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The poolside chaise longue on our front cover is beckoning, and yet we still have a lot of important business to complete before closing the curtains on what most would agree was a pretty weird year! 2022 seems like it’s been neither here nor there.

APPROACHING MARCH.STUDIO’S North Melbourne office building sets up a quandary. Is the boxy off-form concrete structure with Prouvé-style portholes puncturing the facade a new building or not? One of their specialities as a practice is experimentation

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by artist Amanda Shadforth is a suite of four paintings that plays with visual and physical balance using everyday objects such as wineglasses, books and rocks. amandashadforth.com Combining pearls with feathers, leave

WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPACE, AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? We love the community spirit of The Intersection in Sydney’s Paddington and the new concept store, which opened in August, is a way for us to bring the Oroton coll

Whether a tiny inner-city pocket or an expansive suburban plot there are fabulous ideas and plans here for idyllic garden designs. The author is a respected television host and garden designer who believes time spent with plants nourishes, inspires a

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MELBOURNE PRACTICE Flack Studio, with David Flack at its helm (pictured) alongside partner in life and work Mark Robinson, has had a stellar year delivering one great residential project after the next. But it was the launch of Sydney’s Ace Hotel, in

THE VERY THING that elevated Kennedy Nolan’s Always House to the Belle Residential Interior of the Year is, paradoxically, its exterior, its spectacular coastal context, the sense of arrival and ultimately the sense of refuge the house provides. Phil

WHEN AUSTRALIAN FASHION RETAILER Henne was transitioning from an online boutique, they invited designer Brahman Perera to distil the brand’s DNA into a bricks and mortar store. Brahman, who scooped the award for Best Commercial Interior for his trans

A MASTERLY RESTORATION of the original charm and spirit of a bathroom in a villa in Sydney’s Vaucluse, designed in 1934 by Leslie Wilkinson, saw Tania Handelsmann and Gillian Khaw of Handelsmann + Khaw take out the award for Best Residential Bathroom

LAST YEAR’S WINNER of Best Hospitality Interior and Best Commercial Interior, and a former Interior Designer of the Year, Alexander & Co principal Jeremy Bull demonstrates the firm’s versatility in this project with his associate Shelby Griffiths. Pi

MAKE NO MISTAKE, winner of Best Work with Colour Arent & Pyke plays a trick on us all. The interiors emit joy, comfort and whimsy and we believe it to be easily won. In fact, on close inspection, said interiors are carefully orchestrated as colours w

WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT YOUR HOME? We actually bought the house sight unseen, and it all happened very quickly; we had a newborn who was just a few weeks old when the house came on the market, and the agent did a virtual walk-through with us. We w

WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR HOME, AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? The requirements were high ceilings and lots of stone. Through my business, Surface Gallery, I had already acquired and was storing a bundle of light and dark Zafir

The worlds of art and fashion have always aligned in Christian Dior’s creative universe. Before launching his legendary house with the New Look of 1947, Monsieur Dior spent his early career among the glittering artistic milieu of interwar Paris, exhi

STYLING ASSISTANCE MATILDA RINGROSE, MODELS SHARNEE TEAGAN HOWARTH AND TOM MATOSIN ■

With permission from the owners to “explore colour”, design practice Arent&Pyke layered a lavish de Gournay ‘L’Eden’ wallpaper with a custom red-velvet bedhead in the master bedroom of this country home. See Pastoral Scene, p92. ■

Bold and surprising, yet calm and serene” is a wonderfully evocative description for this house set on a generous parcel of land in regional NSW. It belies its new-build status with its traditional appearance of homestead-style lines and wide veranda

If I could live in a gallery I would,” says John Manos, who lives with his partner, interior designer Simon Kais of SKM Design Studio, in this third-floor apartment in Melbourne’s Toorak. Indeed, there are echoes of this desire in their home, with sc

The generous proportions and lavish original detailing in this 1840s house in Sydney’s eastern suburbs is a reminder of times past when living was more genteel and romantic. In need of revitalising when the current owners bought it in 2018, four year

It was an interesting exercise when architect Daniel Boddam was called on to redesign a house purchased by a young family on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, as the property had originally been his family home. “Having lived there I was well versed as to

Brought on by David Neil of Melbourne practice Neil Architecture with a brief to work with their creatively adventurous clients, interior designer Simone Haag found an instant meeting of minds. She describes her role as sourcing the things that would

When the opportunity presents to have some fun with interior design, Justine Hugh-Jones and Katrina Mackintosh, principals of boutique studio Hugh-Jones Mackintosh (HJM), eagerly take up the challenge. The duo are known for their whimsical and unconv

While all home renovations require a pertinent response, some demand more sensitivity than others and this house in Sydney’s inner west was just such a project. Dating from around the 1860s and of sandstone construction with a distinctive ‘twin peaks

Moving swiftly and sensitively, the design team at Tom Mark Henry completed the renovation of this now unrecognisable Bronte home in just nine months – a conservative amount of time given a property of this size. As they had only viewed the house twi

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORKSPACE? A neutral canvas that allows us to get as messy and creative as needed for each project. With a stunning garden view and music playing, the atmosphere fosters creativity. WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT THE