Displaying posts from January, 2022

This small courtyard garden in Melbourne’s South Yarra illustrates perfectly why I love Eckersley Garden Architecture‘s work so much. Heavily planted and lush while providing the practical needs of inner city living. Somewhere to sit and entertain or contemplate, passages to move from one spot to another in style and all important views from the inside out. Who wouldn’t want to work at that computer with that outlook?

I love the style of New York based design firm Hadley Wiggins. It’s a mix of historic/traditional with touches of modernity. It is about removing the stuffiness and adding some playfulness. Comfort and longevity. Homey feels.

(some photos by David Benthal)

Now this is GOALS!!! Built as a space for sport and gathering, the fieldhouse is a simple, functional structure at its core. Like the immersion of nature and recreation in the development of state and national parks of the early 20th century, this family wanted a structure where friends, family, and neighbors could gather, play sport, celebrate and relax in the country. Architecture + Interior Design: Hoedemaker Pfeiffer; Contractor: ​Joseph McKinstry Construction Company; Landscaping: ​Kenneth Philp Landscape Architects; Photos: ​Andrew Giammarco

Set upon a hilltop in the French Pyrenees, Château de Gudanes is one of the most magical homes I have ever seen. And one of my favourite Instagram accounts to follow, to watch the progress of this huge restoration project and dream…

Once upon a time a thirteenth century fortress, a fifteenth century castle, and then an eighteenth century palatial château, Château de Gudanes was then left abandoned and in ruins… Until in 2013, she was discovered by a West Australian family, the Waters, who have taken on the responsibility to awaken this sleeping beauty after years of neglect – at the time they purchased the building only three of its ninety-four rooms still had floors and ceilings. Château de Gudanes still stands proudly in the south of France in the small village of Chateau-Verdun.