Febuary - March 2024

Belle

Interior design and decoration magazine

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Masthead
Editor-in-chief Tanya Buchanan Creative director Shayne Burton Managing editor Matilda Ringrose Senior copy editor Janice Hogg Chief copy editor, Homes Peter Griffiths Art director, Homes Marissa Foye Junior designer, Homes Saffron Sylvester Art prod
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Editor’s Letter
Happy New Year! I hope you are reading this from the beach, a breezy balcony or on a plane heading somewhere fabulous. The beginning of the year always has me pondering how to perfect my interiorscape and life in general! How we live, work and design
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Right Now
PHOTOGRAPHY PABLO VEIGA ■
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Faithful Design
This new temple complex (above), a multi-faith building in the village of Rake, Hampshire, UK, was commissioned by The White Eagle Lodge, a nondenominational spiritual organisation. Taking a ‘fabric first’ approach to the building James Gorst Archite
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Brut Force
PHOTOGRAPHY PABLO VEIGA (ROSSO VERDE, WURRUNGWURI EXTERIOR AND POOL, CHOI RENDER (SWEETWATER), KATHERINE LU (VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL) IF YOU MET SHAUN CARTER, of architecture practice Carter Williamson, at a party I am not sure you would immediately pick
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Clear Winner
One of the winners of the prestigious RIBA London Project Architect of the Year 2023 and shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2023, Green House (right) is a low-budget home in the De Beauvoir conservation area in London’s Hackney. Responding to the
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Wooded Wonder
This off-grid farmhouse on the Bass Coast in Gippsland, Victoria, appears reductive in style – timber walls, corrugated iron roof and simple chimney – but gives way to a rich palette of interior materials: timber-clad interior, blackened steel, concr
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Stepping Up
SET ON A LONG NARROW BLOCK THE 70X8M SITE FOR CASA EN LOS COCOS (LEFT) IS DEFINING OF ITS DESIGN. LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF MÉRIDA IN YUCATÁN, MEXICO, THE PROJECT BY ARCHITECTS LUDWIG GODEFROY CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ‘FR AGMENTED
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Viewpoint
Set in Tasmania’s Cradle Valley, Dove Lake viewing shelter is designed to draw visitors through a series of spaces, minimally lit cave-like chambers and a sequence of unadorned corridors. Initial glimpses of the landscape through strategically placed
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Thinking Caps
‘A Blueprint for Ruins’ peers between the cracks of China’s towering urban landscapes to examine the cost of relentless development and the displacement wrought by rapid modernisation. From the hybrid environments (left) conjured by multimedia artist
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Belle fanuli Interior Design Awards Ida 2023
THE 2023 BELLE FANULI INTE RIO R DESIGN AWA RDS was a glittering affair, dressed Mediterranean style with potted olive trees and terracotta tubs of citrus, to toast the ultimate in Australian interior design talent. With true Italian largesse the Fan
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Chic Agenda
King Living has unveiled its new dining collection, combining a classic Australian design aesthetic with cutting-edge technology. kingliving.com.au Full of botanical wonders of the Medici era, the I Giardini Medicei collection consists of four maste
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Luxe Files
PERHAPS THE MOST LUSTROUS luxury boutique of all opened in Sydney last year, ABC Bullion’s sumptuous flagship store in the heart of the CBD. In the event that a gold or silver cast bar strikes you as much better value than a Balenciaga bag, look no f
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Village Greens
WE LOVED OUR OLD VICTORIAN HOME in Melbourne’s Yarraville for its classic charm and timeless beauty,” says owner Jess Hislop, who lives here with husband Tom and their young brood of three children. WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT YOUR HOME? With lime-gre
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Fresh Start
The owners of French brand Antoinette Poisson, known for its traditional domino papers and delightfully patterned textiles, grant readers a glimpse into their idyllic house on the Brittany coast. The restoration and decoration of this dream property,
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Mediterranean Magic
WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPACE, AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? Alexandra Heard and Heleena Trahanas: We were after a fairly generous sized space with good natural light allowing for a long central dining table as the focus to
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Reign Supreme
1 Tiger-head glass, $660, from Gucci. 2 Persian ‘Hamedan’ rug, $13,200/200x315cm, from Cadrys. 3 ‘Olivia’ coffee table, $1599, from Freedom. 4 Buccellati silver candlesticks, $38,068/pair, from Net-A-Porter. 5 ‘Changes’ bowl in White, $305, from The
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Dress To Empress
1 18th-century wooden statue of St. John the Baptist, $34,088, from 1stDibs. 2 17th-century French tapestry, $23,241, from 1stDibs. 3 Clio Peppiatt ‘Chandelier’ tote, $979, from Net-A-Porter. 4 Oscar de la Renta domed teardrop earrings in Gold, $473,
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Whimsical Weekender
MARKING THE SECOND stage of a project to transform The Gables, a rambling homestead and guesthouse on the NSW South Coast, Shannon Shlom and Dominique Brammah and of Duet were engaged to design a function space for the celebratory venue. WHAT WERE TH
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Heaven Scent
Often a parfumerie is expected to be small like a jewellery shop,” says interior designer Tamsin Johnson of the Oxford Street, Paddington, store which she was asked to decorate for Libertine Parfumerie. With a large number of brands to display they d
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Beauty Therapy
WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPACE, AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? For the Mecca Support Centre project, our primary goal was to design a space that would embody Mecca’s brand narrative while nurturing a sense of community amongte
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Clothes Encounter
WHAT WAS THE CONCEPT FOR THE STORE INTERIORS? I wanted to revise the coastal aesthetic, so common in Sydney, and re-imagine it in a contemporary, sophisticated style. A key design intent was applying a powdery-blue colour saturation to the entire spa
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Smart Spaces
INTERIOR DESIGNER Brooke Aitken Design, Photography PRUE RUSCOE Styling MEGAN MORTON ICONIC SYDNEY VIEWS AND A PENCHANT FOR PARIS informed the reworking of two apartments into one, explains architect and interior designer Brooke Aitken of Brooke Aitk
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Homes
Custom white sofas by Thomas Hamel & Associates in the formal sitting room. Gregorius Pineo ‘Fillmore’ sofa, Jim Thompson cushions, ‘Etienne’ ottomans, ‘London’ iron coffee table with glass top and ‘Bonnaire’ tray, all from Kneedler Fauchère, LA. Bla
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Glass Act
Some things are meant to be. For interior designers and husbands Thomas Hamel and George Massar an auction of this penthouse in Sydney’s inner-west in mid-2021 occurred the same day as their marriage. So, of course, the wedding took precedence and th
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On solid Ground
A generational family home inherited by the current owners, this 1870s terrace in Paddington required an approach that was both sensitive and sensible. The initial brief was for two new bathrooms, but architect and interior designer Alena Smith’s sou
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Fine Vintage
Restoring and reinventing a significant historic property is a labour of love but the owners of this 1860s Geelong mansion could see that they could give it a new lease on life, recreating its former grandeur as well as fashioning a warm, contemporar
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Double Vision
Renovation and restoration were key protagonists in this tale of two architectural styles spanning more than a century. Interweaving the past and the future, this home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs draws on dual narratives, but they share the same atte
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Top Level
With its generous proportions and panoramic views over the district to the city skyline this house on a corner block in Sydney’s Hunters Hill ticked all the boxes for the empty-nester purchasers. Wishing to create a home that evoked the feel of an ap

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