Velvet, leather, brass, aged wood and murano glass. A mid century riff with Scandi classics sits with Elizabethan revival. Wrapped round and round with a dark and moody paint job. A chiaroscuro clash between scantily skimmed windows and the darkest blue walls. The Wolf Upstairs Events Space by Meme of Melbourne. Spurn the noon day sun and meet me for a drink.

Nobody quite does saturated colour as well as French antique dealer Florence Lopez.

It’s not very often that I can feature a sunken lounge surrounded by a pool. It’s the centrepiece of a renovation and extension of a 2-storey Art Deco house by Melbourne’s Technē Architecture + Interior Design. The interior palette is predominantly neutral with a rich dark green playing off travertine, American oak, brass, leather and velvet. Luxury living with a nod to the house’s Art Deco roots and modernist playboy dreams.

Photography by Tom Blachford.

If, like yours truly, you have to drag yourself kicking and screaming into work on a Saturday imagine how much easier it would be if your workplace looked this good. ACU Institutes at Spring Street by Bower Architecture.

Let’s end the week with a contemporary take on the classic mid century bachelor pad that hangs from the hillsides of California. This Trousdale Estates, Beverley Hills home is by Studio William Heffner but screw up your eyes, stare at the screen, and let your mind wander to episodes of Mad Men. The setting is spectacular and the house a mid century modern marvel.