This modest house in Windsor, Melbourne, sits quietly in its streetscape. Its concrete, steel blade walls and charred-timber first floor could easily be found in Tokyo. ‘We have always admired the beautifully crafted homes you find there, in a tight urban context,’ says owner Hamish Cant, who has travelled extensively with partner Maria Rinaldi-Cant and their 16-year-old son Sebastian. Cant, who worked as an architect for many years (but is now in IT), and Rinaldi-Cant, a fashion designer, were looking to build a truly unique new home on a modest, 160 sq m site. They found a kindred spirit in Liam Eastop, director of Eastop Architects.
Eastbourne replaces a three-bedroom, Californian-style bungalow from the 1920s, while almost doubling its floor area. ‘The bungalow didn’t provide us with sufficient space and the main problem was that it lacked natural light,’ says Cant. He and his family were keen to live in a house that was bespoke and not targeted simply for resale. Rinaldi-Cant took a similar approach to the interiors as she does with fashion. ‘I wanted the house to be sophisticated but effortless, with furniture that can be easily moved, rather than restricted to one place,’ she says.
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Guiding Light - Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery
For some of us, family inheritances I tend to be burdensome, taking up space, emotionally and physically, in both our minds and attics. For the London-based designer and architect Joe Armitage, however, a family heirloom has taken him somewhere lighter and brighter, across generations and continents, and into the path of Le Corbusier. This is the story of a lamp designed by Edward Armitage in India 72 years ago, which has today been expanded into a collection of lights by his grandson Joe.
POLE POSITION
A compact Melbourne house with a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentation
URBAN OASIS
At an art-filled Mexico City residence, New York designer Giancarlo Valle has put his own spin on the country's traditional craft heritage
WARM FRONT
Designer Clive Lonstein elevates his carefully curated Manhattan home with rich textures and fabrics
BALCONY SCENE
A Brazilian island hotel offers a unique approach to the alfresco experience
ENSEMBLE CAST
How architect Anne Holtrop is leaving his mark on the Middle East
Survival mode
A new show looks at preparing for a post-apocalyptic landscape (and other catastrophes)
FLASK FORCE
A limited-edition perfume collaboration between two Spanish craft masters says it with flowers
BLOOM SERVICE
A flower-shaped brutalist beauty in Geneva gets a refresh
SECOND NATURE
A remodelled museum in Lisbon, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, meshes Japanese and Portuguese influences to create a space that sits in harmony with its surroundings
