Salt, Capitalism and Cabinetry: The Magistrato Al Sal Nero Cabinet by Trent Jansen.Australian designer Trent Jansen has developed a fantastical new cabinet in response to The Venice Design Biennial’s 2023 theme Auto Exotic. The cabinet, developed in collaboration with Vetralia Collectible, focuses on the designer’s...
Northside House in Clifton Hill by Wellard Architects.In partnership with Brickworks, we explore Northside House, a sensitive renovation to a Federation era home by Wellard Architects. The extension celebrates the history of the existing brick building while interpreting it in a new way. The...
Designer Maximilian Eicke’s Eccentric Home in Bali.For most of us, quarantine was a time of baking extravaganzas, newfound hobbies and pyjama-clad Zoom calls. But in Maximilian Eicke's case, the isolation was a little more life-changing. The German-born designer, who shuttles between The...
MUT Design’s Pavilion for World Design Capital Valencia Honours Traditional Crafts.Three hundred thousand individually handmade overlapping strips of wood form the basis of this pavilion by MUT Design for the introductory exhibition for Valencia’s World Design Capital 2022. Bringing together tradition and the...
ACME Unveils a Contemporary Oast House in Kent.ACME designed a shingle-clad five-tower oast house in Kent, UK, creating a family home based on proportions and geometries of vernacular buildings integral to the traditional beer brewing process. From its exterior, the 230 square meter...
Qishe Courtyard House in Beijing by ARCHSTUDIO.ARCHSTUDIO has renovated a dilapidated hutong in Beijing, introducing a series of contemporary architectural insertions. A central curved veranda — a basic element of traditional Chinese architecture, is embedded into the old Siheyuan to...
Teneriffe House in Brisbane by Vokes and Peters.Set in its namesake Brisbane suburb, Teneriffe House has a storied history. Originally designed by prominent local architect AB Wilson in 1909, the house was later converted into an adult mental health hostel that disfigured the original...
Chalet in the Swiss Alps by Pierre Yovanovitch.Imagine a warm, cosy timber-clad ski chalet, with a picturesque vista across the snowy Swiss Alps. Now imagine if the chalet’s interiors had been designed by a former Pierre Cardin menswear designer with a keenness for luxurious, storied...
Stage of Forest: Ski Pavilion at Songhua Lake Resort of Jilin, China by META-Project.Designed by Beijing-based META-Project, this mountainside structure looks like a villain’s secluded lair in a James Bond film. Its purpose in reality, however, is a lot less foreboding. Peering over the icy Songhua Lake from a...