Category: Interiors
Once the hotel of choice for debutantes, the sailing elite and travelling socialites, the InterContinental Double Bay had faded. Bates Smart’s refit reinstates luxury to both the hotel and Double Bay with a fitout that suits locals and visitors alike.
In the Melbourne suburb of Alphington sits Benjamin’s Kitchen, with a soft, pastel palette making all the right waves. Annie Reid tucks in.
Travis Walton Architecture's brief for the Vicland Property Group office was to 'blur the distinction between business and pleasure'. The space does just that, with the pièce de résistance a rooftop pavilion complete with a full-service bar. Don Draper of Mad Men would be most impressed.
"What we would hate is for the public to just think we were trying to make a building look like Beyonce," says lead architect Jansen Aui, revealing Elenberg Fraser's thoroughly detailed interpretation of the muse with lead interior designer Emma Phythian.
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