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MIRANDA BROOKS • Trading her Brooklyn family home for the Cotswolds, landscape designer and US Vogue contributing editor Miranda Brooks takes us through her farmhouse and gardens.
FINDING CONNECTION • EIGHT ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS EXPLORE HOW THEIR SHARED DESIGN LANGUAGE PUSHES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE AND THE BUILT FORM.
SHAUN LOCKYER ARCHITECTS X CONLON GROUP • Queensland, Australia
KENNEDY NOLAN XAMANDA OLIVER GARDENS • Victoria, Australia
LUIGI ROSSELLI ARCHITECTS X DANGAR BARIN SMITH • New South Wales, Australia
BELL FISHER ARCHITECTS X FIONA BROCKHOFF DESIGN • Victoria, Australia
A NEW IMMERSIVE SYDNEY FLAGSHIP
SECOND NATURE • A HOME’S ENHANCED SENSE OF CONNECTION TO THE LANDSCAPE AND ITS OWNERS HAS BEEN HEIGHTENED IN ITS SECOND INCARNATION BY THE SAME ARCHITECT.
THE LIBRARY • Take refuge in nature.
TOTAL SURRENDER
NATURAL INSTINCT • WE TALK TO THREE LEADING ARCHITECTS ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT CONTINENTS ABOUT THEIR APPROACH TO COHESION BETWEEN DESIGN AND NATURE.
MARTYN THOMPSON • MARTYN THOMPSON IS A CREATOR OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WORLDS. FROM A SYDNEY APARTMENT TO A HOUSE AND GARDEN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, HE CONJURES UP MAGICAL SPACES THAT TOUCH THE SENSES.
HIGH DESERT • A HOME IN THE MEXICAN DESERT GOES BEYOND JUST RESPONDING TO THE LANDSCAPE, INSTEAD FORMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF IT.
TREADING LIGHTLY • A MOUNTAIN RETREAT MAXIMISES THE POWER OF NATURE THROUGH INTUITIVE DESIGN.
QUIET ACHIEVER • A PROVEN EYE FOR DETAIL, AN ADMIRATION FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR HISTORY TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN ARCHITECT HANS VERSTUYFT’S LATEST FLEMISH RESIDENCE.
3DAYSOFDESIGN • WE TAKE TO THE CITY’S STREETS WITH CULT DESIGN FOR THE 10TH EDITION OF 3DAYSOFDESIGN COPENHAGEN TO UNCOVER HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS INTERIOR DESIGN, FURNITURE, LIGHTING AND TEXTILE DESIGN.
THE DETAIL • The est definitive guide to nature-inspired living from our go-to Product Library.
PAINT • Paints that reflect earth elements inside and out.
OUTDOOR ARMCHAIRS • Classic design pieces move from inside to outside.
POTS & PLANTERS • Design-driven indoor planters.
LIMESTONE • Fluidity through materiality.
SIDE TABLES • Move-anywhere sculptural side tables.