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On Top of the World

Jean-Louis Deniot is an Interior Designer with a capital I and a capital D. He is so on top of his game it is impossible to look past his work. His work, which we have featured before, does not scream traditional, nor modern, nor classic but rather is screams style and luxury and it is these two words that define the scale and type of...

1970’s Sydney Manly beach

Redgen Mathieson's approach to design is grounded in Modernist principles of authentic, timeless design, with an emphasis on finely detailed spaces built to outlast changing fashion. This apartment was refurbished as a Sydney base for an Australian expatriate couple. Located within a 1970’s residential tower, the apartment enjoys significant views to Sydney’s Manly beach to the north, and...

hipster pied-à-terre

The owner of Micasa, a furniture and objects store in São Paulo, Brazil, flies to New York four times a year, where he scours Brooklyn flea markets with his girlfriend, interior decorator Ana Strumpf. Whenever he leaves his 300 square meter apartment in Jardins, São Paulo to sleep in his 87-square-meter pied-à-terre in Chelsea New York, Hussein Jarouche doesn’t exactly downsize...

The Stones of Venice

Continuing my love affair with all things Venetian I came across this apartment in Manhattan. The project is located in Gramercy Park and what began as a modest tidy up of the apartment transformed into a total renovation lasting 5 years with designer Jim Luigs. Inspiration is all around us and for the client of this project reading three...

Unpretentious Melbourne pad

Located in a heritage-listed building in Melbourne’s CBD, this apartment designed by Clare Cousins Architects updates a 75m2 apartment for a young family. Bathed in abundant natural light from windows along three of the four walls, the open, functional space utilises readily available, affordable materials to make the most of a small space and a modest budget. The clients,...

Tactile Minimalism

Joseph Dirand has been receiving a lot of “re-grams” for his Paris Apartment of late. In fact he has been receiving a lot of attention in general for his liveable reinvented minimalism and I am loving it! The Paris based architect and designer recently renovated his apartment to reflect his blended family. All of the hero elements such...

Eureka Melbourne penthouse

Quite often glamour can be perceived as opulent or high decoration. However the furniture concept in this glamorous, unexpectedly modern Melbourne penthouse responds to the material palette that the occupants desired for a city pad designed for entertaining and escape. The apartment architecture and interior was designed by Melbourne practice, Fitt de Felice, and construction was underway when MOLECULE...

The Perfect Pad

Even though this Belgrade apartment was designed as a family space, when I look at the interiors I can’t help but think this is an incredible bachelor’s pad. The space has been cleverly organised to allow for as many common areas as possible and to further allow for those space to connect to each other. Most areas are cleverly planned to serve a dual function...

an open relationship

In January 2014 DENOLDERVLEUGELS finished the renovation of an exclusive 300 sqm apartment in the ‘Amsterdam-Zuid’ area for a dutch family which occupies the top 3 levels of a building complex built in 1925. Entering the apartment the glazed void provides natural light and vistas through to all levels. The openness and grandeur of the spaces show the great...

Riverside penthouse

Prior to renovations, poor lighting and a shoddy labyrinth of corridors compromised the beauty and extent of the space. Foster Lomas Architects decided to remove the corridors first and stretch the usable space as much as possible. They also made sure to bring about a sense of harmonious fluidity, taking into account the building’s curved geometry. The new mezzanine is definitely one...