Paramount House Hotel by Breathe Architecture Opens in Sydney.Designed by Melbourne-based Breathe Architecture, the Paramount House Hotel's 29 rooms and atrium-style lobby blend heritage with new. Restored ceilings, windows and old brick walls are complemented by fresh timber floors and...
Ishizuka Restaurant in Melbourne by Russell & George.Ishizuka Restaurant is a new addition to Melbourne’s Bourke Street, and a welcome addition to its expansive, exciting culinary scene. Led by Acclaimed chef Tomotaka Ishizuka, the eponymous 16-seat dinner opened in January and is...
TABLEAU Flower Shop in Copenhagen by Studio David Thulstrup.Set within a 19th-century building on Store Kongensgae in the heart of Copenhagen is TABLEAU, an ambitious, gallery-like space where flowers are arranged as sculptures, falling out of bespoke vases or poured over custom-made...
Lifestyle Academy in Shanghai, China by Mur Mur Lab.Shanghai-based studio Mur Mur Lab seems to have a fondness for futuristic, ultramodern retail spaces. Their work is centred on creating playful shopping destinations, which capture a sense of theatre and escapism – those elements of...
Hunter & Co Deli in Elsternwick, Melbourne by Mim Design.The large rose-coloured curved concrete counter at Hunter & Co Deli in Melbourne has been designed to resemble the fleshy pink hue of cured meat—specifically sliced...
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...
Solid Gold: Danish Fashion Designer Stine Goya’s Studio Kitchen.When Danish fashion designer Stine Goya was choosing a new kitchen for her showroom and HQ, she picked a design by Christina Meyer Bengtsson for Danish design outfit Reform—but chose to clad the cabinets entirely in golden...
Institute of Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam by HOH Architecten.The Dutch firm HOH Architecten have a delightful way of describing the two buildings they have recently restored for The Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam. They refer to them as twins separated at birth. With...
SAVVY Studio’s Gowanus Inn & Yard Opens in Brooklyn.Brooklyn's Gowanus has somehow been untouched by the influx of millennials and hipster-culture, but a new set of hospitality projects, including the Gowanus Inn & Yard, have been providing a new vision for the...
