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The owners wanted a timeless bathroom – the responding restrained design features earthy handmade tiles and a curvaceous timber wall  

Take a quick video tour of this impressive home in a top Queenstown lakeside development

Nokha Village Community Centre by Sanjay Puri Architects is a spectacular memorial to the owners' father – and a massive boon for the area

The flooring in this open kitchen space is stained oak timber in a striking herringbone pattern – this is in balance with the dramatic cabinetry

Not only does this scullery disappear into the cabinetry, when it is left on show its veneer wall finishes offer a continuation of the kitchen's own livery

This table top Halo basin, in French Grey, by Concrete Nation is constructed in concrete – the perfect inclusion for a semi-industrial vibe

Love that freestanding tub? Love getting in behind to clean it, too? The Aquatica Cita, back-to-wall tub in this bathroom makes keeping things clean easy

Take a generous open-plan space, add an area rug and edge that with convivial furniture – instant intimate living zone from nowhere

The new Conrad Shenzhen by Goettsch Partners is Hilton Worldwide’s first luxury offering within the prominent China gateway city

A soaring chapel becomes a modern psychological practice with interiors by Bureau Fraai – light touches include accentuating existing stained glass and a new maze-pattern carpet

CRA turns a former petroleum refinery plant in Trieste, Italy, into a waterfront battery park – the project testing innovative green energy solutions

Layers of greenery and a natural material palette feature in this landscape design that melds homage to the home's origins with a more contemporary air