Design
Shaped By Air at Miami Art & Design Week, Intersect By Lexus (IBL Tokyo) & Milan Design Week
Lexus partnered with acclaimed New York-based artist and architect designer Suchi Reddy, founder of Reddymade Architecture and Design, to develop a series of art installations for Miami Art & Design Week, Intersect By Lexus (IBL Tokyo) and Milan Design Week, with...
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...
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...
Umsebenzi Wokuhlola Collection by Home Artist
This modern home decor business is built on the foundation of African traditional ways, forms and concepts. It offers timeless pieces that blend indigenous artisanal traditions and modern design to create a contemporary aesthetic with the intention to immortalise...
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...
Acutely Sensitive to Balance: Union Bay Residence is a Vessel for Life’s Most Precious Moments
The gently sloping site faces south with views of the lake and Seattle. This is a light-filled home that accommodates the needs of the owner’s growing family of five and allows them to entertain comfortably. Stuart Silk Architects created a home with an open plan,...
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 –...
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...
Astonishing & Fresh: Celebrate SA’s Love For Colour & Culture at the Jewel of Madikwe
There’s no doubt that the new new luxurious interiors of the Molori Villas communicate an immersive statement that’s unexpected in the African bush. Known for its boldly eclectic aesthetic, Molori Safari chose the dynamic South African design team at Hesse Kleinloog...
Kevin Lloyd Architects: Curious, Conscientious & Experimental
Kevin Lloyd Architects specialises in design and problem solving and distinguishes itself by engaging in architecture which is enduring and appropriate for clients and their environments. The firm is committed to sustaining natural resources and to maximising...
The Top 10 South African Design Talents of 2022
The South African design industry is at an exciting point in its evolution. Every year a new crop of names emerges to show their talents to the world as local design is increasingly spotlighted on the global stage. The Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search (HYD)...
A Journey Punctuated by the Sense of Discovery As Each Space Unfolds Into the Next
With an owner’s vision for a refined retreat notable for fluid spaces and artful details, this centrally located Austin residence makes the most of its steeply sloped, leafy site in an established neighborhood. Throughout the 492-sq-metre house, the flow of spaces is...
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...
Be Transported into a Rich & Emotional World Anchored in a Spiritual Language Spoken Through Artefacts Belonging to a Lineage of Ancestors
The Seabranano and Seabrina installation comprises a myriad of inherited objects, heirlooms, organic matter and curiosities composed inside cabinets as an intimate echo of the artist’s family. ‘The feminine plays a very important role in this exhibition,’ says artist...
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...