Milan Design Week amounts to so much more than product launches, so here are a few installation and exhibition highlights that we stumbled across in 2025.
Nestled in central Mumbai, DIG Architects’ design of a new apartment for their recent clients, a couple with two adult children, is a sophisticated study in restraint.
Responding to a tricky site with planning constraints, a careful reorganisation of space by Those Architects has created a light, airy and calming home filled with moments of surprise and joy.
In a tropically inspired apartment at 3 Orchard By-The-Park, Superfat Designs blends natural textures and polished finishes to harmonise with the architect Antonio Citterio’s design intent for the titular building.
Balancing the owners’ considerations for privacy and openness, this dual-structured residence in Bali offers a unique design solution that makes the most of its site and tropical context.
Inspired by an array of design aesthetics, this Rushcutters Bay apartment by Georgina Wilson Associates examines how a minimalist approach made the home feel “both expansive and intimate.”
Designed to completely recede into the Yarra Flat vistas, the outdoors are welcomed at every turn into The Boulevard by Archier.
A home for an intergenerational family needs to be large but should also be designed for function, beauty and comfort. At The Urban Oasis by SIAN Architects, the brief is certainly met and exceeded.
Playing with geometric form, Gable Park by Weaver+Co Architects explores the push and pull of public and private space in a suburban family home.
A living contradiction at once resolute and regal, the stately brick base of this house by Dan Gayfer Design occupies a five-metre-wide block in Melbourne’s Fitzroy North. Inside, a Mid-Century refuge unfolds.
The conceptual framework of this project by Dean Dyson Architects is rooted in principles of connection, wellness and sustainability.
Wynk Collaborative designed the LM Penthouse into an airy, modern sanctuary, with a focus on openness and versatility for a family of four.
Designed by Tom Mark Henry, Bronte Beach House is a contemporary take on the coastal home, imbued with an extensive material palette.
Contrary to its appellation, the Snow House designed by Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee from HAS Design and Research is located in the tropical environment of Bangkok and is imbued with French Flair.
Nodding to modernism, while sitting firmly in the contemporary, Sanctuary House by Mim Design is a delight of circles and form.
Coolatai House by Cera Stribley is a getaway for the owners who wanted a bathroom view with an ‘outdoor feel’.
Light filled and encased in foliage, Debris Block House by Bangalore based studio CollectiveProject is setting a new paradigm for Indian architecture.
Goy Architects’ sensitive adjustments and additions to this apartment form a cosy home layered with timber and greenery.
The interior design of this house by Brewin Design Office elevates the quotidian with artful touches and layered spaces.
Leeton Pointon Architects + Interiors designed an extension that would introduce living and entertaining spaces suited for family life.
The Stylesmiths transformed the worn 1970s interior into a timeless setting with entertaining and day-to-day comfort prioritised.
Designed by Ming Architects, the theme of framing defines many aspects of this house — nature, light and shadow.
In the picturesque neighbourhood of Caulfield, Melbourne, Ivory House – by Homeroom Studio in collaboration with Tecture – stands as a testament to modern design sensibilities.
Tasked with creating a family gathering space in the garage of their client’s home, 182 Design has adopted a pavilion sensibility, which suits the climate and footprint well.
In renovating a 20-year-old house in Bangkok, Design in Motion has balanced privacy with openness to create a versatile and functional home defined by an elegant internal courtyard.
How do you balance the desire for open views while considering the need for privacy? The Lookout in Melbourne is a residence defined by a peaceful loftiness.
Studio Wills + Architects has rethought living in a ‘shoebox’ apartment.
With a bold, impenetrable facade to the street, House Between the Walls flips the expectation of how to create a private and peaceful home.
The intriguing notion of a liveable artwork is put to the test in this house where art and architecture are one.
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The award-winning architect shares the merits of simplicity, as shown in his latest project for GuocoLand, and says the best homes are made by understanding human nature.
The 2021 INDE.Awards has commenced and this year is shaping up to be the best on record. Now in its fifth year, the INDE.Awards is the pre-eminent architectural awards in the region and the only programme that encompasses the entire Indo-Pacfic in its scope and celebrations. Through INDE, we invite designers and architects to showcase local design in a forum that elevates its shortlisters and winners to the global stage. With many high caliber projects already entered […]
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