House of Many-Worlds in Oslo, Norway by Austigard Arkitektur.Sam Merwin Jr.âs 1951 science fiction novel The House of Many Worlds is arguably his best workâtelling the tale of a creepy West Virginia mansion thatâs also a portal between parallel time streams. Whether this classic account of...
Lindenderry Hotel in Mornington Peninsula by Hecker Guthrie.A little village in the hinterland of Victoriaâs Mornington Peninsula called Red Hill may not squeal design hotspot, but a few recent additions to the regionâs accommodation options may be changing that...
Chalet in the Swiss Alps by Pierre Yovanovitch.Imagine a warm, cosy timber-clad ski chalet, with a picturesque vista across the snowy Swiss Alps. Now imagine if the chaletâs interiors had been designed by a former Pierre Cardin menswear designer with a keenness for luxurious, storied...
Sweet Storage Dreams: Playful Barcelona Apartment in Born by CaSA.Colombo and Serboli Architectureâs recent apartment refurbishment in Barcelona could be filed under âstorage pornâ. Itâs a playful modification to a 65sqm flat set within a historic 13th-century building in El Born. The client, a...
Caravan 2.0 Restaurant in Seoul, South Korea by Flack Studio.One of the many very cool things about Caravan Hapejong restaurant in Seoul are the rows of powder blue Featherston Scape dining chairs. I love this iconic Australian early 60s-era chair, its brass circle feet, and its inimitable curve...
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...
Bricks Decoded: The Return of Glass Blocks.Go on. Admit it. The thought of glass blocks probably makes you shudder. Unless you fall into the 5%* category of new generation designers who have already embraced the potential of this highly misunderstood and marginalised building...
Poliform Opens New Melbourne Showroom.Poliformâs much-anticipated new retail space has undergone a complete architectural and interior redesign, resulting in a larger Melbourne flagship for the iconic Italian...
An Underground Krypt Bar by BĂźro KLK in Vienna, Austria.Whatâs cooler than a new underground bar in Austria? Accidentally discovering the stairway to a bordered-up semi-legal underground jazz club from Viennaâs jazzy 50s and 60s, and then restoring and reinventing it as new. Such was the...