where better to really have fun and make a statement with these things than a holiday rental? To stand out from the seemingly endless listings, it’s becoming essential to make your Airbnb stylish or ‘Instagrammable’ to help attract visitors. Alexandra Guglielmino […]
The winners of the 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards were unveiled last week, celebrating collaboration and sustainability in design and paying tribute to the influential role of architecture in shaping the way we live, work and play across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Sunday by Architecture architecture. Photo by Tom Ross Today, we’re looking at some of […]
By Hayley Griffiths Having lived in Texas for the past 17 years, interior designer Skye Bryant’s clients were relocating home to Australia and craving a calm coastal home. They engaged Skye to transform a duplex into a space that felt elegant yet welcoming with considered style, so they could move straight in. And she only […]
Half-Old and Half-New: Ignacia Guest House in Mexico City by Andrés Gutiérrez and Factor Eficiencia.
Photo by Fabian Martinez. Photo by Fabian Martinez. Photo by Fabian Martinez. Photo by Fabian Martinez. Photo by Fabian Martinez. Photo by Leandro Bulzzano. Photo by Leandro Bulzzano. Photo by Leandro Bulzzano. Ignacia Guest House shares its name with its once-upon-a-time housekeeper (who looked after it for […]