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...
Refurbishment of a 1910 Church in Hawthorn by Doherty Design Studio.The downside of repurposing a church and renovating it to become a home is that more often than not they still end up feeling like a church. A church having an identity crisis. So it takes not just a brave soul to take on a brief to...
Like Shop Showroom in Rostov-on-Don, Russia by Eduard Eremchuk.Like Shop Showroom’s Insta-worthy interior revolves around the bold use of colour, which defines three distinct areas: a yellow reception room, a white retail area and a fluffy pink dressing room in the...
TABLEAU Flower Shop in Copenhagen by Studio David Thulstrup.Set within a 19th-century building on Store Kongensgae in the heart of Copenhagen is TABLEAU, an ambitious, gallery-like space where flowers are arranged as sculptures, falling out of bespoke vases or poured over custom-made...
Lifestyle Academy in Shanghai, China by Mur Mur Lab.Shanghai-based studio Mur Mur Lab seems to have a fondness for futuristic, ultramodern retail spaces. Their work is centred on creating playful shopping destinations, which capture a sense of theatre and escapism – those elements of...
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...
Exclusive Beijing Members Club by Superimpose Architecture Accommodates Tea-House, Wine Cellar & Office Space.Designed by New York-based practice Kohn Pedersen Fox, the new Genisis Beijing building is impressive for a list of reasons. Conceived of and led by academic and social policy expert Dr. Whitney Duan, the building’s greater mission is to...
Minimalist London Home Extension by Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects.Positioned along the Regents Canal in Islington, this London property has been reinvented as a contemporary, energy efficient and spatially generous three-storey abode....
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...
