Belle May 2024

We all love an updated classic, and this issue has some exquisite examples of classic style being infused with contemporary elements for today’s lifest yles. Take our gorgeous cover home, beautifully captured by Armelle Habib and designed by Charlotte Coote. The owner had long coveted this house and used to offer to feed the chickens and collect the eggs for the former residents so that she could have leisurely strolls around the property, taking in all the dreamy details that made this the house of her dreams. Well, dreams do come true, and the family who once looked longingly at the house are now happily ensconced with fabulously updated interiors by Charlotte on p78. Speaking of enduring style Shannon and Dominque from dynamic design team Duet have updated a terrace…

EDITORIAL Editor-in-chief Tanya Buchanan Creative director Shayne Burton Managing editor Matilda Ringrose Senior copy editor Janice Hogg Chief copy editor, Homes Peter Griffiths Art production Matus Kundrat Stylist, Homes Sophie Wilson Contributing editors Steve Cordony (Style director-at-large), Karen McCartney (Architecture), Kirstie Clements (Luxe Files) Judy Pascoe (Library), Carli Philips (Melbourne), Harry Roberts (Art), Jean Wright (Design) EDITORIAL OFFICE GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 1028 Tel (02) 9282 8456, email: belle@aremedia.com.au CONTRIBUTORS Sharyn Cairns, Jeremy Callaghan, David Chatfield, Sean Fennessy, Joseph Gardner, Nic Gossage, Armelle Habib, Timothy Kaye, Heather Nette King, Alana Landsberry, Gaëlle Le Boulicaut, Olga Lewis, Rhiannon Lidbury, Chris Pearson, Anson Smart, Kristina Soljo, Derek Swalwell, Alicia Taylor, Lillie Thompson, Nicholas Watt, Michael Wee, Dave Wheeler. ADVERTISING Commercial manager, Homes Rhyl Heavener Brand executive Claire Ellis, (02) 9282 8038…

TRIAS IS A YOUNG ARCHITECTURE and design practice in Sydney’s Redfern I have followed for years – always impressed by their quiet, considered approach, including the out ward expression of their ethics and aesthetics. From students who met at Sydney University and set up practice in 2017, they have held tight to the principles that first bound them: to create intuitive, innovative and timeless buildings. Jennifer McMaster, Jonathon Donnelly and Casey Bryant worked on architecture competitions together, one of which was a design for Sydney Living Museums. “A member of the public saw our scheme and asked, ‘will you design a house for us?’,” says Jennifer, “and that commission kickstarted our practice.” Many traits they hold dear manifest in a courtyard house in Newcastle, NSW, with its economy, modesty and…

ALBANIA STACKABLE SENSATION WHILE BUILDING HAS NOT YET BEGUN, THIS DESIGN FOR HORA VERTIKALE (LEFT), A VERTICAL VILLAGE PLANNED FOR TIRANA, THE ALBANIAN CAPITAL, IS WORTHY OF NOTE. DESIGNED BY PORTUGUESE STUDIO OODA THERE ARE SEVEN VARIATIONS OF CUBE – EACH MEASURING 22.5 SQUARE METRES – SOME WITH GRIDDED FACADES AND OTHERS WITH MORE PROTRUDED ELEMENTS. THE AIM IS FOR THE 13 CUBES TO BE MADE FROM LOCALLY SOURCED MATERIALS AND FOR THE BUILDING TO RISE SEVEN STOREYS OVER A PARK AND PUBLIC AMENITIES. OODA.EU ITALY FUELLING THE FUTURE With a goal of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from Italy’s recreational boats Zaha Hadid Architects have designed these remarkable green hydrogen fuelling stations (left) with investment by NatPower H. With a goal of 100 stations by 2030 the first will…

SYDNEY COLOUR FIELDS Having opened late last year, Cassandra Bird gallery’s latest presentation is a bold suite of large-scale paintings brought to life by Gene A’hern in a fabulous flurry of colour and texture (left). The artist’s expressive gestural markings are sketched across his work’s surface in sweeping, receding, dancing motions to form overlapping thickets that radiate energ y and movement. April 19-May 18. cassandrabird.com SYDNEY THE LONG GOODBYE ‘A Moment in Extended Crisis’ aligns five artists whose work accesses the intimate, private worlds often overshadowed by broader upheavals. Featuring South Korea-born, Denmarkbased artist Jane Jin Kaisen’s 2019 film Community of Parting (still, pictured, above), it explores ways in which legacies of revolution, war, exile and emigration are carried forward and how individual and collective experiences of these might feed…

01_CENTRAL CASTING Casts by Bankston, a joint effort with architects Edition Office, is a sophisticated hardware collection of metallic door levers and pulls, a hook and a snib in sandcast raw aluminium, bronze or patinated bronze. bankstonarchitectural.com.au 02_RINGING CHANGES The Wood Room has collaborated with interior architects Richards Stanisich on the Bell collection to create a curvaceous reiteration of the ‘Bell’ table in coffee table form. Its scuplted timber base is topped with glass bringing a luxurious sheen to its chosen space. thewoodroom.com.au 03_PITCHER PERFECT One of my favourite pieces from the Tiffany Wisteria collection, this pitcher is inspired by pieces from the brand’s archives, reimagining the motif with a hand-painted floral on mouth-blown glass. tiffany.com.au 04_SHADES OF BYRON Cult eyewear brand L.G.R, which has a committed following of A-listers…