Hidden among the restless streets of Surry Hills, Sona Place distils the neighbourhood’s industrial past and creative pulse into a compact retreat where hospitality is measured through atmosphere rather than scale. Conceived by Jform director Jonathan Friend alongside Matt Rhodes, Kate Parsons and Olivia Parsons, the boutique apartment rejects the predictable language of short-stay accommodation…
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A Visit to Edicola 518, Perugia’s Smallest Cultural Landmark
Across Italy, thousands of newsstands remain scattered through city streets like fragments of another urban era. Once essential points of exchange, where newspapers, conversation and everyday life intersected, many now stand abandoned, their structures intact but their original purpose long dissolved. Few have been given a meaningful second life. In Perugia, Edicola 518 offers a…
A Barn Reimagined: A Quiet Retreat in Brandenburg’s Uckermark
Once a working stable, this fieldstone structure in the Uckermark has been reimagined as a place where architecture slows the pace of everyday life. Conceived as a private retreat by Andreas and Gary, the project embraces the surrounding landscape, offering a setting where silence becomes part of the experience. Set within the open countryside of…



