Displaying posts labeled "Minimalist"

What’s black and white and modern all over? (With some original architectural features here and there…) Elysium by Architect Prineas. Sharing their love for simplicity and the Flos Aim pendant. (Photos: Chris Warnes)

Rolies + Dubois architecten are based in Antwerp, Belgium and they make magic happen with their minimalist, modern designs. I am especially smitten with the loft in the first of this selection of photos. I would just add about 100 plants and my cat herd and call it home. And the pool house in the last few photos is simple, dark and all you really need.

It seems this week that Kim and I have been travelling the same design path. Our focus has been on fabulous Australian design. This East St Kilda House by Melbourne-based interior design and architectural practice MEME is yet another stellar example. Clean, modern lines with a palette of whites and greys warmed by wood. The recurring arch motive references the building’s original Spanish Mission style with new windows and doors in black steel adding another layer to the link. Tactile, robust but strikingly contemporary.

Talk about how to drag an 80s home kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Wow! Retaining original features like the curved walls the house is now fresh and fab, updated but still with a playful nod to the decade the taste forgot. (No, no, not true! I’m sure there was good taste. I was there. I looked amazing!) Hawthorne East House by Fiona Lynch. Love it!

Photography by Brooke Holm. Styling by Marsha Golmec.

Built by a builder for his young family, this Balwyn, Melbourne home is the latest project from interior designer Fiona Lynch.

“A minimal approach to materials has created an interior which is reflective and relaxing in feel. Concrete, timber and stone are the main materials in this project. Aged brass and grey stained oak cabinetry compliment the minimal approach to materials.”

Sophisticated, restrained, always with an eye to detail Lynch’s design is beautifully resolved.

Photography by Sharyn Cairns