Melbourne by Melbourne: Kennedy Nolan’s Homage to Local Design Culture at Melbourne Place.Melbourne Place represents a rare achievement: a new hotel brand and building developed simultaneously, each informing the other. Kennedy Nolan crafted a complete design that questions orthodoxies while celebrating Melbourne's unique...
Puro Poznań’s Craft Renaissance: A Love Letter to Polish Heritage.Holloway Li's renovation of Puro Poznań celebrates Polish craft traditions through thoughtful design interventions. From the sculptural reception desk to Art Nouveau-inspired glass windows, each element tells a story of local artisanship...
Best of Hotels and Wellness Interiors & Architecture | 2024 Archive.Luxury hotels and guest houses that transport you to another world. Wellness sanctuaries that restore body and soul. In the final chapter of our 2024 retrospective, we're celebrating spaces designed to elevate the art of escape and...
Tamsin Johnson Brings Spanish-Hollywood Glamour to New Raes Guesthouses in Byron Bay.Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the iconic Raes on Wategos expands its legacy with ten meticulously designed suites by Tamsin Johnson. This new addition combines Spanish-Hollywood glamour with Balearic influences, offering guests an...
Major Laze: Diplo’s Brutalist Jamaican Retreat ‘Pompey’.Diplo's Jamaican retreat Pompey celebrates brutalist architecture's evolution, where concrete transforms into an airy canvas against the jungle backdrop. The expansive estate merges art, nature, and sustainable living, featuring works by...
Greek Modernism Reborn: Inside Ace Hotel’s Athens Debut.French architecture studio Ciguë has transformed a 1970s hotel into Ace Hotel & Swim Club Athens, marking the brand's first Greek venture. The 120-room property weaves together Greek modernism, brutalist architecture, and coastal resort...
Hecker Guthrie’s Triumphant Return at The StandardX Melbourne.Set to bring a new level of cool to Fitzroy's already impressive scene, The StandardX debut is anything but standard. This 125-room hotel embodies The Standard's rebellious spirit while celebrating local design. From its dramatic Corten...
Beyond the Big Smoke Brilliance: 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards.Sustainability and community impact are at the forefront of the 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards shortlist. The selected projects showcase innovative approaches to environmentally conscious design, adapting to the specific needs of...
Wild Wild West (Coast): Bust’n B Ranch in California by Studio Caban and Sydney Ballesteros.Remember the 1992 Clint Eastwood movie Unforgiven? It was shot on a 480-acre ranch in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just outside the Canadian town of Calgary. But as one particular property in California proves, it doesn’t take...
