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MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER
JOHN WARDLE • With his innate curiosity around materials and their ability to reinvent, Burnt Earth House conveys architect John Wardle’s longstanding preoccupations in this experimental and expressive beach house for his family.
Kitchen Appliances Founded on Food, Family, and Engineering
KITCHEN COMPENDIUM • EXPLORE 10 NOTEWORTHY KITCHENS WHERE DESIGN, DETAIL AND FUNCTION ARE ALL STANDOUTS.
A New Era of Culinary Elegance
Kitchen Alchemy
My Space Thomas Geerlings • Framework Studio designer and founder Thomas Geerlings talks to us about how the zeitgeist, location and end-user are reflected in his own space, his love for bold colours in toned-down interiors, the difference between being a hoarder and a collector and not working with preset concepts.
An Epicurean Colour Palette
Where Architects Live ADAM KANE • Architect Adam Kane designs a secluded family retreat in Daylesford, Victoria as a pure integration of lanscape and architecture.
La Cucina Italiana! • We spotlight 10 cutting-edge kitchen systems, materials and designer collaborations from Salone del Mobile. Milano’s biennial kitchen event EuroCucina 2024, including interviews by est editor Sophie Lewis.
THE LIBRARY • Even the best cooks need inspiration. Explore our Spanish cookbook edit.
Redefining Refrigeration
Leaning Into the Land • Nestled within an existing orchard and framed by a mountainous backdrop, a newly-built home in New Zealand’s Queenstown embraces the local agricultural vernacular to carve out breathing space and light.
Statement-Making Stainless Steel
My Space Gillian Khaw • Handelsmann + Khaw co-founder and interior designer Gillian Khaw invites est inside her harbourside home to talk about taking risks, leaning into and blurring the lines of a particular era and approaching design curation with a sense of humour.
Subtle Reinvention • The ambitious conversion of a heritage-listed barn in England’s Oxfordshire is a beautiful summation of the power of subtle reinvention.
THE DETAIL • Inspired by EuroCucina 2024, the Detail explores the latest kitchen appliances, fixtures and materials.
METAL WALL SCONCES
FREESTANDING INDUCTION COOKERS
SQUARE KITCHEN MIXERS
EXPRESSIVE TIMBER VENEER
STAINLESS STEEL FRIDGE FREEZERS