Being his own client offered Philip the opportunity to push boundaries – combining wisdom earned designing houses with SAOTA over the years with something a bit more whimsical and experimental. “When architects design their own homes,” he says, “they can have a bit more fun; they can be a little bit less intellectual”. That doesn’t…

Australia’s leading industry-based awards initiative, the Australian Interior Design Awards, has concluded for 2024 with the innovative and meticulously styled Northcote House by LLDS awarded the Premier Award for Interior Design at last night’s Gala event, held at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. The Australian Interior Design Awards celebrate interior design excellence, both nationally and internationally. Marking…

Cairo, Egypt [August 2025] – At just 30 years old, Mohamed El Kahhal is proving that heritage is not something to preserve in the past, but a living, evolving force. As the fifth-generation founder of Kahhal 1871, Egypt’s oldest luxury rug house, Mohamed has embraced both the weight of tradition and the challenge of reinventing it for a…