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Growing up on a farm, the cyclical nature of everything shaped my perception of the world. With each season I saw the impact of the weather, at times severely, on my immediate environment and learned we are always at the mercy of Mother Nature. When reflecting on our relationship with nature, pioneering French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand said, “Everything is linked, the body and the mind; mankind and the world; the earth and the sky”. It’s why as an architect and designer, she often escaped to the mountains which she ‘loved so deeply’, because ‘she needed them’. Charlotte’s words on how design and the environment must co-exist thread their way through this issue. We see Seattle architecture firm Olson Kundig work with the dramatic coastal climate of New South Wales’ Bilgola Beach and how Villa RA by MORQ becomes an extension of the landscape in Calabria, Southern Italy. This issue takes us to Sydney architect William Smart’s home and workplace – an inventive take on an old warehouse and beyond, to architects intuitively peeling back layers in existing structures, sensitively and sustainably bringing them into the present.
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Karen McCartney | writer Karen McCartney has recently joined est living in the role of editorial strategy advisor. Known for her work in the world of interiors, architecture and design, Karen’s impressive resume spans print and digital media. Formerly the editor of marie claire Lifestyle and Inside Out magazine, Karen is the bestselling author of Perfect Imperfect, The Alchemy of Things, Super House, and Iconic: Modern Australian Houses 1950-2000. In this issue, Karen speaks with Sydney-based landscape architect Will Dangar on his eminent approach to garden design.
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Romello Pereira | photographer Sydney-based photographer Romello Pereira’s portfolio reflects two decades in the photography industry and an inherent passion for capturing architecture and interiors. On photographing William Smart’s new home and workspace, he says it’s one thing to collaborate with one of the most avant-garde design practices in Australia, but it’s another matter entirely to document that practice’s personal working space. With the good fortune of photographing the project over many months, he says it not only availed the opportunity to study how the sun’s arc altered the ambience of a space but also provided a glimpse into the ‘operational control room’ of such a prolific practice. @romellopereirastudio
Mieke ten Have | stylist Mieke ten Have is an interior stylist, design writer, and creative consultant. After years working as a magazine editor, which included positions as Vogue Magazine home editor and Elle Decor design editor at large, Mieke parlays her editorial point of view into creative direction for interior designers, architects, and home brands. She produces photo shoots, visual content and written assets for a wide range of design clientele. Mieke is a frequent contributor to Architectural Digest and House & Garden (UK) magazines and has worked on several books. In this issue, Mieke ten Have brought her design eye to style the conversion of a heritage home, Twin Gables, by Workstead.
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Alexandra Gordon | writer After almost two decades at Australian Vogue Living, Alexandra Gordon divides her time between writing about and styling some of the world’s best interiors. Her architect father inspired her love of design, and, after studying architecture herself, Alexandra moved into the world of publishing with an architectural leaning. In this issue, she talks to designer Robert Highsmith about a striking addition to a historic home in the Hudson Valley, NY.
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Australian designer Nikolai Kotlarczyk, currently based in Copenhagen, shares 10 highlights from a fast and furious trip to Milan for Salone del Mobile 2021.
HERMÈS EXHIBIT Showing once again in La Pelota, Hermès created the showstopper of Milan 2021. Designed by Charlotte Macaux Perelman, the hand-rendered and painted cave-like constructions featured small entrances into moody internal spaces presenting new pieces from the Hermès home range.
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THE DAGALIÀ COLLECTION BY EDUARDO PIERMATTEI FOR CC-TAPIS
The Dagalià collection by young Italian artist Eduardo Piermattei for cc-tapis saw the transfer of his vast work with stucco into a collection of rugs. Original artworks were displayed next to the collection that successfully applied the use of colour and texture to this new medium. Rather than trimming the rugs, cc-tapis simply burnt off any excess yarn, resulting in a mix of layers and textures.
Photography Claudia Zalla
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THE SPLIT DESK BY GERMANS ERMIČS Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs continues his study into glass layering and transparency, this time in his largest stand-alone piece to date. The Split desk was on display at the Rossana Orlandi gallery, presenting a layered kaleidoscope of colours that merged together as you walked around the piece.
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MEISEN DESK BY BETHAN LAURA WOOD Bethan Laura Wood presented Ornate at Nilufar Gallery to celebrate 10 years of collaboration between the designer and the celebrated Milanese gallery. The mix of bold colour, solid forms and slight framing made the Meisen desk stand out in the collection. Light blue shelves and tabletop delicately sit on a black steel frame interspersed with a veneer from Alpi, channeling a 60’s dip-dyed aesthetic.
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THE SENGU COFFEE TABLE BY PATRICIA URQUIOLA FOR CASSINA The Sengu coffee table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina is a beautiful example of a piece’s construction dictating its visual language. The architectural construction of layered beams in solid timber is simply finished with a glass top, allowing each component to become the hero.
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HANNES PEER AT THE SEM Milan-based architect and designer Hannes Peer took over the SEM presentation in the stunning Alcova setting. Hannes designed everything on display – from the Scarpa-inspired Alea chairs to the MUIR sofa, the cast glass chandelier in collaboration with 6am. glass and even the rug underfoot. The presentation was the clearest indication that SEM, the in-house brand for Spotti Milano, is on a trajectory to reach far beyond its Milan base.
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VICTORIA MODULAR SYSTEM BY DAVID/NICOLAS Channeling a 70’s vibe, the Victoria sofa is the first collaboration between Lebanese designers David/Nicolas and the Italian manufacturer Tacchini. The result is a simple combination of oversized, rounded upholstery in rich velvet and a running, oversized steel frame. The flowing nature of the steel frame creates a graphic nature to an otherwise classic interpretation of a modular sofa.
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HENRYTIMI EXHIBIT Images cannot do justice to the sensory overload that was HENRYTIMI’s presentation in the Brera district. A soft soundtrack greeted you as you walked through the large, light-filled showroom. Entire island kitchens appeared as if cut from a single piece of Sicilian stone; the offcuts used as textural end panels for stand-alone shelving. A beautiful mix of sound, touch and smell helped build on HENRYTIMI’s uncompromising collection.
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MOLTENI&C EXHIBIT While RHO was a very different sight in 2021, one positive was that the larger Italian brands on show had to creatively respond to their new, smaller presentations. Molteni&C led the way with a presentation that captured our collective desire to travel. Flight D154.5 celebrated Gio Ponti’s classic D154.5 armchair; the installation complete with flight hostesses, the captain over the loudspeaker and window views of clouds floating by.
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HELM LIGHTING BY DIRK VAN DER KOOIJ Another feature of Super Salone was the smaller independent brands interspersed alongside the stalwarts of the Italian industry. Dutch designer Dirk van der Kooij and his 3D printed glass Helm lamps were a small producer highlight. The lamps featured layers of glass spheres that, due to their unique 3D printed construction, created an arresting spread of light and texture.
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A 19th-century Victorian home in the Hudson Valley is restored and expanded as a beautiful place for family gatherings.
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he romance of a historic house can be different to the reality. Located on five acres in the Hudson Valley, a New York State region that follows the Hudson River from Westchester County to Albany, this Victorian home had not fared well after years of neglect and a series of unsympathetic renovations. Brooklyn-based design firm Workstead had collaborated with the owner on two projects prior to this renovation. “This home was purchased in near disrepair,” recalls Robert Highsmith, co-founder and principal of Workstead. The brief called for large, open spaces where three generations could comfortably be together, including a kitchen and informal living areas. A pavilion was conceived to accommodate these requirements, with a west-facing breezeway that serves as a casual entrance to the home. “The owner expressed concern that once the pavilion was complete, the 4,000-square-foot original home would be unappealing in its wake,” Robert says. As a result, the scope was increased to ensure the Victorian home was appreciated just as much as the addition.
Leather DS-80/03 sofas by De Sede make a textural statement in the living space, featured with the Nathan Lindberg cocktail table and Orbit chandelier by Workstead.
Light and greenery filter through the floor-to-ceiling, black gridded windows by LePage Millwork in the new pavilion. The dining space features the Tower pendant by Workstead, Gino Russo dining chairs and a Nathan Lindberg dining table.
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e identified the building’s historic elements and looked for ways to compliment the original structure while expressing the current time.” – Workstead co-founder and principal Robert Highsmith
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Workstead have successfully established two structures that are unique yet complimentary. “We saw it best to erect the pavilion in a way that ensured its height would not triumph that of the original architecture,” Robert says. The new volume is clad in the same clapboard as the original home, but in a dramatic coal-coloured finish rather than soft ivory. The rounded corners on the pavilion contrast the mostly orthogonal Eastlake style of the Victorian home. “The addition was meant to stand out next to the existing structure, but essentially become one,” the designer says. This approach continues on the inside. Rich hues, patterned wallpaper and ornate furnishings were selected to suit the Victorian architecture while the pavilion is light and airy with black accents and contemporary fixtures including some of Workstead’s own lighting designs. In the pavilion, floor-to-ceiling windows at ground level create a connection to the rear deck and farmland beyond.
The kitchen is composed of granite benchtops with a custom pot and pan rack. It features the Rejuvenation Randle Tractor bar stools and Dornbracht tapware.
The master bedroom features a Canopy bed by RH Living with the Lodge wall sconces by Workstead on either side. The Basket chair by Nanna Ditzel is coupled with the Tripod floor lamp by Gerald Thurston for Lightolier.
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A Penhaligon bath takes pride of place in the main bathroom, paired with Watermark fittings.
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The parlour is a stately affair with its Luigi Caccia Dominioni chairs reupholstered in green mohair, Harvey Probber games table and vintage Victorian chair.
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Planning was critical to the success of the project. “We approached the interiors carefully to ensure one wing was not favoured upon entry,” Robert explains. Formal spaces were reinstated in the existing house and the original entry hall was restored. The ground floor of the new pavilion is centred around a hand-plastered core that integrates a striking fireplace on one side and the kitchen on the other. “These living, dining and kitchen areas flow into one another allowing the owner to host guests with ease.” The renovation means all parts of the house have already been put to good use; where the original home is more consistent with modern life and the pavilion, while celebrating the unique style of the individual structures. “The structures complement each other in both design and functionality, making it natural to live seamlessly between both,” Robert says.
The grand entrance is marked by the Chamber pendant and sconce by Workstead, together with the Hoot Wallpaper by Trustworth, reflecting the elegance of the restored staircase.
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he structures complement each other in both design and functionality, making it natural to live seamlessly between both.” – Robert Highsmith
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AS A RETURN TO ORIGINS, VILLA RA IS A DEEPLY SYMPATHETIC EXPRESSION OF PLACE.
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estled above an elevated ridge in one of the southernmost parts of Italy, the outwardly expressed home beautifully captures the essence of Calabria and rests open and embracing of its resonant surroundings.
“Conceived as a ‘house that looks’ Villa RA is a compact structure punctuated by openings that frame the landscape,” MORQ co-director Emiliano Roia says; one of three co-directors, together with Matteo Monteduro and Andrea Quagliola. “Our design intention ensures the home is held accountable to the site,” she adds. The unique siting among the lofted heights and mountainous terrain of the region grants unmatched views, an asset not easily forgotten within. Imagined as a summer retreat for its owners of Italian lineage, the home sits weighted through its composition, yet responsive in how it engages with the landscape. “The new dwelling aims to be part of the landscape as a whole,” Emiliano adds, “and instead of looking to formally mimic the landscape, the project draws from the tradition of the Italian villa, and the material tones of the land it sits on.”
MORQ designed Villa RA for a couple as a quiet summer retreat, but equally to host family and friends with a generous kitchen to entertain.
Emerging from the land, Villa RA uses the earth it perches on as the material it is made from, as an extension, carved and sculpted by its makers. “The limited palette of materials reveals the simple geometry of the building,” Emiliano says, “and creates a visual and tactile continuity between landscape and architecture, where hues change during the day, responding to sun and land, revealing movement through shadows and ever-changing material nuances.” As a minimal gesture, the open axial approach allows the landscape to remain the focus and the home to act as a reclusive shelter. Taking cues from traditional Italian villas, a solid front presents as the entry to the home, protecting and concealing its function. Once inside and moving through the space, the home reveals itself with framed apertures guiding the eye to curated living pictures of the landscape beyond. This same axial yet linear approach ensures a visual and ventilated connection throughout, sustainably ensuring comfort among the elements on site. Openings above act like a sundial, drawing the sun onto the floor plane and animating surfaces throughout the day, as an active alliance between the sun and earth. Calm and restorative, Villa RA sits as a still and unhurried insertion into its site, seeing MORQ carve a unique sense of discovery and retreat-like moments in the process.
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Cocciopesto plaster, a custom made lime-based material, is used internally and for the exterior, part of a restrained material palette that allows the home to recede into the landscape.
The minimalist bathroom space frames views over the Gulf of Squillace on the Calabrian coast.
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“Conceived as a ‘house that looks’ Villa RA is a compact structure punctuated by openings that frame the landscape.” – MORQ co-director Emiliano Roia
Villa RA’s orientation addresses the harsh sun and strong winds in both summer and winter.
MORQ made the conscious effort to design a home that felt inherently connected to its surroundings, as a way of preserving the beauty and history of the location.
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Corian surfaces characterise William’s stripped-back kitchen, with Cassatta floors by Ocean & Merchant running from one end of the vaulted apartment to the other.
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ecipient of numerous architectural awards from the Australian Institute of Architects including the prestigious Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award, the new studio and home for architect William Smart and his team of 48 is breathtaking. Located at Alexandria, in one of Sydney’s conservation areas, what was
formerly a 1950s warehouse has become a capsule of William’s enormous talent.
William retained many of the original features such as the steel trusses but created an entirely new vision of how his team could work and he and his partner could live. “The façade of this warehouse had previously been altered so many times, with different windows truncated at every stage, that we didn’t feel we were compromising the original structure,” William says. Instead of the variety of apertures, William created what has become his ‘signature’ seamless glazed Roman-style bricks that almost appear to have been fashioned on a potter’s wheel, allowing light to permeate this precious vessel where it’s needed. And on the top level, William added a series of interlocking barrel-vaulted forms, clad in steel and featuring a masterful application of hand-glued bricks the colour of alabaster.
William’s living and dining space features some of the architect’s most loved pieces, including the Italian-made 1085 dining chairs by Studio Bartoli for Kristalia and the Marenco Sofa by Mario Marenco for Arflex.
As with William’s previous studio, arranged around the art of modelmaking, here, staff are literally surrounded by maquettes, all constructed in Balsawood and painted white, like the pristine white walls dotted with plans and schemes. Finely curated like William’s bespoke homes, apartments and commercial projects, even the staff computers and materials appear recessive in the individual black laminated alcoves. While this studio is open plan on a substantial footprint of 3,600 square metres, there’s also the boardroom and enclosed meeting areas on the mezzanine level. Accessed by terrazzo treads and 53 white steel wires for the balustrade, it’s artfully conceived ‘macrame’ (a 1970s phenomenon) for the future.
The Lithos side table by Antonio Citterio for Maxalto, Peter armchairs by Antonio Citterio for Flexform and ST04 Backenzahn stools by e15 founder and architect Philipp Mainzer.
William designed the top of the warehouse into a series of interlocking barrel-vaulted forms clad in steel and hand-glued Chillingham White Bowral Bricks.
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William’s bathroom features a custom vanity and mirrors, Vola tapware and Society Limonta towels – just as the bedroom features Society Limonta bedlinen in soft grey tones.
A dressing room acts as a ‘veil’ to William’s bedroom. Embedded into the dressing room cupboards are graphic paintings by artist Mike Parr. William’s signature pieces, the Roy Tavolo table lamp by Mario Nanni for Viabizzuno and the Onda bedside table by Poliform, complement the minimalist scheme.
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While William enjoys the studio environment, he also appreciates leaving this space at occasional times during the day and every night, to find solitude in the loft-style apartment he shares with his partner. “When we were planning this space we decided to make it entirely open, with the only fixed door to the bathroom,” William says. So, while everything is on one level and without doors, spaces have been discretely located to create privacy. Featuring pink granite floors and curvaceous ceilings, reaching an apex of four metres, the apartment includes everything that William’s last home didn’t, and in some instances did, include. “We never use a bath so why include this? Likewise, we didn’t want the kitchen to ‘read’ as a traditional kitchen,” William says, pointing out the sculptured Corian bench with two smaller fridges concealed below. This artistry extends to the dressing area that creates a subtle ‘veil’ to the bedroom. Embedded into the dressing room cupboards are graphic paintings by artist Mike Parr. For William, who designed this space for the long term, there’s a sense of calm and tranquillity as he enters the separate entrance via a curved glass wall set into the black glazed brick façade and climbs the pink terrazzo treads. “It’s such a reflective space, enjoying the stream of light on the brickwork and how this changes along with the reflections of the landscape on the glass. It’s serene and allows me the space that I need not only physically, but in my mind,” William adds.
Smart Design Studio’s studio reception features the CH07 Shell Easy Chairs by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Son and the Diesis coffee table and sofas by Antonio Citterio & Paolo Piva for B&B Italia.
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William Smart’s home is only filled with art, objects and furniture he loves. They manifest a pull towards simple forms, time-worn textures and ‘70s design.
Roy Tavolo Lamp Mario Nanni
Backenzahn Stool Philipp Mainzer
1085 Chair Studio Bartoli
Marenco Sofa Mario Marenco
Photography Martin Mischkulnig
Project Kooyongkoot Design B.E Architecture Photography Paul Barbera
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INTUITIVE REINVENTION Four architects respond contextually and sustainably to restore and convert historically significant buildings into homes.
WORDS | Sophie Lewis
The Lower Mill House
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Wiltshire, England McLaren Excell
McLaren Excell were given the rare opportunity to convert a
late-eighteenth-century watermill in Wiltshire, UK, that had never been lived in before. The essence of the dilapidated watermill
was still intact, including the milling machinery and water wheel.
Mclaren Excell co-director Luke McLaren says their restoration and
extension was an exercise in “preservation as much as restoration”. Located on the edge of a stream, McLaren Excell shored up
the structural integrity of the long-saturated retaining walls and created a concealed drainage system, without disturbing the water that descends to the mill.
Paying tribute to the building’s industrial roots, internal works were governed by the philosophy ‘minimal intrusion with materially sensitive interventions’, seeing raw-plate steel as the primary
material. “Like the mill itself, our work had to be simple, functional and honest,” Luke adds.
A compact extension to the side of the mill expands the
structure to two bedrooms. Honing an environmental approach, the extension maximises thermal insulation and mass, with
double-glazing on doors, windows and skylights and polished insitu concrete floors.
PROJECT Lower Mill DESIGN McLaren Excell PHOTOGRAPHY Thomas Seear-Budd
In keeping with the mill’s industrial origins, McLaren Excell used raw plate steel as the primary material throughout.
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“Our restoration of, and extension to, the
mill was an exercise in preservation as much as restoration; we were in the privileged position of converting the mill into a home for the very first time.” – Luke McLaren
The eighteenth-century mill featured Victorian milling machinery and a water wheel when architecture firm McLaren Excell were asked to sensitively transform the structure into a home.
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Seventies Spirit
Balmain, Sydney Fox Johnston
Fox Johnston director Conrad Johnston was drawn to the
‘undeniable spirit and quality’ of a pair of circa 1972 heritage-
listed semis on a steep site overlooking Sydney’s Paramatta River. First owned by Melbourne architect Sir Roy Grounds and his son, Conrad set out to transform the building for his family within the original footprint.
Conrad’s intervention is marked by sustainability and the home’s connection to place; opening it up to views and ventilation and raising the lower level to the courtyard, for ease of movement between indoors and outdoors.
At the same time, the architect worked to maintain the original material language, by ‘grafting’ the new to the existing fabric, through a stripped-back palette of concrete, painted brick,
Western Red Cedar and cork flooring – an environmental and nostalgic nod. “Working within that original geometry, we
applied a softer, curved edge,” Conrad adds, making way for the ‘unorthodox’ built-in banquet seating and sofa.
What’s particularly satisfying for Conrad is that people can’t
decipher the new from the existing; formed from a fundamental
belief that past and present can exist cohesively, without conflict.
PROJECT SRG House DESIGN Fox Johnston PHOTOGRAPHY Anson Smart
Built-in furniture such as the curved dining banquette, coupled with the Marcel Breuer Cesca chairs, was part of the problem solving that came with a narrow plan in the SRG House.
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Conrad introduced Plywood joinery in the kitchen and bedrooms, in a nod to the building’s original material palette.
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“The attitude should be both reverential to the
essential qualities of the heritage building, but not afraid to change things that did not work with the original design. ” – Conrad Johnston
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Conrad transformed the two-bedroom home and garage into a four-bedroom home within the original footprint, which allows his in-laws to live independently in a self-contained area. The light-filled living space features the Flag Halyard Chair by PP Møbler.
A new plunge pool in the harbour-facing garden creates a tropical oasis.
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The Hat Factory Newtown, Sydney Welsh + Major
The Hat Factory has many stories to tell; from its time as a factory and printers, surviving a fire and being a squat for more than a
decade. An atypical warehouse conversion from the outset, Welsh + Major embarked on creating two dwellings that recognise the building’s inherently colourful past.
Welsh + Major co-director David Welsh credits their clients for
the journey of meticulously unpicking the building’s layers. “Our
clients have been truly inspirational – the existing building could easily have been knocked down and it’s their resilience that saw this difficult project brought to fruition,” David says.
The graffitied interior, as well as original openings, were retained, with new glass insertions. Inside, the bare stone of the original
boundary creates a tactile mural, while new raw steel stairs with skylights above call on the industrial bones. One of the most
rewarding aspects for Welsh + Major was opening up parts of
the factory to natural light, that “hadn’t seen the light of day for
decades”. “The light quality both inside and out is something that has surpassed our expectations,” David reflects.
PROJECT The Hat Factory DESIGN Welsh + Major PHOTOGRAPHY Anthony Basheer
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“Revealing existing building elements
and materials to natural light, elements that literally hadn’t seen the light of day for decades was special.” – Welsh + Major co-director David Welsh
Welsh + Major exposed the original stone boundary wall at the rear and down the side of the two Hat Factory apartments as a tactile tribute to the building’s rich history.
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In Ruins
Northamptonshire, UK Will Gamble Architects
Will Gamble Architects were introduced to a disused cattle
shed and ruins of a former parchment paper factory adjoining a
heritage-listed home in Northamptonshire, UK. The owner wanted to convert the cattle shed and demolish the 1600s ruins for a new extension. Instead, Will Gamble Architects proposed a ‘building within a building’ by inserting lightweight volumes within the ruins, constructed of corten steel, oak and reclaimed brick. The architects engaged an archeologist throughout the
construction process. This led to a surprising find; a bath used to
clean animal hides before they were made into parchment paper. “We exposed the stone bath to create a unique water feature that also captures water run-off, to irrigate the garden,” principal Will Gamble says.
Upcycled materials found on site were also used to construct
the new extension, while internally, the cattle shed beams were exposed and stone walls coated in limewash. “Not only did we
design the building with minimal impact on the ruin walls, but to perform everyday functions, which required bespoke detailing and innovative design solutions,” Will says.
PROJECT The Parchment Works DESIGN Will Gamble Architects PHOTOGRAPHY Johan Dehlin
“I like to think it’s a good example of how
innovative contemporary design can help celebrate and preserve our historic structures.” – Will Gamble
Architect Will Gamble says they discovered several surprises in the process, such as the old bluestone bath used to clean animal hides before they were made into parchment paper. So they decided to expose the bath, which acts as an attenuation feature to capture water runoff and irrigate the garden.
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Kundig makes its mark on Australia for the first time on New South Wales’ Bilgola Beach. A 9,400 square-foot family home seemingly sits on the edge of the world, observing the meeting places between sand, sea and the flora at its fringes.
Bilgola Beach House is a transformative structure, so close to the civilised world and yet unlike anything found in the nearby metropolis. Olson Kundig design principal Tom Kundig achieves a dialogue between the house and the environment, connecting people with place through sustainable design. Designed to withstand harsh sunlight, high winds and flooding common to the Australian coast, Tom says, “my hope is that the home will evolve as it responds to all the different environmental and climatic conditions of the site, blending into the headlands and becoming integrated with Bilgola Beach over time.”
Natural light passes through shaded, retractable window walls; a fortress from the outside when lowered, a faucet for daylight from within.
The dining room is cased within surrounding window walls. It features a dining table custom-designed by Olson Kundig and the design firm’s signature Cab chairs designed by Mario Bellini for Cassina.
The home is divided into transparent and opaque zones. The central floor houses public and entertaining spaces walled in between solid volumes of board-formed concrete. An interior courtyard invites filtered daylight into the home’s core and passive ventilation passes horizontally through the windows, allowing the environment to influence the building without relying on excessive resources. Above and below, private spaces create a retreat from and gateway into the unknown beyond its borders. The world cannot be taken for granted from this vantage point; Olson Kundig have continued its signature bridging of nature, culture and people with a structure of unforgettable beauty and motion. Tom himself brings worldly knowledge to the site on Sydney’s Northern Beaches; the home opens and closes at will, never isolating, never overwhelming, with a second-floor master suite designed to accommodate the couple that lives there. With company, it’s a sublime meeting place and opened up, it becomes an observatory for its ethereal landscape. Nestled among the dunes, surrounded by Norfolk pines and palm trees, as if it had been there all along, Bilgola Beach House is an artistic integration of human design into untamed land. It becomes a coming together; of people and the planet, of art and nature.
A striking black aesthetic distinguishes the kitchen, featuring hardware by Tom Kundig for the 12th Avenue Iron Collection and square guest stools from BDDW.
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Tom Kundig is widely known for his discreet mechanical systems; reflected in the fireplace design with a pull mechanism resembling a bike’s chain and crank.
A stone Apaiser Haven bath on one side of a balcony overlooking the beach and ocean.
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“My hope is that the home will evolve as it responds to all the different environmental and climatic conditions of the site, blending into the headlands and becoming integrated with Bilgola Beach over time.” – Olson Kundig principal Tom Kundig
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Will Dangar is something of a garden whisperer. Those who have witnessed him look at a new site are impressed by his innate ability to immediately see what is possible. He thinks large scale, favours unfussy planting borne of a strong horticultural knowledge and gets a kick out of working with interesting architectural forms. He has built a practice, Dangar Barin Smith with co-directors Tom Smith and Naomi Barin, where he is the go-to collaborator for significant Sydney architects and interior designers including Luigi Rosselli, Smart Design Studio, Andrew Burges Architects and BKH.
PHOTOGRAPHY Prue Ruscoe WORDS Karen McCartney
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Grey and green tones combine using interesting Agave varieties mixed with Phormium, Gardenias and Zoysia grass between the stepping stones.
Will’s commitment to quality architectural outcomes is personal as much as it is professional. His family home in Sydney’s Bondi is built on a previously neglected pizza-slice shaped block where architects Clayton Orszaczky designed a residence influenced by Norwegian barns. “Visitors don’t expect the garden to be so big but the reality is the house is small relative to the block and we could have probably built it about 30 per cent bigger, but it’s all about balance and what is important to us as a family”, he says. His other award-winning architectural enterprise, undertaken with his wife Julia, is the Bismarck House – named after an impressive palm on the site. Designed as a rental from the get-go by Andrew Burges Architects, it is a built manifesto in terms of the low-maintenance cactus garden threading throughout the long north-facing block providing garden views at every turn.
An elegant composition of texture and form using Agave, Miscanthus and Zoysia.
Will, along with Bill Clifton of Robert Plumb Build, always likes to have an ambitious personal project on the horizon and a large swathe of land in rural NSW is the next project to combine architecture and land regeneration. Closer to home a project in Sydney’s Little Cove, Manly, employs many of the same principles. “This garden had a number of constraints from the fact that it was a bandicoot habitat to managing water views”, Will says. The house was designed by BKH with a simple geometry executed in weathered timber to suit the coastal site. The singular exterior expression lends itself as a backdrop to the layered nature of the planting. “You’ve got that rock star view and you just need a calmness around the building, alongside interest through textural change,” he says. A combination of low-maintenance grasses such as Chinese Silver Grass and New Zealand Flax, succulents and hardy trees settle the house into the landscape while the established Norfolk Island Pine, common to the area, frames the view. Fragrance comes courtesy of banks of gardenias. “We have a great relationship with these clients and are working on another project with them. It is the best thing when trust has been established and it is all about the ideas and the collaboration. Like putting on an old pair of leather gloves – in the best possible way”.
The planting design loosely replicates the headland landscape with subtle accents provided by the Aloe Vera and Flax.
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erek Swalwell might be best known as a photographer of architecture, but between lockdowns he found a different subject to cast his eye upon; fishermen. In his personal ‘Headland’ series, he captures fishing communities along the Bellarine and Otway regions of his childhood, saying he was drawn to their “simple and uncomplicated lifestyle.” In the portraits, the men stand on the sand or near the rocky shore, peering into the camera lens with a mix of bemusement, curiosity and quiet complacency. “I found that really relaxing,” Derek says. Interestingly there are parallels between these shots and his architecture ones. The buildings are mesmerising in a different way, beckoning the viewer to look more closely. While they are often modern, the photos are clean without being stark, bathed in a kind of zen calm. “It’s impossible to explain what it is that I see that you might not see. It’s about illustrating and interpreting things that one might normally see as mundane, in an expressive way through your own thought processes. I’m into light and shadow, and I’m more interested in things that are less interesting, to see how I can make them moreso.”
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Stark House designed by Park + Associates | photography by Derek Swalwell
Bellows House designed by Architects EAT | photography by Derek Swalwell
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Elwood Bungalow designed by Rob Kennon Architects | photography by Derek Swalwell
FO1, Farnsworth series by Derek Swalwell
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F13, Farnsworth series by Derek Swalwell
His commercial influences and personal vision dovetail in his Farnsworth + Miller series. For that project, he travelled from his hometown of Melbourne to Illinois and Indiana in America’s mid-west to photograph two iconic examples of mid-century modernism, the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe and the Miller House by Eero Saarinen. Historically, photos of those houses appear as vivid images, the former filled with the furniture of the time, the latter ablaze with colour. But Derek’s portraits are something different, calming the eye with the lush landscape surrounding the Farnsworth House, and honing in on smaller details in the Miller one, such as a lone telephone against a mirror. “It’s about symmetry, balance, light quality,” he says. “I can look at a scene and see the photograph already. I know when it’s going to work and when it’s not.” And although his job hasn’t required him to do anything crazy “I haven’t had to stand on an elephant, for instance,” he remembers shooting on the top of a building in Singapore with nothing stopping him from going over the edge and getting past access restrictions overseas by offering beer and cigarettes to those who could literally open doors. “It’s all memorable, really,” he says. “At the end of the day, I’m taking pictures for a living, when some people are behind desks all day. That feels pretty special.”
FO3, Farnsworth series by Derek Swalwell
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HARBOURING HISTORY
A heritage-listed former wool house is respectfully reimagined into a beautifully considered family home.
LOCATION SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA PROJECT OAK HOUSE DESIGN ALEXANDER & CO. PHOTOGRAPHY ANSON SMART WORDS SARAH KNIGHT
Restoring a dilapidated, heritage-listed structure on crown land is a formidable task – even moreso when the property is also over water, perched atop a concrete jetty on the Sydney Harbour. Design studio Alexander & Co, entrusted with this assignment, responds with a considered design that both honours and preserves the building’s storied past. Originally established in 1912 to house wool arriving by sea then later for commercial offices, Oak House is the culmination of meticulous planning and due diligence. Alexander & Co’s principal architect Jeremy Bull explains, “Replenishing an old structure to perform as a luxury home presents limitations, both construction and statutory”. True to their signature ideology of ‘conceptual and strategic thinking’ Alexander & Co. answer the brief with a unique proposal; utilising the structure as an ‘envelope’ where a new build is formed within. Through reframing internal walls and floors separate from the existing building, opportunities arise for new insulation, finishes and surfaces. “We retained every part of the existing building and simply rebuilt within it, exposing what we could,” Jeremy says. “The heritage framework remains respectfully intact and unaffected.”
A restrained furniture and lighting collection in the informal living space includes the leather Extrasoft sofa by Piero Lissoni for Living Divani and the Fat-Fat ottoman by B&B Italia. A Cloud 37 pendant by Apparatus Studio sits above the Tobi-ishi dining table by B&B Italia surrounded with Hola 369 chairs by Hannes Wettstein Design for Cassina.
“We retained every part of the existing building and simply rebuilt within it, exposing what we could.” – Alexander&Co. principal Jeremy Bull
A classic European aesthetic throughout reveals brass skirting, wall panelling, chevron oak floors and Circuit 1 wall sconces by Apparatus Studio.
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The shower space is framed with burnished brass, while dark marble contrasts with white wall panelling. The vanity features a Boffi Fisher Island basin and Manhattan tap set by Brodware.
Accents of brass and blue are highlighted in the Circuit 1 wall sconce by Apparatus Studio, Hug armchairs by Rossella Pugliatti, and the Drive sofa and Blend low table by Carlo Colombo, all for Giorgetti. In the dining zone a Mizar dining table by Roberto Lazzeroni for Giorgetti sits beneath the Tassel 57 ceiling pendant by Apparatus Studio.
Floor to ceiling linen drapes in the open living and dining space filter natural light, and open up to harbour views.
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The result is Oak House, a statement family home with sweeping harbour views. Externally, the original timber shiplap facade honours yesteryear, welcoming guests with a modern entrance leading to contemporary interiors. A fusion between original elements such as the exposed timber beams contrast with the grandeur of more neoclassic touches including wall panelling, detailed fireplaces and wall sconceadorned hallways. Formal and informal living areas feature across two levels for the family of six, including a concealed bar for entertaining and parents’ sanctuary upstairs. With the client residing in London through the entire process, a long-distance collaborative approach ensued with Italian-made Boffi kitchen, Poliform robes and Apparatus Studio lighting viewed from London showrooms by the owner. A palette of muted greys and creamy whites makes way for black polished plaster, striking Carrara and Nero Marquina marble, brass skirting and chevron floors; geometric in their form yet restrained and uncomplicated. Oak House represents possibility, celebrating original craftsmanship while providing a foundation for contemporary design. A lesson in adaptive reuse, Alexander & Co have unlocked a highly functional, elegant family home, while still retaining its intrinsic historical value.
The kitchen features an Italian-made Boffi Xila kitchen with the K14 island and Gaggenau 400 series appliances. Earthy tones complement high-quality materiality, with chevron oak floors, dark cabinetry and the Ventura stools by Poliform.
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The master bathroom reflects a neoclassical influence, featuring Manhattan brass tapware by Brodware, and the Endless Straight pendant by Jason Miller Studio. The space also features a Boffi Fisher Island oval bathtub.
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Photography Justin Alexander
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TWIG HOUSE
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HANDELSMANN & KHAW
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BELLEVUE HILL FEDERATION HOUSE
Photography Felix Forest
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PAULSEN & NILSEN OSLO HOUSE
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PENINSULA HOUSE
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WHITE HOUSE
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FLACK STUDIO
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DECUS INTERIORS
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BENOÎT VIAENE
SUMMER HOUSE
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CHURCH RESIDENCE
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PIET BOON
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ORGANIC TERRY TOWELS TEKLA
ØDENSE STAR ANISE COFFEE SCRUB WØRKS
F.A.33 RECTANGULAR MIRROR GUBI
BATHROOM SET MARBLE MICHAËL VERHEYDEN
COTTON BATHROBE BEMBOKA
APOTHECARY HAND LOTION FRAMA
REX 21 BATH MAT MISSONI HOME
TOWEL LADDER MENU
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Project Prahran House Design Dita Studio Photography Timothy Kaye
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Project Cranbrook House Design cmstudio Styling Alexandra Gordon Photography Anson Smart
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HANDMADE TILES Earthen textures manifest in handmade tiles.
ANTIQUE TERRACOTTA PROVINCIAL RED SQUARE CLÉ
ZELLIJ SMOKE BUSH EARP BROS
ZELLIJ NULLARBOR EARP BROS
TUSCAN COTTO SURFACE GALLERY
MANUAL MIEL EARP BROS
MANUAL BASES EARP BROS
ZELLIGE NON GLAZED COTTO SAND STORM ECO OUTDOOR
BELGIAN REPRODUCTION FLEMISH BLACK TERRACOTTA SQUARE CLÉ
TUSCAN GRAPHITE SURFACE GALLERY
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THE DETAIL
FLOOR-MOUNTED TAPS Design-driven shapes and classic finishes.
ARQ II FLOOR BATH OUTLET ROGERSELLER
INCISO BATH FILLER GESSI
YOKATO BATH MIXER BRODWARE
FS1 FREE-STANDING BATH MIXER VOLA
MILANO FLOOR MOUNTED MIXER FANTINI
VIVID SLIMLINE FLOOR MOUNTED BATH MIXER PHOENIX TAPWARE
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STILE BATH FILLER ARMANDO VICARIO
BATH/SHOWER MIXER ON FLOORLEGS PERRIN & ROWE
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Project Pacific House Design Penman Brown Styling Studio CD Photography Felix Forest
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Project Belgian Farmhouse Design Pieter Vanrenterghem Photography Thomas De Bruyne
THE DETAIL
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Form follows function in architectural lighting.
ECONO TRACK LIGHT VIABIZZUNO
NANOPERFETTO TWIN IVELA
DRUMMER 90 ADM DELTALIGHT
C1 LARGE CEILING FLOS
N55 SOFFITTO VIABIZZUNO
STUDIO CYLINDER DOWNLIGHT APPARATUS
WAN C/W FLOS
CRISP FLUSH MOUNT RBW
PUCK DOWN LIGHT ARKOSLIGHT
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*To ensure compliance with Australian standards and adherence to IP ratings and zoning requirements in the bathroom, est recommends consulting a design professional and an authorised electrician.
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