Casa Olivar by Matteo Ferrari and Carlota Gallo.Rescued from a ruined state and a turbulent past, Matteo Ferrari and Carlota Gallo bring new life to this once derelict apartment in the heart of Madrid. Adding layers, rewriting history and generating new memories, the duo draw attention...
Expressions of Design: Florim Integrates Historical Brands Under Its Umbrella.Inspired by an innate passion for beauty and design, Florim has been producing porcelain surfaces to meet the needs of the construction, architecture and interior design sectors for over 60 years. Now the company has integrated historic...
Judith Neilson’s Seaside Home by Atelier Andy Carson.Philanthropist Judith Neilson’s affinity with art runs deep. So, when it came to renovating her Sydney Freshwater home, architect Atelier Andy Carson knew it would need to stand proud as a work of art in itself. Titled ‘Matopos’, the...
A Beachfront Bungalow in Sorrento by Fiona Lynch.With a wheat-toned interior and Italian Rationalist hallmarks, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Sorrento House is located somewhere along the Positano coastline. Instead, the house, redesigned by Fiona Lynch, sits quietly opposite...
A Saramaga: A Sunset Sanctuary in Cartaxo, Portugal by DC.AD.Stepping inside 'A Saramaga, an old house in the Portuguese town of Cartaxo recently revived by DC.AD, it’s evident sunlight never really seems to end. Not in the living room, nor in the kitchen. Nor even in the deepest bedroom corners....
A Modern Ruin: Chelmer River House by Furminger.Conceived on a metaphor of a ruin, Furminger’s River House in Chelmer, Brisbane is an existing timber weatherboard home wrapped with heavy masonry walls to form a surprising layout—a building with a presence all of its own. Tilt-up...
A Modish B&B in Red Hill by Tom Robertson Architects & Simone Haag.The very mention of a bed-and-breakfast can conjure up visions of chintzy chairs and lace curtains and fluffy three-egg omelettes that taste like Sunday morning. Bassano is none of that—except for the omelettes, which they will happily...
A Warehouse-Turned-Townhouse in Majorca by Durietz Design & Development.Mallorca is the sort of island most people wouldn't mind being stranded on. Because really, everything about it screams exotic: From the reddish soil and luxuriant olive groves to the cars and streets and people. Camp Roig 31 embodies that...
Rooftop Glass Apartment in Berlin by Gisbert Pöppler.If you were to fly over the heart of Berlin, more specifically over the borough of Mitte, you'd spy a 1930s apartment entirely enveloped by glass. From the sky, "you'd see a large glass cube with three rooms distributed like little boxes,"...
