EVENTS, INSTALLATIONS

Black+Colour Wedding, Melbourne, Australia

In many cultures, weddings are colourful affairs with costume changes and other colour-adding traditions dating back hundreds of years. In the Westernized world, however, weddings usually bring up visions of a lacy white bride and a black-suited groom. Lots of white flowers, gauze and princessy embellishments. Read this article HERE.

DESIGN, INTERIORS

Gandel Wing, Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

We wouldn’t wish illness on anyone, but if one must stay at a hospital, we wouldn’t mind if instead of the run-of-the-mill scary infirmary, we’d be treated at Gandel Wing, Cabrini Hospital, Malvern in Melbourne, Australia. Read this article HERE.

ARCHITECTURE, HOMES

The Skyscape Rooftop House, Bangkok, Thailand

Urban development is under a microscope – as it should be. We are starting to learn, among other things, from the mistakes that the car-crazy plans have created including mindless urban sprawl, one-dimensional and boring sleeping communities, dead downtowns and cookie-cutter shopping malls.  Read this article HERE.

DESIGN, INTERIORS, STORES

White’s Dry Cleaners, Montreal, Quebec

Inexplicably, some aspects of the street-front retail scene seem forever doomed. Dry cleaners and laundry services are a perfect example of this. Yes, we have seen attempts in the past few decades of creating new concepts around this service by combining laundry with hair salons or coffee shops or other services. But those attempts haven’t really changed the game. Read this article HERE.

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Painted Hall at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, UK

We will choose an exquisitely restored old building over a new one every time. With a restoration approach that does not interfere with the history of a building but enhances it, older structures gain a completely new level of interest and fascination. Read this article HERE.

ARCHITECTURE, HOMES

KLOOF 119A: Private Residence, Cape Town, South Africa

Architect Greg Truen, director at the Cape Town-based SAOTA talked with The Cool Hunter about KLOOF 119A, a residence SAOTA designed for a client he knows well: Truen himself and his small family. There was no need to interpret the brief as it was very clear. Read this article HERE.

RESTAURANTS AND BARS

Tartuferia San Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil

By combining truffles, minimalistic restaurant design and nature, architects Mariana Garcia Oliveira and Filipi Oliveira created a beautiful pop-up restaurant at CARACOR 2018 for Tartuferia San Paolo in Brazil. The temporary restaurant had all of the characteristics of considered, minimalist design. Read this article HERE.

STORES

Khromis Eye Wear, PoHo, Hong Kong

Khromis Eye Wear is located in PoHo, one of Hong Kong’s hip neighbourhoods-to-watch, a cul-de-sac of Po Hing Fong Street in Sheung Wan. The sleek yet inviting boutique is 812 square feet (75,5 sq. metres) in size, but seems much larger due to the clever use of mirrors and lighting. Read this article HERE.

ARCHITECTURE, OFFICES

De Waterhond, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

While many organizations have vacated their massive and expensive office towers, equally as many others have taken a creative approach to work space and reconsidered the role of the working environment in the productivity of their teams. Read this article HERE.

DESIGN, INSTALLATIONS

Damião de Góis Museum, Alenquer, Portugal

It is a rare pleasure to run into a design project that stuns in its intelligent simplicity. When the designers have had the wisdom, courage and tenacity to leave out everything that isn’t essential, everything that doesn’t belong. Read this article HERE.

ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN

Figueras Polo Club at El Yacaré, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

In the 1990s, supermodels did not wake up for less than $10,000 per day. A few zeros have been added to that fee since, and the lifestyle of a supermodel has been upgraded by several notches. In the polo world, the supermodels are the horses and their luxury boutique hotels are the stables. Read this article HERE.