The renovation of this Art Deco penthouse apartment at Bondi Beach, Sydney opens the interior to an external courtyard and delineates internal space by a series of joinery walls. The new sits lightly within the historic shell with period features remaining intact while modern considerations are addressed and sinuous curves touch lightly on Art Deco angles. A cool, hip pad within a classic old apartment. By Marsh Cashman Koolloos.

Like a summer breeze or sailing on the ocean. Clean, crisp and cool. Blue. Not everyone’s first choice for their living and dining areas but these rooms by JHL Design are like a breath of fresh air.

An Italian idyll, a rural reverie, an historic farm house surrounded by olive groves. Could the daydream be more perfect? It could if the interiors are designed by Alexander Waterworth. Rustic and refined, rough and luxe, indulgent and spartan. Masseria Petrarolo in Puglia. Beauty in stone.

The Line Hotel, Koreatown, Los Angeles. Hip and happening, housed in a mid-century building designed by Daniel Mann Johnson + Mendenhall in 1964. Restored, renovated and re-imagined with interiors by Sean Knibb. Raw, repurposed and rockin’.

A mix of contemporary and classic. Interiors layered with pattern and texture. Splashes of colour against warm neutrals. Quality not quantity. Practical luxury and functional beauty. Elegant and personal. Love this home by Washington DC interior designer Marika Meyer.