Trendsideas
Home kitchen bathroom commercial design
Expansive agenda
For this renovation, the back of the house was re-imagined into one volume that stretched the width of the site – mirror-sided skylights add to the sense of space
Water outlook essential
Why wouldn't you make the back of your new home a wall of glass when this inviting pool is captured in the picture?
Solid-centre suite
A solid-look vanity helps anchor this reinvented bathroom which in many ways is all about lightness, space and out-of-shot greenery
Strong approach
This home's solid front door and sculptural entry garden already have visitors expecting the best when that door swings open
Lighting the way
A renovation marries sympathetic new architecture to a Modernist home – in the dining area helped by a period-look pendant
Putting your outdoors in the picture
Black steel sliders bring indoor-outdoor flow for this architect's own home – they also perfectly frame the verdant backyard outlook
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All about refined tiles and flooring – Casa Italiana
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Playing to a wide audience
Can a public theatre still be inclusive – accommodating the highbrow and the masses? The new Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA takes the stage and says 'yes'
Sense of intimacy
When an ensuite is part of a large bedroom suite, scale matters – focussing on a sense of increased intimacy, as with this spacious yet personal-feel ensuite
End of the road
Reached by a long and winding access road, this home reinterprets local architectural and is oriented to give the homeowners their best life
Layer cake
The designers made the most of an ideal positioning to create this open, layered kitchen complete with sliding splashback that reveals scullery behind