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Pink-tinged paint store Lick pays homage to London’s art deco buildings

February 12, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Dusky pink surfaces appear throughout the Lick store in southwest London, which local practice Oskar Kohnen Studio has designed as a “deliberate celebration of paint”. Lick’s store is nestled among a parade of boutiques on Northcote Road and is the first brick-and-mortar outpost opened by the paint brand since its launch in 2020. To honour

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Luchetti Krelle fashions playful interiors for RAFI restaurant in Sydney

February 6, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Vivid abstract paintings meet patterned floors and oversized lighting fixtures inside this restaurant in Sydney designed by local studio Luchetti Krelle. Celebrating the produce available on Sydney’s coastline, RAFI serves a seasonal array of seafood small plates. The restaurant’s name is an acronym for Raffaella, Aurora, Frankie and Indio – the children of owners Ben

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Alexander & Co carves out spaces for calm and play inside Pacific House

January 23, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Australian architecture practice Alexander & Co has overhauled this oceanside home in Sydney to make it more suitable for family life. Before its renovation, the five-bedroom house had a disjointed floor plan that was proving inefficient for its two young owners and their three children. Many of the rooms were also cut off from views

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Fendi introduces modern furnishings to Rome’s historic Villa Medici

January 16, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Italian fashion brand Fendi has teamed up with the French Academy in Rome to refresh six salons inside the Villa Medici – a 16th-century Renaissance palace set amongst sprawling gardens in the heart of Rome. The villa has been home to the French Academy in Rome since 1803, and today is used by the French

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GSL Gallery takes over disused Parisian factory with “punk” interiors

January 10, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Weathered walls and concrete floors feature in this design gallery that creative collective The Guild of Saint Luke and architecture firm Studio ECOA have set up inside a former factory in Paris. Spread across one storey and two mezzanines, GSL Gallery provides a mixture of studio and exhibition space for the group of architects, artists

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Norm Architects creates warm yet minimalist interior for Y9 sailing yacht

January 4, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Wood-lined walls meet supple suede furnishings inside this restrained interior, designed by Danish studio Norm Architects for a luxury yacht. Manufactured by German shipyard Y Yachts, the Y9 sailing yacht is almost 30 metres long and designed to be used by families and bigger groups, leading Norm Architects to strip the interior down to its

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Renovated Mayfair pub The Audley is filled to the brim with art

December 22, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Artworks by Andy Warhol, Lucian Freud and more can be seen throughout The Audley pub and its restaurant in London’s Mayfair, designed by architecture studio Laplace. The venue occupies a listed five-storey building dating back to 1888, which formerly functioned as a pub with rooms for staff upstairs. Now, the ground-floor public house has been

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Coordination merges Berlin attic apartments to create artsy penthouse

December 16, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Design studio Coordination has combined two attic apartments into a single penthouse in Berlin, crafting its interiors around the owner’s art collection. The formerly separate attic apartments were added to the 19th-century residential building in the 1990s. By bringing them together, Coordination created a spacious penthouse of 131 square metres, with a floorplan that is

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Wabi-sabi philosophy leads revamp of Palau apartment in Barcelona

December 9, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Local studio Colombo and Serboli Architecture has completed a clean and contemporary renovation of an apartment in Barcelona, spotlighting some of its “imperfect” original features. The Palau apartment is situated a stone’s throw from the city’s Palau de la Música concert hall and backs onto a cluster of secluded courtyards. Its owner, an Italian fashion

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Brave New Eco applies cosy colours and materials to Melbourne “forever home”

November 15, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Timber, terracotta and rich jewel tones feature throughout this home in Melbourne that Australian studio Brave New Eco has designed for a family of five. Occupied by a couple and their three teenage children, West Bend House sits on a leafy plot overlooking the greenery-lined banks of Melbourne’s Merri Creek. The building itself was designed

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