Natural Built-In Oasis: How to Transform a One-Bedroom Retreat into a Dynamic Escape for a Growing Family

Natural Built-In Oasis: How to Transform a One-Bedroom Retreat into a Dynamic Escape for a Growing Family

This house in Healdsburg embraces the outdoors with large pivoting walls that blur the boundaries between inside and out. Created in collaboration with Arterra Landscape Architecture, the project comprises a 195-sq-metre main home and a 79-sq-metre guesthouse. Aiming...
Off-Grid Beauty: A Retreat with Private Rooftop Spaces Fulfils a Homeowner’s Dream to Foster Social Connections

Off-Grid Beauty: A Retreat with Private Rooftop Spaces Fulfils a Homeowner’s Dream to Foster Social Connections

Nestled near the renowned Lanseria Airport and the world-famous Cradle of Humankind, this exceptional project finds its exquisite location at the Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate. The residence reflects the visionary design expertise of AMA Architects....
Sun-Kissed Baja Beach House: Your Steps Slow & Mind Body Follow

Sun-Kissed Baja Beach House: Your Steps Slow & Mind Body Follow

In harmony with its surroundings along the coast of Mexico, this vacation home embraces beauty as well as durability. Custom concrete walls matched to the color of local sand were poured in lifts to create a unique wavy texture that shifts as the light changes...
Striking ‘Spatial Acrobat’ Wins Awards for This Busy Family’s Relaxed & Luxurious Home in Sydney

Striking ‘Spatial Acrobat’ Wins Awards for This Busy Family’s Relaxed & Luxurious Home in Sydney

Smac Studio’s First Blush in Sydney’s Dover Heights is a home that’s cleverly reconfigured to maximise space, storage and light. Emotional encounters brim in this house. A dream outcome for the client, who lives with her husband and three young girls, she warmly...
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...
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...