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In this issue, we’ve let architects and designers do the talking. You’ll hear directly from our esteemed 10 for 2024 – ten architecture and design authorities and ten multidisciplinary design authorities – who shed light on their practice, approach and the evolving design landscape. Our Where Architects Live series takes us inside the homes of five different architects, including our cover story – architect Felix de Montesquiou’s converted Paris warehouse, that he shares with his wife, young family and their two dogs. You’ll also find interviews with Argentine architect Luis Laplace and partner Christophe Comoy in their Menorca finca, Sydney architect Ben Mitchell in his former shoe-factory-turned-family-home, and London architect Ben Ridley in his Edwardian terrace informed by ‘Passivhaus’ principles. Beyond the page, our latest film enters architect Manuel Aires…
HOLLY BEADLE Since joining the est living editorial team as features writer in early 2022, Holly has penned countless pieces on exceptional architecture, design and products for estliving.com and the past eight issues of est magazine. In this issue, Holly speaks to Melbourne based architect Emma Templeton about the design of fashion designer Penelope Loorham’s South Melbourne home. Holly also takes us to four design-led retail stores to dissect where fashion and architecture converge. #hollybeadle RORY GARDINER London and Melbourne-based photographer Rory Gardiner has established a name in the global design community, working with some of the world’s most renowned architects and designers. He captures light, materiality and form in a way that transforms his architectural photography into artwork. In this issue, Rory captures Templeton Architecture’s latest project, Luna, home…
NEW RELEASE chateau orlando x cc tapis @cc_tapis @olikearon ARCHITECT fala.atelier @fala.atelier @arorygardiner ARTIST CLOUD PLINTH Plinth Exhibition for Misc Objet 'Ghost Plinth' by Melbourne-based multidisciplinary designer Charlie White explores the simple function of a plinth and its novel ability to defy gravity. The ghost-like form is made from discarded towels soaked in concrete, as a lighter counterpart to the typical fluted column. @charliewhitewhite DESIGN DESTINATION Hotel Panamera Tulum @hotelpanamera EXHIBITION BOX by MaxLamb at Gallery FUMI @gallery_fumi @penguinseggphoto PROJECT Mithimnis Apartment by Molonglo & Royffe Flynn @royffeflynn @lorenzozandri ARTIST JOE LANE Artist Jo Lane’s sculptures explore a soft and tactile sensibility through contrastly solid materiality. @__jolane__…
Renowned for their ability to weave together the threads of tradition and modernity, architect Luis Laplace and his partner in life and business, Christophe Comoy, are the creative duo behind architectural and interior design practice Laplace. Founded in Paris in 2004, Laplace is well-regarded for an artistic acumen that eclipses creative boundaries and champions art and craftsmanship. Laplace combines a contemporary sensibility with respect for history and context to create soulful, timeless spaces. The spaces the practice designs each tell a unique story of artistry under their expert curation, and Laplace and Comoy’s own home 'Casa Santa Magdalena' in Menorca, provides the perfect testament. Overflowing with treasured fleamarket finds, their Menorcan finca is an ode to provincial life, preservation, spirit and Mediterreanean resplendence. You were first commissioned to design a…
INTUITIVE APPROACHABLE UNORTHODOX Where do you go to appreciate exceptional design? I would like to talk more about what feeds into my design. I’m always absorbing design; it’s everywhere. No matter what journey you complete as part of your daily routine, it’s been design ed and highly informed by art, architecture, design, books, travel, food, fashion, experience, small moments and conversations. The one thing people always ask me is: Do you know exactly what you want to do as soon as you walk into a space? Three words that most appropriately sum up my approach to design are: Intuitive, approachable, unorthodox. What key influence can we anticipate seeing in projects you are yet to release? Flack Studio is now an architecture studio. We are currently working on some incredible private residential…
PROPORTION SCALE HARMONY Where do you go to appreciate exceptional design? We believe exceptional design is in the history of architecture and design – museums in cities like Copenhagen, Paris, Milan, and London. The one thing people always ask me is: What is your style? Three words that most appropriately sum up my approach to design are: Proportion, scale, harmony. What key influence can we anticipate seeing in projects you are yet to release? We are now very inspired by the work of Georges Geffroy. What is the one piece of advice you would share with an emerging designer? Every designer should find their craft and master it. Specialisation and mastery are valuable qualities for designers to cultivate in their careers. What’s the first thing you always notice when you…
