Fibonacci Stone Updates the Neues Terrazzo Collection.The newly expanded Neues range by Fibonacci is an ode to the hard-edged beauty of Brutalist forms, whereby architecture and nature collide. The distinctly robust terrazzo plays on light and shade, with faint warmth in the base creating a...
Teorema Milanese: Renovation of An Apartment in Milan by Marcante Testa.Set within a late 1960s building, Marcante Testa have executed a unique reinterpretation of a typical bourgeois Milanese home. Various types of marble subdivide the Corso Sempione apartment, extending from the entrance hall to the living...
Palazzo Marcello at Whitlam Place, Melbourne by Freadman White with Marcello Donati of Anon Studio.Set atop the multi-storey apartment development Whitlam Place in Melbourne’s Fitzroy by Freadman White with Marcello Donati of Anon Studio, the two-bedroom penthouse, Palazzo Marcello, has a striking spatial energy. The centrally located...
Morningside Tavern in Auckland by Material Creative.An old curtain factory, the original building that houses Morningside Tavern in Auckland, consisted of a corrugated shed atop a concrete slab, so Material Creative set about transforming it into an approachable, locals-friendly hub wrapped...
Hatch Student Accommodation in Cork, Ireland by Kingston Lafferty Design.Student accommodation has never been terribly inspiring, bringing to mind visions of rows of dorm beds and dismal communal areas. That all changed the minute Kington Lafferty Design got stuck into Hatch, a new student accommodation brand...
In Conversation with Michael Karakolis from Fibonacci Stone.Michael Karakolis is founder & director of Fibonacci Stone, Australia's leading terrazzo supplier. An extremely passionate and dedicated human being, this guy is literally obsessed, and we mean freaking OBSESSED with terrazzo. We thought...
MIKA House in Hasselt, Belgium by i.s.m.architecten.i.s.m.architecten undertook a minimalist renovation to MIKA House in Hasselt, Belgium. Measuring at just 5.5 metres in width, this narrow traditional row house is restricted by both the nature of its context and local urban planning rules....
Aesop Opens Sydney Store by Snøhetta.The newly opened Aesop Pitt Street, set on a pedestrian mall in central Sydney, is the skincare company’s largest retail space to date and Norway-based firm Snøhetta’s first Australian store design. Bringing the magnitude and...
Daylesford Longhouse Residence & Working Farm by Partners Hill.At Daylesford Longhouse, Partners Hill employed radical contrasts to demarcate internal spaces, such as giant vs. petite, agricultural vs. refined, hard with romantic and tactile. Materials are largely pragmatic and robust, with Australian...
