Articles by James Parkes

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Ten escapist hotels featuring luxury cabins nestled in the countryside

February 4, 2021 James Parkes 0
Different shaped cabins placed along a mountain terrain

A new wave of hotels is offering guests the chance to sleep in individual cabins set amid spectacular landscapes instead of in a traditional building with corridors. Here’s our selection of 10 of the most interesting cabin hotels. From China to Denmark, studios including ZJJZ Atelier, Sigurd Larsen and Snøhetta have designed hotels featuring individual

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Austin Maynard Architects adds steel-and-glass extension to brick cottage in Melbourne

January 22, 2021 James Parkes 0
Facade of Union House by Austin Maynard Architects

Playful accents including an indoor slide and a climbing wall fill Union House, a steel-and-glass home with an original Dutch-gabled facade designed by Austin Maynard Architects in Melbourne, Australia. The Dutch-gabled facade is all that remains of the original home in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick, Melbourne, which has been given a steel-and-glass extension. Recycled

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Julius Taminiau Architects’ timber-clad Rhythm House is informed by music

January 21, 2021 James Parkes 0
Rhythm House by Julius Taminiau Architects

Rhythm House in Amsterdam is clad in rough-sawn timber and designed to be a modern adaptation of the area’s previous agricultural houses. Built in the neighbourhood of Sloten on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Julius Taminiau Architects named the home Rhythm House to reflect how music impacted the design. We use music often as an inspiration in our designs,

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Biasol plays off Wes Anderson’s whimsical style with The Budapest Cafe in Melbourne

January 18, 2021 James Parkes 0
The Budapest Cafe by Biasol

Melbourne-based interior design studio Biasol used earthy hues and stylised architectural motifs to create a destination inspired by Wes Anderson’s symmetry and nostalgic colour palette. The Budapest Cafe in Carlton, Melbourne is Biasol’s second edition of its Wes Anderson-informed concept, following a first location in Chengdu, China, that featured marble surfaces and pale pastel greens.

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Jon Danielsen Aarhus designs spruce-clad holiday home overlooking the Oslofjord

January 14, 2021 James Parkes 0
Cabin Son by Jon Danielsen Aarhus

Oslo-based Jon Danielsen Aarhus has designed Cabin Son, a holiday home set on the water’s edge overlooking the Oslofjord and Jeløya island on the south coast of Norway. The spruce-clad, L-shaped home was designed to follow the topography of the site’s naturally occurring ledges. Jon Danielsen Aarhus let the contours of the landscape guide the

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