Bouzy Bar À Vin: French Wine Bar in Armadale by Jason Jones & Brahman Perera.Conceived by Unashamed Francophiles, restaurateur Jason Jones and interior designer Brahman Perera, Bouzy Bar à Vins represents the progression of Melbourne’s hospitality scene. “Gone are the days of special occasion dining and big...
‘Highroad’ Cafe in Canberra by Foolscap Studio.Like the bush surrounding our nation’s capital, raw and natural elements – like Highroad's charred timber communal table – sit happily next to refined details, such as period cornices and stately wood panelling, and custom...
Refurbishment of a 1910 Church in Hawthorn by Doherty Design Studio.The downside of repurposing a church and renovating it to become a home is that more often than not they still end up feeling like a church. A church having an identity crisis. So it takes not just a brave soul to take on a brief to...
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...
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...
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 chalet’s 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 Architecture’s recent apartment refurbishment in Barcelona could be filed under ‘storage porn’. It’s a playful modification to a 65sqm flat set within a historic 13th-century building in El Born. The client, a...
Rob Mills’ Own Award-Winning Residence in Melbourne’s Armadale.Rob Mills is no stranger to opulent, visually rich interiors. Pretty fitting then that his own family home in Armadale in Melbourne is a likely contender for his studio’s most magnificent, artistic, and opulent to date. Collecting a...
Alvaro Siza Vieira’s New Church of Saint-Jacques de la Lande in Rennes, France.Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza Vieira has designed a beautiful, light-filled church for Rennes’ outer suburbs. Alvaro Siza Vieira's Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande will be the first church built in Brittany, France...
