Tag: hospitality
"The building has such a fantastic patina of age. Dishevelled layers of paint peel back to expose layers of building and decoration that date back to 1878. It would be wrong to clean all that up." Technē director Justin Northrop speaks to ADR about the studio's reinvigoration of the historic Espy Hotel in Melbourne's St Kilda.
At Six, a brutalist high-rise structure, was originally designed in the 1970s by Swedish architects Boijsen and Efervgren. Last month, London-based architecture practice Universal Design Studio reinterpreted the building into a new 343 room hotel which houses one of Europeā€™s most ambitious contemporary art collections within such an establishment.
New kid on Melbourne's Albert Road block, The Crux & Co., has been created by the aptly named Architects EAT, and what a feast is in store for lovers of design and patisseries alike.
In a few short years, the pair behind Mast Furniture have built a furniture brand known for quality and a refined aesthetic that is catching the eye of architects and interior designers nationally.
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