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I have been extremely fortunate to have worked at Belle for around 13 years and over that time I have seen the genesis of lots of collaborations, synergies and a fabulous dynamic circle of life in the design world. Some of these ingenious liaisons wo

Artist Niki de Saint Phalle, who was born in 1930 and died in 2002, was a woman way ahead of her time in embracing a freedom out of reach for many of her contemporaries. She ‘played’ at her art practice partly to temper her childhood trauma. A powerf

IN PARTNERSHIP with leading furniture and design brand Fanuli, Belle is delighted to announce the finalists in this year’s Interior Design Awards. Celebrating its 11th edition, the prestigious program recognises excellence in Australian interior desi

AS A YOUNG MAN, Gianmatteo Romegialli had two passions: a love of architecture passed down from his parents who had a practice in the northern Italian town of Morbegno where he grew up, and trial, a motorcycle off-road sport at which he became a nati

Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021) was a great Brazilian architect who won the 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize and, in 2017, was lauded as a ‘living legend’ and awarded the RIBA Gold Medal. His early houses, Casa Masetti and Casa Millán (pictured), i

BEEFBAR, ATHENS Monaco-based Humbert & Poyet, one of my favourite architectural firms, have unveiled the latest Beefbar outpost (above and right) in Athens within the glamorous Four Seasons’ Astir Palace. Drawing inspiration from the surrounding land

With chapters carrying titles such as Theatrical Delight and French Couture it’s fair to assume Barbara Lane’s work is extensive and varied. Based in New York, the designer offers élan and elegance with an artisanal edge, and the properties featured

LOOKING TO APPEAL to an ‘eccentric, multicultural demographic’ in Melbourne’s Windsor, the property owners called on architect and interior designer Maria Danos to help bring to life this high-quality, small-scale townhouse development. How did you b

TACKLING AN AWKWARD configuration by opening up the internal circulation with the clever use of curving elements as well as removing most ceilings to steal more vertical space has reawakened this apartment into a flowing, relaxed home. Interior desig

LAYERED SHADES of white on white and the installation of a new master ensuite and additional skylights and windows uplift the interiors of this heritage home. Phoebe Nicol of Phoebe Nicol Interior Architecture skilfully updated, refreshed and rationa

HAYDEN BAGNALL of design studio Baldwin & Bagnall and his partner, Adam Lindsay, channelled their love of art, design and entertaining at their beachside apartment, creating a crisp and modern canvas on which to layer eclectic, expressive pieces that

A PRIZED CHINA COLLECTION takes pride of place in an apartment reconfigured to enlighten dark spaces and rationalise the flow. Designer Adelaide Bragg also infused the interiors in a refreshing palette of caramel, blue, green and white. How did you b

SPARKLING FEATURES designed to play up natural light, including a translucent fibreglass installation and polished plaster walls, enhance this three-level Melbourne townhouse with interiors conceived by interior designer Fiona Lynch for a design-savv

AVID ART and antiques collector Seymour Cohen bought this apartment in Melbourne’s leafy Toorak off the plan. He moved in at the peak of the pandemic so while he couldn’t have any visitors, he got to “really enjoy and appreciate the space” to the ful

Melbourne design studio Kennedy Nolan have a refreshing take on the value of the pool in residential environments. Their philosophy honours it not just as a means of enjoyment, but also as a body of water that can be celebrated passively from afar in

Emmanuel de Bayser and Josef Voelk were not initially planning to buy an apartment near Gstaad. They weren’t even necessarily looking for a place in the mountains. They simply wanted somewhere they could reconnect with nature after spending 15 years

Just as Alice was transported to her wonderland after falling down that rabbit hole, an equally colourful and fascinating world awaits those who step across the threshold into Villa Carmelina, the grand 1880s Victorian Italianate terrace home of arch

The couple who own this house in South Yarra, medical professionals whose children have left home, regularly soak in great architecture on their overseas travels. From Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania to Victor Horta’s grand art nouv

Light and sunshine sparkle through the bevelled leadlight front door of this heritage home filtering views of the park opposite where frisbees and footballs scoot through the air as kids and dogs frolic. It’s a chilled atmosphere that pervades the st

Connection is a word that architect Bianca Pohio of Pohio Adams uses frequently in describing this beautifully resolved home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Created from the shell of a Federation house sitting high on a hill with city and district views

Luxury means different things to different people. For Shelley Craft, television personality and owner of this home in the Byron Bay region, it was being able to tweak the design on an almost daily basis before the build started in February 2020, res

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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STUDIO? Warm and layered, with a great energy. We are lucky enough to be located on the ground floor of a 1930s apartment building on the fringe of the Botanic Gardens in South Yarra. We share the building with residential