Displaying posts labeled "Modern"

Gracefully balanced and restrained this apartment is part of a 100-year-old building located on one of Amsterdam’s most beautiful 17th century canals. Light filled and layered. An historic shell and a modern interior, expansive and cosy. The best of both worlds. Past and present. Beauty and function. Canal House HG by Powerhouse Company.

Sharon Neuman is a brilliant architect, interior designer and product designer from Israel. Modern and streamlined, she adds interest with unexpected angles and lighting, keeping spaces open and as bright as possible. I’m taking notes…

3 bed, 2 bath, open plan living and a small private garden in an award winning small group of four new-build properties designed by the architect David Mikhail in Church Walk, London N16. Oooooh! Unfurnished. £2,817 pcm. Ouch! Find out more here.

Magical. Playful. Sophisticated yet childlike. What a joy it would be to live in this Paris loft by interior architect Grégoire De Lafforest. From the pine tree in the living area to the hothouse in the kitchen, sorry the kitchen in the hothouse the loft is whimsical like a modern fairytale.

“Once upon a time a thoroughly modern garçon lived with his parents in a wood on rue Voltaire in the 11^e arrondissement… ”

On a street corner in once gritty inner Sydney suburb sat the remains of an old cowshed, brick and timber standing against the ravages of time. From another era and another way of life the building should not have survived as the surrounding suburb was gentrified. The new owners turned to architects Carter Williamson to save it. Not as a time capsule though but as a vibrant and lively modern home perfect for family and friends, for entertaining or for retreating from the hustle and bustle of the big, brash city.