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Gramercy-Park apartment
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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...
apartment by ARQMOV
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Exposed Personality in Mexico City

An interior’s design should always reflect the needs of the client and also, I believe, their personality. This apartment in Mexico City is a perfect example of these two points coming together to create a unique space that that fully completes the client brief of “I want a place where I can live and enjoy my lifestyle… “ The first step was to take away the...
London Loft by Studio Verve
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Fluidity and Form in London

I was drawn to this project by the apparent contrast in forms and materials and the way in which this contrast has not just been executed well, but executed with grace and beauty. The designers, Studio Verve Architects, imagined the London loft as a “swirling fluid progression of spaces” and indeed with the curved concrete and timber-slatted walls...
Manhattan Townhouse
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Manhattan Glamour

This Manhattan Townhouse, owned by Christine and Richard Mack, was renovated in partnership with architecture firm Leroy Street Studio and designer James Aman. This urban family home in the desirable Upper East Side suburb of Carnegie Hill is an exploration of classical and modernist taste. The design partnership and renovation has...
Texas bungalow by Miro Rivera Architects
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The 1917 Texas Bungalow

The ability to merge the old with the new can be one of the most difficult aspects of design. Do it right and the results can be spectacular. Do it wrong and well… This bungalow in Austin, Texas by Miro Rivera Architects is a beautiful study on how to do it right. It was important to the designers...
Paris Apartment by Joseph Dirand
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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...
LE COIFFEUR by Margaux Keller + Bertrand Guillon
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LE COIFFEUR

In addition to bouillabasse and aioli, the seaside city of Marseille is now home to a new gem, a cleverly designed hair salon called Le Coiffeur. Conceived for local stylist and salon owner Pascal Lancien by Fabrica alumnus Margaux Keller, a Marseille native herself, the elegant space puts an inviting new spin on the conventional format of a...
Barn house by Hutker Architects
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A Modern Country Life

Building a country barn could be fraught with gimmickry danger… I’m thinking gingham and deer heads (the horror!). What a lovely surprise it is then to see this wonderfully fresh and modern take on a country barn. The team at Hutker Architects designed this sympathetic approach to the barn for an active family so ensured that the house was...
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