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Is it wrong to want to pull out recently renovated bathrooms (bathroom’s that I loved until now) and want to recreate these looks from Sarah Sherman Samuel? You don’t think so? Phew! I better get the demolition hammer out then.

There were three concepts that guided the transformation of this small 16th century church in the Basque region of Spain: the history, the client and that this part of the project was just the beginning. At the start of the project, the roof had collapsed into the interior and the church was in a dire state of structural instability. The restoration was as sensitive as possible with Garmendia Cordero Arquitectos and their client agreeing that whatever comes next will be achieved “by respecting what was already there, leaving visible what is generated in the present, voluntarily and consciously facing the history of the previous building, without touching or making up the scars that show their travel almost as directly as a story would.”

Photography by Carlos Garmendia Fernández

It’s like I say week after week. If you have to drag yourself into work on a weekend it helps if it’s somewhere stylish. Joey Scandizzo Salon by Melbourne-based Kennon.

“Copper-clad and streaming with light, a new townhouse by Fox Johnston Architects offers a blueprint for compact multi-level living. On an exposed corner site in the leafy back streets of Bondi, it deftly balances natural light, garden outlooks and privacy, while leaving one or two tricks up its sleeve. Fox Johnston used the site topography to carve three distinct levels, modulating materials and form to give the building strength, character and privacy. On a site of just 153 square metres, they engineered a house of 212 square metres, fringed with landscape spaces for the owners to cultivate.”

Statement and sanctuary Bondi House by Sydney-based architectural firm Fox Johnston.

Photography by Dave Wheeler & Brett Boardman

Are you tripping out over the marble details in this Ile de la Cité, Paris apartment by Studio Henry? I know I am. Seriously sexy.

Photography by Studio Henry and Katja Rahwles