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Beach chairs and parasols dot the shoreline of Rimini Beach, in northern Italy. Located on the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is a city of roughly 150,000 people and is one of the most famous seaside resorts in Europe. Its 9-mile-long (14.5km) sandy beach is surrounded by more than 1,000 hotels and thousands of bars, clubs and restaurants.

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Co-director of Fox Johnston, Conrad Johnston’s new home in Balmain, Sydney may have just awakened my love and appreciation for 70s architecture. This is Sir Roy Grounds House (otherwise known as SRG House), appropriately named, given that it was once occupied by Roy Grounds himself. The original unit was part of a pair realised from Roy’s sketches by architect Stuart Whitelaw and went through several owners who also brought upon their additions, leaving the property riddled with niches characteristics that charmed Conrad and his wife Katrina. Since the acquisition, the house with local heritage significance has been rejuvenated to an enviable three-storey multigenerational home, with views fit for a yacht-sailing enthusiast family.

Formerly known as No. 8, SRG House was commissioned by Roy’s son, Marr Grounds. A sculptor and architect himself, Marr requested Whitelaw to oversee the development of a pair of units within the topographically challenging terrain. The design resulted in two houses, one sitting in the northern end and No. 8 sitting in the south angled at the street front to make the most of the harbour views. This also created odd tangents and geometries within the unusual interior of the concrete column and slab structure. By the time the Johnstons purchased the house, a garage was added facing the street-front, and time-worn interiors and mechanical services needed repair.

Related: Sydney Architect Emili Fox’s Forever Home at Ballast Point.

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Conrad expanded the former two-bedroom unit into a four-bedroom residence. Two bedrooms replaced a former air-conditioning plant on the lower level and two above the add-on garage that has also been rebuilt with white-rendered brick and green roof while attached to the newly renovated building. Interior linings were peeled backed to reveal the original concrete structure, later restored to serve as an exposed statement feature.

On the street front, SRG House shies itself behind white painted brick facades, savouring its true personality towards the harbour-facing side. The entertainment, kitchen and living spaces sit framed by either floor to ceiling or sliding Cedar red windows on all three storeys, exposed to the luscious tropical-like garden and the ocean view.

As if the waterfront view isn’t enough, a separate sitting room is added to match the level of an irregularly shaped pool with rich timber decking, poolside rumpus and wet area. Beyond the clear transparency of the sightlines, Conrad’s utilises the architecture’s existing grid and unique angled walls of the existing house, programming the spaces to kindly directs visitors towards the glistening sea view.

Related: Kew Residence by John Wardle Architects.

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Photos by Anson Smart.

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The architect, determined to push their home towards a sustainable front, thoroughly replaced the façade with sustainably sourced timber and high performing glazing. He added high rating insulation of walls, hydronic flooring heating and utilised the sea breeze coming from the south allowing for effective temperature control. The selection of light pine was thoughtfully sourced to compliment the soft curves of built-in joinery, as well as complementing the house’s original palette of Rusted Red, Mission brown and grey. The love for this colour combination is palpable even in a skylight covered bathroom with punchy rust-red Japanese tiles. It’s a flattering compliment to the history embedded in this impressive complex and makes the existing organisational grid, curves and eccentric staircase aesthetically unique.

Flashy yet modest, eccentric but purposeful – a heritage-listed house that was unique from the start continues to remain unique now. By paying attention to the details of the house’s character growth and introducing new elements, Conrad has attentively developed the charm of his new home – demonstrating that vintage can be both sustainable and modern when tweaked in the right places.

Related: A Mid-Century Wonder Transformed by BarlisWedlick into a High-Performance Retreat.

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Lisbon is the capital and the largest city in Portugal with an estimated population of 508,300. This Overview captures a sizable portion of the downtown area, including the green space at right called Parque Eduardo VII — a massive city park known for its exotic plants, monuments, and panoramic views of the city. Lisbon is the only capital in Europe located on the Atlantic Ocean.

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A bridge crosses the Kensico Reservoir in the town of Valhalla, New York. Located about 15 miles (24 km) north of New York City, the reservoir stores waters received from the Catskill Mountains and provides a site for fishing and boating recreation. With an average depth of nearly 44 feet (13.5 m) and a maximum depth of 120 feet (37 m), it can hold 30 billion gallons (113 billion liters) of water.

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In their second collaboration with lifestyle brand Lost and Found, B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio further builds on the concept of “home” in a design that brings the delights of daily life to a retail backdrop. Located in the Renzo Piano-designed art park OōEli in Hangzhou, housing offices, art spaces, retail and design hotels, the store is a quiet reprieve from this “super complex”, reflecting the brand’s philosophy of art and daily life.

Divided into the furniture display area and event space, spatial design revolves around the materiality of the interior with natural textures and artisan craftsmanship on show. Three washed stone boxes scattered around the interior exhibit a tableau of everyday scenes, aiming to showcase the brand’s furniture and homewares selection.

Semi-enclosed with different wall heights, patrons are encouraged to wander in and between the boxes, exploring the various portrayals of daily life. The warm and soft atmosphere is enhanced by the natural and washed texture of the stone walls.

Related: An Homage to Palladio: Parlor19 Jewellery Store in Hangzhou by Say Architects.

Two stone steps connect the display boxes to a cabin with a pitched roof on one side of the space. Inspired by the tea fields in Hangzhou, the volume was designed to accommodate store events and temporary exhibition projects. Cosy, relaxed and very zen the facade of the cabin also provides a sense of openness with the wood-frame sliding doors visually separating the cabin ever so lightly from the display space.

A dialogue between store and brand develops with Blue Architecture incorporating materials that Lost and Found use in their own furniture into the cabin. Its floors, walls and ceiling feature five different kinds of wood – beech, walnut, white oak, cherry and ash – their natural finishes articulating a sense of warmth and tenderness within the space.

Related: Random Art Space in Hangzhou, China by Air Architects.

Across the room, a wall of stacked natural timber also draws the eye. Functioning as a display area for small objects, the designers used old reclaimed poplar wood from the production of the furniture factory. An improvisational and experimental process “the unique texture of the aged wood reflects a trace of time and a sense of familiarity,” B.L.U.E. Architecture explained. “Because of the uniqueness of every single piece of the wood, we use them to build small-scale experiments at our studio to test its visual effect before we finally stack and build the wood together with the workers at the construction site in OōEli.”

With the sheer volume of timber used, a unique sensorial experience develops with a natural scent enveloping the store, capturing the customers’ imagination and evoking their senses – a must in the age of booming e-commerce platforms.

Responding to the design philosophy advocated by the brand, Lost & Found Hangzhou looks to retrieve the slow and lost art of daily life and nature.

Related: An Homage to Memphis: Ya Space! Art & Design Museum by Li Wenqiang.

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Hamad International Airport is the sole international airport in the state of Qatar. Located in Doha, it covers 8.5 square miles (22 square km) along the Persian Gulf, half of which is on reclaimed land. Hamad Airport opened in 2014 and handled more than 38.8 million passengers in 2019.

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Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, with an estimated 2.7 million people living in its metropolitan area. Founded in the 7th century during the Romanesque period and flourishing throughout the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque eras, the city is a rich cultural hub of central Europe. This Overview shows the Vltava River winding through Prague’s city center.

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Launched in 2012, the PNY burger chain opens its burger restaurant in Paris in the heart of Marais. Conceived by Belgian architect Bernard Dubois (see Dubois’ previous interior for PNY here), this exceptional all-timber burger joint plunges customers into a so-cool-it-hurts retro vibe.

This 50 square meter eatery punches well above its compact size. The expressive, visually arresting interior displays an obsessive commitment to detail, with ceiling heights acting as the main organisational device.

Known for blurring the lines between various stylistic genres, Dubois drew on diverse references for the restaurant’s design. The arch shapes reference a recurring motif from the Louvain-La-Neuve Library of Sciences in Belgium – a brutalist André Jacqmain building much loved by the designer.

Related: PNY Burger Restaurant in Paris by Bernard Dubois.

The skeleton form manifests as a series of dark timber arches for the ceiling, upside-down stainless steel arches for the feet of the stools, glass for the door handle, light timber for the chairs, and plaster relief seen on the walls.

Much like Carlo Scarpa, each detail gave rise to another smaller detail, that lead to even smaller details that followed the same suit.

Rudy Guénair, the founder of PNY, is on a self-proclaimed mission to make the best burgers the French capital has ever seen. This is the chain’s eighth outpost on rue Saint-Croix de la Bretonnerie in the south of the trendy Marais.

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Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, with more than 2.8 million residents. Architecture in the city is eclectic; due to immigration, there is a mix of Colonial, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Neo-Gothic and French Bourbon styles. This Overview shows several of Buenos Aires’ 48 barrios, or neighborhoods, including Almagro, Boedo, Caballito and San Cristóbal.

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Next up, in the continuing series of beautiful places that we get to visit together vicariously, is Madrid-based architecture and design practice Febrero Studio’s VH Apartment. Located in Chamberí, a quintessential 18th-century colonial Madrid neighbourhood, Febrero Studio has completed a full refurbishment of a 200 square-metre apartment into a homely and well-proportioned living quarters.

With a consummate ability to completely transform the interior, the design team completely modified the layout, resulting in a city home that houses three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. Embodying both a sense of warmth and spaciousness, Febrero Studio utilised materials such as bleached oak and organic blue plaster to visually balance the interiors.

A herringbone pattern floor of bleached oak parquet adorns the kitchen and dining areas, a mellow backbone for two stainless steel units that provide extra storage while exuding a sense of contemporary design that is almost futuristic. Serving as a shielding element to the bedrooms, one of the freestanding elements also services as a bar unit.

Related: Playful Madrid Apartment Renovation by Plutarco.

Blue is used as a motif throughout the apartment, seen not only on the wall that semi-conceals the bedrooms but also as the backdrop for the dining and kitchen area. The colour is seen again in the guest bathroom wall, accompanying the earthy tones in the rest of the room. A distinction is evident from the blue wall, acting as a barrier between the wooden floor of the more daytime and public areas to the micro-cement floors in the private bedrooms. However, pale blue is utilised in the reading nook, cupboard doors and bathroom doors in the bedroom for visual continuation. The micro-cement floor carries on to the bathrooms.

Radical changes to the original apartment were made as part of Febrero Studio’s creative process, resulting in a functional reinvention of the home. Making use of a warm and personal material palette, Febrero Studio establishes a humble balance between sophistication, contemporary design and bold ideas in their overall approach.

Related: CASA A12 Duplex House in Madrid by Lucas y Hernández-Gil.

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