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RETREAT HIT REPEAT

FREDERIC HOOFT

House on the Hill

Wild Horses

Resonant Tranquility

Definitive Design Products for 2025 • We asked 50 notable Australian architects and interior designers to vote for their definitive list of products for 2055. This first instalment reveals the pieces that resonate across furniture, lighting and rugs, and why.

A NEW DIMENSION • In her latest Sydney project, architect Madeleine Blanchfield, of Madeleine Blanchfield Architects blends the heritage charm of a Victorian terrace with a fresh take on reinventing the home for the clients’ evolving lifestyle. The renovation maintains the essence of the original structure while introducing a bold, modern rear addition, marked by a double skylit void bathing the space in natural light.In this interview, Blanchfield reveals the vision behind the project, the defining design elements, and how a considered selection of appliance and furniture pieces from Winnings elevate this urban refuge.

An Artful Folly

RICHARDS STANISICH PODCAST • Richards Stanisich founders and architects Jonathan Richards and Kirsten Stanisich sit down with Karen McCartney in Stanisich’s home to discuss designing emotionally resonant spaces, resisting trends while evolving aesthetically, and the role of adaptive reuse in their work.

My Space Derek Castiglioni

FUTURE CLASSICISM

The Greats Casa Pedregal • The Greats is a new series on iconic architecture explored through a photographer’s lens. Casa Pedregal, a masterpiece of Mexican modernism by Luis Barragán, emerges anew through the eye of Australian photographer Jack Lovel, whose rare access captures the house’s interplay of space, colour, and light.

THE LIBR ARY

SECOND COMING • Clement Meadmore’s early furniture and lighting designs are about to become well-known again, thanks to a collaboration between Grazia & Co and the Meadmore family.

Common Ground

Frameworks