A Polychromatic Apartment in Rome by STUDIOTAMAT.In the Parioli district of Rome, on the top floor of a 1930s building, sits an apartment that looks positively Photoshopped. With each room a different colour, it is aptly christened Cromatica (the Italian word for 'Chromatic'). But it...
Vivarium House by Architecture Architecture.With an emphasis on reduced environmental impact and maintaining its characteristic street front, this revitalised Thornbury cottage by Architecture Architecture reconnects to its surroundings—a home amongst flourishing greenery, forever...
Australiana Personified: The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre Opens in Marrickville.Unearthing a time capsule of carefully curated Australiana, The Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre, Hawke’s Brewing Co’s first flagship venue seeks to recreate that quintessential 1980s-pub experience complete with a very...
Benni Allan’s ‘Low Collection’ Launches at BĂ©ton Brut.Low Collection is a new furniture series by London architect Benni Allan, that looks at and interrogates the various ways of sitting in cultures worldwide. The collection sits on liminal ground between art and function, organic and...
Always by Kennedy Nolan.The inimitable Melbourne architecture practice, Kennedy Nolan, knows a thing or two about designing domestic spaces. Their latest project is a weekender in Flinders with intense interior materiality punctuated by the vast coastal...
Terrace House 1 by Dreamer.Driven by the desire for connectedness to family, this two-story rear addition in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Ascot Vale is a magnet for family events with a green roof that provides native habitat for insects and...
La Hacienda JardĂn in Tepoztlán, Mexico by Práctica Arquitectura.There's something thoroughly Willy Wonka-ish about the Mexican valley town of Tepoztlán. Known for its exotic ice cream flavours, great weather, and otherworldly flora and rock formations, it earned the title of Pueblo Mágico, or Magic...
The Romance of Old Libraries: Common Reader Bookstore by Atelier Tao+C.Taking inspiration from Virginia Woolf's book by the same name, Atelier tao+c has designed an independent bookstore in Hangzhou, China, dubbed Common Reader. The cinematic interior recalls the traditional reading experience and the romance...
Metronome Chair by david/nicolas.The Metronome Chair is the latest in david/nicolas’ Studio Line. Available in two sizes the chair, made in Italy, is a natural addition to the designer’s line that features joinery between wooden cylinders to form a classic...
