Melbourne
With a 'Best Ceiling in the World' award, an accolade given during the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2022, Curious is the W Melbourne's alluring cocktail bar. Designed as an all-night experience, and set within a low-lit space perfect for...
Melbourne
Hotel Jackalope, located in the Mornington Peninsula wine region is the personal project of filmmaker turned entrepreneur turned hotelier, Louis Li; who invites guests on a sensory journey by reimagining the role of art, design, dining and...
Melbourne
A hotel (well, AirBnb apartment), design showroom, and shop — all rolled up into one imaginative little space; Micro-Luxe is a refined urban den located in Melbourne’s happening Fitzroy neighbourhood. 'What’s in a name?' For...
Melbourne
Having owned a three level car park in Melbourne’s CBD for around a decade, James Fry decided he wanted to do something a little bit outside the norm, something different for a city that revels in being different; after banding around ideas of a...
Melbourne
Birregurra, Victoria: Introducing the world's most luxurious cow sheds. OK, the corrugated iron exteriors are misleading, there's more inside than you might imagine. A whole lot more. Brae is a restaurant, set on 30 acres of Australian...
Melbourne
Everyone loves a bit of summer camping, but scoring the clement weather that makes or breaks the holiday is usually down to sheer luck. I once got snowed into a campsite in Scotland in May, which goes to show that sometimes the gods just aren't on...
Melbourne
Reopening late last year - having been rescued from a colourful history by Melbourne hospitality big guns Icon Hotels Group - visitors to Melbourne's Adelphi Hotel could be forgiven for thinking they'd tapped their collective red shoes together...
Melbourne
Romance. Reflection. Remembrance. These are the three principles on which David Parsons, lead designer with Florida design studio Tatron, based the Park Hyatt Melbourne. Uninspired by other international hotels which seem to have little identity or...
Melbourne
The Prince (of Wales) Hotel is a St Kilda favourite, having occupied a place as one of Melbourne's grandest hotels since it was built the late 19th Century. Designer Megan Hounslow was involved in renovations in the 1990s, and has been back with...
Melbourne
When they were conceiving the Prahran Hotel, Techne Architects presented two design proposals. This more unusual option got the go-ahead, giving the Melbourne suburb an eye-catching addition to its hospitality sector. We're not sure if the Techne...
Melbourne
Disconnected from its Richmond, Melbourne community, The National Hotel (not actually a hotel) was a forgotten remnant from another era. That was until Breathe architects came along with a new vision and transformed the venue into a modern social...
Stuff Crush
“I am not sure whether my father totally understood my fascination with his photographs of package holidays,” explains artist Jake Clark, whose obsession with seaside resort architecture has been informed by his childhood growing up in the...
City Notes
Opening today, 28 February, Hôtel Hana Paris is the latest addition to the Adresses Hotels Collection, a fancy group of decadent boutique hotels that includes Monsieur George and Saint Tropez's La Ponche; the five-star luxury property set to...
City Notes
Passing away at the age of 60 in May 2021, Michelangelo Lovelace was a Cleveland-based artist renowned for his vibrant paintings depicting quotidian scenes of urban life, policing, poverty, war, and personal investigations of Black Identity....
City Notes
An urban sanctuary so laid back it's horizontal, Pátio do Tijolo is a truly beautiful 24-room boutique hotel that offers its guests a fusion of authentic Lisbon tradition with soothing contemporary aesthetics. Drawing on the 'slow life' concept,...
Dispatches
If you can imagine putting wheels on your favourite luxury resort you'll get an idea of what your vacation can be when you use RVshare to rent an RV in San Diego. With RV vacationing, you can combine an adventurous road trip with luxury living on...
Dispatches
The world is your oyster and the streets of many foreign cities are waiting for you to walk them, but are your feet ready for it? If you do not have the proper walking shoes, then the answer is no. Some choices in walking shoes offer little to no...
Dispatches
As a single adult male in my forties, I was exploring various adult hookup apps first. My limited offline presence and introverted nature objected to my interest in finding ladies for meetup and casual encounters. But then a good friend of mine told...
Dispatches
Recently, the broad implementation of new technologies has dramatically reshaped traditional practices across multiple sectors, increasing operational efficiency and elevating service quality. The restaurant industry is a prominent example of this...