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I love and feel very privileged to be a part of our fabulous Australian creative interior-design landscape. There are so many happy coincidences that constantly collide and lots of our pursuits, whether in interiors, fashion, art or industrial design

IN A SPORTY AND SPECTACULAR FUSION of style, cuisine and creativity, Belle magazine teamed up with Ralph Lauren at the Australian Open, presenting a glamorous event that was as much a feast for the senses as it was a showcase of unparalleled design a

AN ARCHITECT’S CAREER ARC at a certain stage becomes the sum of a number of accrued life decisions: a fortuitous mentor, a first job, the capacity for taking up opportunities, risks and relationships – each experience layering in to shape their philo

Already sweeping up architectural awards, Perelman Performing Arts Center (below) by REX architects is a ‘cultural keystone’ in the redevelopment of New York’s World Trade Center site. Central to its monumental beauty is the translucent marble skin t

Mass Timber Pavilion (below), located in Houston’s Rice University campus’s Harris Gully Natural Area, is primarily an observation deck to view richly diverse bird life. An abstracted object, like a monumental piece of furniture, its honest construct

Concretewall, a house by Seoulbased Nameless A rchitecture, is a poetic response to the site and brief. Located where mountains and water meet, on the edge of Cheongpungho Lake, Jecheon (the place name translates as fresh wind and bright moon), “the

SURAJKUND CRAFT’S NORTHEAST PAVILION (LEFT) BY MUMBAI-BASED EMERGING PRACTICE ATARCHITECTURE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A CLEVERLY CONCEIVED BAMBOO BUILDING THAT RELIED ON SPEED OF EXECUTION (60 DAYS) AND THE SKILL OF LOCAL CRAFTSPEOPLE. MANY DESIGN DECISIONS

The Biennale of Sydney is toasting its golden jubilee with ‘Ten Thousand Suns’, a galaxy of projects that orbit a glittering celebration. The 24th Biennale spotlights global expressions of Carnivale, forms of collective resistance and resurgent First

Four years after it was consumed by the Kangaroo Island wildfires, Southern Ocean Lodge has been reborn with the soul of the previous hotel but with updated safeguards for the structure. Roofs collect water that is purified by reverse osmosis and upd

Feel like a break and a complete health reset? The world’s most innovative and luxurious health retreats are now incorporating integrative wellness practices, ancient therapies and modern-day medical diagnostics, ensuring guests return home truly rej

Iam excited to be snatching a few days for a quick de-stress and muchneeded mind rejuvenation at wellness nirvana Como Shambhala – it’s just five nights, but my anticipation is high! Emerging from a very pleasant Virgin X flight from Sydney to Bali’s

Consider the use of perfume as a nourishing everyday ritual, with Ayu body oils. Each oil has been formulated according to the Vedic principles of the dosha, offering fragrant blends compatible with vata (air and space), pitta (fire) and kapha (water

WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPACE? This is the first US store for Dion Lee and is located in the Miami Design District, explains William Smart of Smart Design Studio. The Sydney-based architecture and designers were asked to create interiors f

WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT YOUR HOME? Jenny Topfer lives and works as a fulltime artist at her home and studio in Tasmania. JT: I fell in love with the immensely high ceilings in the house, creating a cathedral-like feel to the upstairs gallery in pa

Respected writer Annie Kelly and photographer Tim Street-Porter have called LA home for many years and have an insiders’ view of the city’s best architecture and interior design. Here they turn their nuanced lens on treasures such as Jean-Louis Denio

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Tackling period buildings such as these can be a tightrope between celebrating the past and ending up with a pastiche,” says interior designer Hamish Guthrie of Hecker Guthrie, referring to this heritage home in inner Melbourne. And, with their judic

Once part of a grand Victorian residence, this heritage home was stripped back and cleverly reworked with contemporary inclusions by Hecker Guthrie. De La Espada ‘Together’ dining table from Spence & Lyda. Cassina ‘Zig Zag’ chair from Mobilia. PHOTOG

It is an indication of the playfulness of interior designer David Flack that in this home in Sydney’s Tamarama he has added a thin red line that weaves its way through the house – travelling up the stair into the library and across the ceiling – for

Refined, poetic and imbued with an atmosphere of romance, this family home in Mosman, on Sydney’s lower north shore, is dripping with historic accents and natural charm that cannot be choreographed or contrived. Through a considered and restrained ap

This is penthouse living on a grand and dramatic scale. Port Phillip Bay sweeps before the curved, double-height facade like a VistaVision movie, while the apartment, designed by David Hicks, provides a sumptuous, dresscircle seat of the unscripted s

Wishing for a propert y where her family could indulge their love of horses led interior designer Samantha Eisen of SE Interiors to this t wo-storey villa in Tuerong, a unique pocket that is a mix of vineyards and farmland in the hinterland of Victor

Searching for a city apartment for the “third act” of her life interior designer A nna-Carin, principal of ANNA.CARIN, was focused on the desire for a space that would be serene, evocative and cosmopolitan. On first entering this 1920s corner apartme

Styling JAMEE DEAVES Every Saturday for two years the owners of this home dedicatedly went “house shopping”. Despite its lacklustre real-estate images, they knew this Mosman property was ‘the one’ instantly. “The listing wasn’t great and the outside

This glamorous home in Newcastle, NSW, evokes the heady elegance of Hollywood’s heyday, but with a fresh twist. From its golden balustrades to its pastel palette, its ashlar cladding to its sumptuous curves – not to forget its ballroom and bar – it w

[ Bondi Beach ] Produced by MATILDA RINGROSE Styling JACK MILENKOVIC/ ATELIER LAB “IT’S AS IF THE SEA has been hardened into stone, cut out and landed here,” says architect Madeleine Blanchfield describing the honed Spectra marble island bench that

[ Surry Hills ] STILLNESS IS THE UNDERCURRENT that runs throughout this A lexander&CO project. Once industrial storage then used as an office, this space has been softened by architect Jeremy Bull and transformed into an exquisite, inner-cit y apart

DO YOU WORK FROM HOME? No, I work at my Chatswood studio (on Sydney’s north shore) for both my bonsai and design work. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORKSPACE? It’s an exceptionally creative and pet-friendly workspace, characterised by openness and inn