Shadow Play
Hotshot architect David Adjaye has created a spacious and dramatic home in King’s Cross, London, using light and dark as focal points.
A client list that includes actor Ewan McGregor, artists Jake Chapman and Chris Ofili, designer Alexander McQueen, photographer Juergen Teller and a handful of anonymous multimillionaires gives 40-year-old British architect David Adjaye a fashionable allure. But there’s no trickery to Adjaye’s appeal – although he loves to play with illusion in his work, his talent is rock-solid. He approaches his projects with an artist’s sensibility, displaying an ingenious use of materials and ability to...
Let There Be Light
Both an old building and a young designer get a new lease of life as Simon James Design goes on the move.
Here to Help
It’s no longer hard to find good help these days – just as long as you have the right stuff in your pocket.
The First Resorts
Individuality, whimsical touches and mixing and matching design eras set the scene in a new breed of exclusive luxury hotels.
From Berlin to Budapest, Paris to Arizona, every city around the world has one hotel that stands apart as the ultimate address in town. These few are for travellers who are in search of something beyond the standard ideals of luxury, who are seeking something more exclusive, quirky and imaginative in a design hotel. These hotels represent the premier accommodations in the world’s most spectacular cities – be it a historic mansion in Paris or a high-tech architectural marvel...
Outside In
Black and white, indoors and outdoors, old and new – a designer plays with opposites in this new luxury townhouse.
Although most Kiwis have given up on the 1950s quarter-acre dream, we still cling to the hope that living in the suburbs means having enough space that we don’t have to be intimately acquainted with the details of our neighbours’ everyday lives. Being able to wave over the fence is fine; being able to stare into their bathroom window as they brush their teeth in the morning is not. And as...