Gentle warmth and sunlight, a feeling of lightness, a desire to flutter freely, laugh, and indulge exclusively in the hedonistic joys of life - this is the mood I wanted to create while working on the design project for the Italian restaurant “August”.
Project name
Italian Restaurant August
Architecture firm
Sarah Mikhailova
Location
Moscow, Russia
Photography
Mikhail Bravy
Starfish Beach Resort is a masterplan project that combines residential, retail, and hospitality within a verdant 58-hectare haven in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, amidst unspoiled coastal and green landscapes. Tucked adjacent to the famous Starfish Beach, this initiative pays homage to nature's most exquisite gifts.
Project name
Starfish Beach Resort
Architecture firm
SOG design
Location
Phu Quoc, Vietnam
Pendry Mexico City is located in the epicenter of the incomparable landscape of culture, contemporary style and inimitable intrigue of Mexico City. Located in the Roma Norte District, Pendry Mexico City will bring its hospitality and Distinctive design with 114 rooms and suites along with 20 Pendry Residences Private homes, designed in partnership...
Project name
Pendry
Architecture firm
Central de Arquitectura, IZ Arquitectos
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
MRP
Grizzo Studio: In the heart of a 3000 m² lot and surrounded by trees, the house is implanted divided into the land, allowing nature to be part of each space. It is permeable, the environments cross from side to side so as not to cut off the views, making the architecture part of the environment.
Project name
Casa Vagon
Architecture firm
Grizzo Studio
Location
Bueno Aires, Argentina
The project involved the full refurbishment, extension, and garden room addition, to an existing 1930s semi-detached dwelling house in the Mount Merrion suburb of South County Dublin, Ireland. The site had a north facing garden and maximising light was an important element of the brief.
Project name
Mather Road
Architecture firm
Rachel Carmody Design Limited
Location
Mount Merrion, South County Dublin, Ireland
Photography
Ste Murray
For the clients this was an undertaking very close to their heart. Having worked with Oleg and Anna on several projects in the past, they not only came to know the designers very well but also learned to appreciate their creative prowess and the superb quality of their finished interiors.
Project name
Apartment in Moscow's historic centre
Architecture firm
O&A London
Location
Moscow, Russia
Photography
Roman Pankratov
Massimo Iosa Ghini: I use my sensitivity with references to Alberti’s De Re Aedificatoria (written in 1450), where he always recommends staying in the place of construction to breathe the air and spirit of the place and not suppress the emotions and suggestions that can derive from it.
Written by
Rahma Himid
Photography
Massimo Iosa Ghini

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