Some artists leave the womb with a compulsion to create, driven by necessity. It’s all they can do, and nothing else will do. For others the need to create isn’t as obvious but it emerges more gradually from a restlessness.
An interview with maker and artist Trevor Neal.
Read MoreI take your hand.
Read MoreA woman changes her name, dons a uniform of exquisitely tailored suits and, with genuine talent, sheds her old skin in order to become a world-class conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic – to become Lydia Tár.
Read MoreHe knew her before I did.
Read MoreDon’t wait for me.
Read MoreHad Picasso painted a bird.
Read MoreAt Tropical Townhouse in southern Vietnam, the layering of simple materials has coalesced in an exquisite home.
A Project Profile: February 2022
Read MoreI borrowed a bundle of books from a former colleague, the kind of sunny person who leaves David Sedaris’ ‘Naked’ on your desk. Her taste in other books was also very much to my liking. Yet, I returned them all…except one—a collection of works by Joan Didion. On the spine are the words ‘We tell ourselves stories in order to live.’
Read MoreNavigating the realms of public and private, indoor and outdoor and past and present, Drill Hall House delivers a peaceful oasis where the best of all worlds coalesce.
A Project Profile: January 2022
Photography: Justin Alexander
Read MoreThe paradox of House Under Shadows is that in creating sporadic darkness, the building in fact also does the opposite – it shapes light.
A Project Profile: January 2022
Photography: Andre J. Fanthome
Read MoreThroughout the entire home, artworks act as the cornerstone to the colour palette, establishing a sense of cohesion.
A Project Profile: December 2021
Photography: Anson Smart
Read MoreHer legacy then is perhaps not depicting a new kind of woman at that time, even if it was new for the art world, but showing honestly the way women had always been.
Read MoreSome dwellers seek the kind of privacy that requires high fences, demarcating their property from their neighbours. The vision for Dover Townhouses was to do just the opposite.
A Project Profile: September 2021
Photography: Tatjana Plitt
Read MoreI’m still waiting, we all are…
Read MoreBosch reveals the pitfalls of blindly following others, of wanting what they have and propelling a collective greed.
Read MoreThe Third delivers a unique sense of home through versatile spaces that act both as an invitation to entertain, or to find peaceful solitude in a nook of one’s own – where a design of visual connection means solitude is never isolating, simply a tranquil means of enjoying company.
A Project Profile: August 2021
Photography: Dion Robeson
Read MoreHouse James can be safely taken at face value. It is elegant in its simplicity and environmentally conscious in its modesty, with a character that manifests itself in light and movement. House James is a fitting example of the honest aesthetic that Berresford Architecture observes.
A Project Profile: July 2021
Photography: Andy Macpherson Studio
Read More‘A garden for the blind.’ This is how Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, describes his backyard.
Read MoreThe kitchen of Bona Vista is an intimate centre stage for home life. Robust redbrick flooring directs the utility of the backstage preparation spaces, and supports the energy of the vibrant family life of its residents.
A Project Profile: June 2021
Read MoreWe lose it, manage it, save it, waste it, then wish we had more of it. Time has become a kind of slippery, anxiety inducing method of measuring life, constantly grappled with.
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