An Ode to Gio Ponti: A 1920s Apartment in Milan by David/Nicolas.Refurbishing a property designed by one architectural icon and redesigned by another can scare even the mightiest of architects. But the Lebanese design duo David/Nicolas, it seems, are immune to such angst, as evidenced by their project,...
This Warsaw Studio Apartment by Dawid Konieczny is Inspired by the Ease of a Good Hotel Room.Inspired by the ease of a good hotel room, this petite apartment in Warsaw is a chic little number. Designed by Dawid Konieczny, the interior takes the best parts of mid-century modernism and condenses it into a 33-metre-square space. With...
Reviving a Piece of Architectural History: Monty Sibbel by Nuud Studio.In the quiet suburbs of Melbourne lies an example of the 70s architectural rebellion born in search of an affordable modern Australian home. This is where young architects from Nuud Studio embarked on a mission to breathe new life into a...
A Villa in Lambersart Gets Its Groove Back Thanks to RMGB.Identity crisis no more, this villa in Lambersart, Lille shakes off the cobwebs and gets its groove back with a restrained renovation by Guillaume Gibert and Baptiste Rischmann of...
Hopper Joint in Melbourne is Brahman Perera and Jason Jones’ Love Letter to Sri Lanka.Hopper Joint has been a long time coming. The Sri Lankan diner in Prahran is a personal project eight years in the making for Melbourne designer Brahman Perera who has weaved his own heritage and familial customs into a space that breathes...
Dutch Courage: A Collectors home in Amsterdam by DAB Studio.If the aim of the 1910 Amsterdam School movement was to create a total architectural experience, inside and out, then DAB Studio has very successfully followed in those footsteps. Housed in an Amsterdam School building, the Collectors Home...
Lost Profile’s Refreshed Melbourne Showroom offers a Peek into the Singular World of Oliver Wilcox.Lost Profile’s Melbourne showroom and working studio hybrid offers a peek into the creative process behind the brand—and the unique and singular world with Oliver Wilcox at its helm. Laid out much like a home, the showroom is filled...
A Neighbourhood Lobby: Denizen House in Berlin by Modiste Studio.Located in Berlin’s Kreuzberg, Denizen House is a 475-square-metre co-working space operated by the eponymous start-up. Modiste Studio’s design brief was to provide a flexible space that serves as the “lobby for the neighbourhood”...
A Flurry of Contemporary Art & Design: 1890s Tribeca Penthouse Reimagined by Crina Arghirescu Rogard.Crina Arghirescu Rogard has envisioned this Tribeca penthouse, home for 22 years to her good friend and artist, Mexican born Claudia Doring Baez. Located on the top floor of the American Thread Building dating back to the 1890s Renaissance...
