Kew Residence is located near the center of Melbourne, overlooking the Yarra River, and is the home of architect John Wardle. Conceived by himself, in a way that unites art, design and craftsmanship, both its architecture and interior design are intricately detailed, with an emphasis on the quality of materials.
The house is positioned to appear as part of the natural landscape, in a way that reflects the respect for nature inherent in Japanese design.
Sculptural features have equal weight with functional elements. The house showcases John Wardle’s love of the personal stories embedded in design, with a table telling the story of a tea tray the architect bought as a student.
As is often the case with an architect’s home, every detail has been carefully considered, while the play of light and its aesthetic effects seem to take priority.
Design with natural materials
in the “Berekynthos” Artistic Village in Tsikalaria, Chania from September 1 to 4, 2022 with the main objective of applying traditional and innovative digital techniques to natural and recyclable materials for the design and creation of contemporary visual, architectural and handicraft objects.
For this purpose, 4+4 fast labs will be held, with the cooperation of special teachers and organizations from Crete and abroad.
An exhibition will follow at the “World War II Museum” in Platanias.
The Father of British Arts and Crafts Architecture (1831-1915)
Philip Speakman Webb (born 12 January 1831 in Oxford, England) is often called the father of the Arts and Crafts movement, along with his friend William Morris (1834-1896). Philip Webb, famous for his comfortable, unpretentious country houses, also designed furniture, tapestries, tapestries and stained glass.
As an architect, Webb is known for unusual country houses and urban four-bed houses (mansions or houses).
He embraced the vernacular, opting for the comfortable, traditional and functional rather than conforming to the elaborate Victorian decor of the day. His houses expressed the traditional methods of building in England – red brick, sash windows, cabins, tiles, steeply pitched roofs and tall Tudor chimneys. He was a pioneering figure in the English Domestic Revival Movement, a Victorian residential movement of great simplicity. Although influenced by medieval styles and the Gothic Revival movement, Webb’s highly original yet practical designs became the seed of modernism.
Webb grew up in Oxford, England at a time when buildings were remodeled with the latest engineered materials rather than restored and preserved with original materials—a childhood experience that would influence the direction of his life.
He became a junior assistant in the George Edmund Street office, worked in churches in Oxford and became close friends with William Morris (1819-1900), who also worked in GE Street.
As young men, Philip Webb and William Morris were associated with the Pre -Raphaelite Movement , a brotherhood of painters and poets who defied the artistic trends of the day and championed the philosophies of the social critic John Ruskin (1819–1900).
By the middle of the 19th century, the vicarious themes expressed by John Ruskin took place in the British intellectual. The social deaths resulting from the British Industrial Revolution inspired the reaction, expressed by the writers Charles Dickens and the architect Philip Webb. Arts and Crafts was a first movement and not just an architectural style – the Arts and Crafts movement was a reaction to the mechanization and impoverishment of the Industrial Revolution.
Web was one of the founders of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company, a decorative arts craft studio founded in 1851. What became Morris & Co., an anti-machine-age purveyor specializing in hand-painted glass, carving, furniture, tapestries, carpets and tapestries. Webb and Morris also founded the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) in 1877.
While associated with the Morris Company, Webb designed household furniture and undoubtedly contributed to the development of what became known as the Morris chair. Webb is particularly known for his table glassware, stained glass, jewelery and rustic sculptures and adaptations of Stuart period furniture. His interior decorative accessories in metal, glass, wood and embroidery can still be found in the residences he built – the red house has hand-painted glass by Webb.
An architect’s award-winning home connects design and craftsmanship
Both the architecture and interior design of the Kew Residence are intricately detailed, with an emphasis on quality materials.
Kew Residence is located near the center of Melbourne, overlooking the Yarra River, and is the home of architect John Wardle. Conceived by himself, in a way that unites art, design and craftsmanship, both its architecture and interior design are intricately detailed, with an emphasis on the quality of materials.
The house is positioned to appear as part of the natural landscape, in a way that reflects the respect for nature inherent in Japanese design.
Sculptural features have equal weight with functional elements. The house showcases John Wardle’s love of the personal stories embedded in design, with a table telling the story of a tea tray the architect bought as a student.
As is often the case with an architect’s home, every detail has been carefully considered, while the play of light and its aesthetic effects seem to take priority.
Lissoni, renowned architect and founder of Lissoni Architettura in Milan, is also known for his duties as art director for iconic brands such as Alpi, Boffi, Lualdi,
Known for using sleek, bold lines and clean silhouettes to redefine contemporary spaces, Lissoni’s design efforts extend to the exterior facade of the hotel, as well as the interiors of all public areas, rooms and apartments.
The external facade of the hotel features a series of round aluminum louvres, which provide shade and privacy to the rooms, while creating an aesthetic texture that visually distinguishes the two towers of the hotel from the surrounding developments. While blinds with their functional, uniform tracks are familiar in Shanghai architecture, the use of round frames gives them a new lease of life.