Highlights From Milan Design Week 2018.It is with great pleasure that we kick off our epic Milan report, aka MILANTRACE 2018 - bringing you the highlights from the recent Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2018. Hooray! Another strong year for Milan Design Week and...
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...
Williams Burton Leopardi’s Own Studio in Adelaide.Williams Burton Leopardi found the new home for their practice on a wander to the pub one day. The building, derelict and in need of some love, was covered in pigeon poo with stained walls and carpets. They had been looking, as architects...
House with a Guest Room in Taree NSW by Andrew Power.For Melbourne-based architect Andrew Power, proportion and arrangement are paramount—simple, uncomplicated proportions can be powerful forces of design, creating serene environments out of even the most common of spaces. For this...
Holiday House in Monterrey, Mexico by Tatiana Bilbao.Like something out of a Guillermo del Toro fantasy, this holiday home near the mountains of northeastern Mexico is an enchanting illusion in three parts. Called Los Terrenos (‘The Terrain’), the home is the work of Mexico City-based...
Bricks Decoded: The Return of Glass Blocks.Go on. Admit it. The thought of glass blocks probably makes you shudder. Unless you fall into the 5%* category of new generation designers who have already embraced the potential of this highly misunderstood and marginalised building...
Heute Craftsmanship: Contemporary Lighting & Furniture by Garnier & Linker.Guillaume Garnier and Florent Linker met at École Camondo in Paris. Both went on to spend time in the studios of France’s coolest – Guillaume with Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty at Studio KO, and Florent with the master of magical...
110 Rooms: MAIO Architects’ Jaw-Dropping Apartment Building in Barcelona.Some projects just make you sit up straight in your chair, stop whatever else you were trying to do at the time, and pay close attention. This is exactly what happened when I first came across this residential building in Barcelona...
#YellowtraceTravels: Katamama Bali.The 1.5 million special Indonesian bricks that make up Katamama all seem to converge at the entrance. The arrival feels as though it was designed to literally pull you into a mini textural vortex. But of course, these are no ordinary...
