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Gable ties

Influences from bygone eras and forgotten trades form lasting connections in this early 1900s home, deftly unified via a sophisticated monochrome palette.

TRUE TO FORM

This new home’s innate sense of gravitas and material sincerity stems from the local architecture and the family who live here.

daring mood

A Brutalist table and an art collection that covers the spectrum add surprise to these stylish interiors.

Homing Instinct

Once the domain of pigeons, this Victorian-era terrace has been revived with an infusion of light and space and furnished with an enviable flock of modernist classics.

Business As Usual

Noteworthy desk ensembles, power blazers, and an uber-chic bar cart, here’s everything for office go-getters to tick off those KPIs.

Modern Alchemy

The chemistry between the introspective hallways and the extraverted visual gestures throughout this grand residence is undeniable.

Local Landmark

A reverence for natural materials and an open dialogue with the outdoors ties this neoteric home to the landscape.

Sea shades

This Sydney beachfront home possesses a purity and coherence that harks back to simpler times and speaks of carefree, sun-splashed days.

SPY Belle

Weathered pieces, industrial objects and textured neutrals mix to relate a compelling west-side story.

Life story

For this Sydney family, one house has answered all their desires for nearly three decades, thanks to the clever design skills of Thomas Hamel.

INNER KNOWING

Design is a “holistic exercise” to leading Sydney architect Madeleine Blanchfield, whose latest triumph is Tree House, her own imaginatively oriented home.

GREAT HEIGHTS

Elegant cottage blooms, buxus balls and mature trees flourish behind a manicured hedge on this Lower Manhattan rooftop.

AWARDS

The five fabulous venues shortlisted for Best Hospitality Interior speak to the possibility for engaging and original design to elevate the experience of being on the town.

Fiona Lynch Art Work

The Melbourne-based designer hosts thought-provoking installations in the space that neighbours her studio.

Night Fever

Greg Natale rolled out the red carpet for his home’s glamorous redesign, with striking works of art and emblems of the disco era – from YSL’s ‘Opium’ to Halston – reflected in its enigmatic mirrored walls.

Spirited Away

This visionary garden by the coast is the bucolic embodiment of landscape designer Paul Bangay’s naturally evolving style.

STAR QUALITY

A trio of A-list designers have rewritten the script on contemporary hotel interiors, each telling a unique story of luxury and glamour.

Mixed manifesto

SJB architect Adam Haddow’s bag is to keep the human need for intimacy and connection top of mind as he breaks new ground in the design of multi-use developments.

GROWTH industry

From their stylish ‘seasonal’ studio in Melbourne, the design team at Jolson produce spaces that are both inspiring and enduring.

French Vocation

Melissa Penfold accents Gallic flair and says vive la différence.

SPY

Reorient your inner life with a turn to the dusty shades and rustic wares of Morocco.

Infinity And Beyond

Blurring the borders between sea, sky and earth, this garden delivers intimate, meditative spaces along with a sense of affinity with the limitless.

Ringing true

Designer Dylan Farrell composes his interiors, furniture and lighting enterprise from his Sydney studio where an ever-evolving mood is at play.

Plant man

For garden designer Richard Unsworth, the most trustworthy sidekick for a super planting is a hero pot.

Light club

Step into the ring with lamps and pendant lights that are far from featherweight.

By The Book

Rethinking the way we design and use libraries has converted them into all-important cultural, economic and social hubs.

FACTORY FINISH

Embracing the columns and stained-glass windows from an earlier time, a fresh makeover inserts a desired layer of sophistication and intimacy to this warehouse home.

BUILDING Optimism

Melissa Bright of Studio Bright has forged a robust foundation on which to express her architectural values.

Carte blanche

Granted free rein to decorate a 19th-century residence for her parents, architect and designer Marine Bonnefoy took a few liberties to effect a beautiful result.

PLAY THE BLUES

Awash with ocean-inspired hues, exquisite native materials and curated artworks, this family home unabashedly extols the virtues of embracing colour.