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Yoga’s Transformative Power Entwines with a Design Consultant’s Holistic Practice and Philosophy

Yoga’s Transformative Power Entwines with a Design Consultant’s Holistic Practice and Philosophy

Australian interior architect and designer, change maven and yogi Merinda Garrett explains how our residential and work spaces can fulfil several roles in our lives. The roles of supporter, nurturer, leader, motivator – and the list goes on. Our homes, consciously and...

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Fifteenth-Century Palazzo Renovation in Florence

Fifteenth-Century Palazzo Renovation in Florence

This apartment is located in Borgo San Frediano, the Oltrarno district in Florence on ‘the other side of Arno River’– voted one of the coolest ‘hoods in the world.     Pierattelli Architetture’s restyling of the 240 sq-metre space breathes a new and elegant...

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Traditional English Style Home Reimagined & Transformed into a Contemporary & Sumptuous Californian Compound

Traditional English Style Home Reimagined & Transformed into a Contemporary & Sumptuous Californian Compound

After purchasing a traditional English style home in Atherton, a young entrepreneurial couple with two children approached the Feldman design team with a vision: a dramatic transformation of the existing house and gardens into a contemporary compound that embraces...

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Dolphin Coast: A Hybrid of Modern Technology & Passive Design Principles Merges Beauty with Efficiency

Dolphin Coast: A Hybrid of Modern Technology & Passive Design Principles Merges Beauty with Efficiency

New to KZN and its local architecture scene, Studio di Architettura is building an identity that offers something new to the local market. Its portfolio is eclectic, having completed stunning projects in the Caribbean, Cape Town, Johannesburg among others. Soffietti –...

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Big Sky Mountain Retreat Minimises Site Disturbance While Maximising Views

Big Sky Mountain Retreat Minimises Site Disturbance While Maximising Views

Situated in the heart of Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana, this mountain retreat rises into the dense fir and pine trees, offering the owner family a close connection to the natural environment. With their main residence in Manhattan, the owner couple desired a...

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Playful Ideas in Art, Reflection & Subtle Linking

Playful Ideas in Art, Reflection & Subtle Linking

Smac Studio and Van Rooijen Meyers Architects combine to craft a home of considered detail and refinement, capturing the personalities of those who live there. This is the third project that SMAC Studios and client have worked on together and is a double-storey duplex...

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All About Creating Vistas: Pitlochry House Captures the Essence of Contemporary Living

All About Creating Vistas: Pitlochry House Captures the Essence of Contemporary Living

Fabian Architects and Make Studio (FAMA) were recently contracted to breathe new life into this home in Bakoven, Cape Town through an intervention that culminated in a complete renovation and an extension. The project saw the existing home transformed from an old and...

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Material Durability, Passive Energy & Wildfire Resistance Beside an 8,000-Foot-Tall Extinct Volcano

Material Durability, Passive Energy & Wildfire Resistance Beside an 8,000-Foot-Tall Extinct Volcano

Dubbed CAMPout and designed by Faulkner Architects with NICOLEHOLLIS, this 353-sq-metre house is a courtyard driven, earth sheltered, insulated concrete ground form. Outdoor furnishings use materials and tonal qualities that further reinforce a quiet presence to allow...

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A Summer Home for a German Couple of Engineers-Come-Property Developers in Camps Bay

A Summer Home for a German Couple of Engineers-Come-Property Developers in Camps Bay

Up close with three design strategies that follow through every detail: durability, minimalism and practicality, the purpose of this project was to design large enough to accommodate an extended family from both the US and Germany. The original 1980’s structure...

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How Architecture Can Work Towards a Common Vision & Goal From Technical & Social Angles: The Story of Two-Families-Come-One

How Architecture Can Work Towards a Common Vision & Goal From Technical & Social Angles: The Story of Two-Families-Come-One

Spread across two main living levels as well as a basement that opens out onto the pool terrace and a rooftop level with extensive gardens, the program for project Sound House was unique in that it needed to accommodate a large family of two adults and six children....

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Rare Opportunity: 10% OFF All Plantation Shutters ONLY UNTIL Sunday 31st JULY!

Rare Opportunity: 10% OFF All Plantation Shutters ONLY UNTIL Sunday 31st JULY!

There’s good news amidst the load-shedding and winter blues: To strike that classic, chic interior look-and-feel that brings the essential element of immediate style and the function of security to your home, Plantation Shutters holds the key.     These...

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A Dynamic Play of Light Inside a Modern Breezeway House with Mount Glory Views

A Dynamic Play of Light Inside a Modern Breezeway House with Mount Glory Views

Project Dogtrot’s design is inspired by the separate but connected forms of a dogtrot barn. Also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, dogtrot architecture is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and...

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Float like a Butterfly (& Decorate Like a Dream): Elevate Your Organisation Game & Optimise Space with these Smart Storage & Display Shelves

Float like a Butterfly (& Decorate Like a Dream): Elevate Your Organisation Game & Optimise Space with these Smart Storage & Display Shelves

  Whether installed for more storage space or as a decorative wall accent to organise your essentials, Castle Timbers floating wall shelves are attractive and functional. They help you save precious floor space in homes that are short on square meterage as they...

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