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A Minimalist Greenhouse in Belgium
We first spotted Carl Verdickt's Greenhouse back in 2009 and the project has been a favorite ever since. Antwerp-based Verdickt & Verdickt Architecten's minimalist take on the traditional agrarian...
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The Invisible Chair: Architect-Designed Cafe Seating
Designed by Stockholm-based architect Johannes Norlander, the graceful indoor/outdoor Kyparn Chair can be stacked when not in use. Above: A pair of the armchairs on the porch of a small summerhouse;...
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Gio Ponti Door Lever at Izé
UK architectural hardware company Izé produces architect-designed hardware with an aim to "enhance the miniature rituals in the ordinary and everyday life of a building." Among the offerings: the Lever...
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Modern Maritime: Skeppsholmen Hotel in Stockholm
Architects Claesson Koivisto Rune were inspired by the mist and fog of the Swedish archipelago when they chose the palette for the Hotel Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. Located on a small island, accessible...
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A Color-Blocked Rug from a Swedish Architecture Design Star
Our friends at Mjolk in Toronto, Juli and John Baker, introduced us to the colorblocked Totone rugs designed by Swedish architect Eero Koivisto of Claessen Koivisto Rune for Asplund a while back....
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At Home in Saint-Paul de Vence with a French Architect
The late architect Yves Bayard, who designed the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, reconstructed a 16th-century sheep barn with his wife, designer Jacqueline Morabito, in the town of...
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In the News: Top 5 Gardenista Posts of the Week
Over at Gardenista last week, Michelle and Erin found the 10 best deck chairs, discovered 7 ways to help fireflies (their population is on the decline), went foraging with Tama Matsuoka Wong (who...
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Current Obsessions: Globe Trotting
We're featuring Australia next week and it's easy to forget that while we might be complaining about the heat, it's winter down there. (We were reminded of this when we spotted some flannel bedding in...
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Star Wars: Is Melbourne the New Coffee Bar Capital?
Melbourne coffee maestro Luke Mutton of Dead Man Espresso recently opened a new venture called Common Galaxia, collaboring with Justin Lamont of Life Space Journey on all the fittings: the lighting,...
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Fisher & Paykel's Next Generation 60cm Built-in Oven Range
If an oversize oven is not your style—but efficiency is—Fisher & Paykel's next generation 60cm Built-in Oven range has a 77 litre usable internal capacity and offers more useable space than almost...
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Best Reader-Submitted Bedroom Space Winner: Loren Madsen
Loren Madsen, an installation sculpture artist, is the winner in our Reader-Submitted Bedroom Space category in our first annual Considered Design Awards. Loren designed and built the bedroom with his...
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Where to Stay in Victoria: Belgian-Inspired Interiors in the Historic Region...
Located in Kyneton, in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria (or about an hour from Melbourne), is Ellis House—four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and three quarters of an acre of garden space—where visitors are...
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Steal This Look: A Rustic Porch and Summerhouse in Australia
Yesterday, we posted on the interiors of Ellis House, a historic guesthouse in Kyneton, Australia. Today, we're dissecting the outdoor style of the house's wraparound porch and original 19th-century...
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Architectural Outdoor Drains, Australian Style
What started more than twenty years ago as an innovative drainage solution for showers without thresholds has grown into a full line of architectural linear drains, including a collection for outdoor...
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Shiny Happy Furniture from Melbourne
Possibly the cheeriest patio pieces we've seen yet: indoor/outdoor furniture from Melbourne-based Tait, made for "all the brilliant weather that Australia can throw at it." Owned by husband and wife...
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Limestone Lamps by Way of Melbourne
Hugh Altschwage, the mastermind behind Inkster Maken, a Melbourne-based design studio dedicated to handcrafted lighting, had to go home to find his true calling. After college, Altschwager moved to...
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Screen-Printed Textiles from a Beachside Studio in Sydney
Founded by UK-born Julie Paterson in 1995, Cloth Fabric is a Sydney-based maker of screen-printed textiles. Paterson prototypes and develops all the designs in her beachside workshop in Sydney, basing...
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A Walk on the Wild Side, Small Space Edition
An uninhabitable hundred-year-old worker's cottage is reimagined as a drama-filled bachelor's abode, full of edgy details and custom furniture and lighting. The street-fronting facade was reinstated to...
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10 Easy Pieces: Backless Wooden Dining Benches
In our one bedroom apartment, space is sacred; which is why our wooden bench, meant to accompany the dining table, lives an alternate life as an entryway bench—bags on top, shoes below. The friends we...
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Modern Melbourne: At Home with a Design Duo
Recently spotted on Yatzer: a pared-down residence in Prahan, a suburb of Melbourne, belonging to the founders of Wonder, a design firm with a focus on streamlined interiors. The founders, Georgina...
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