Belle

Belle is an interior design and decoration magazine, with a focus on Australia and the world’s finest homes. Belle keeps readers up to date with local and international news and trends in design, interiors, art, architecture, furniture, fabrics and wallpaper, food, travel and luxury goods.

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RIGHT NOW • This spring, Melbourne Sculpture Biennale takes up residence at a stately Brighton landmark.

Group dynamic • The latest enthralling and evocative exhibitions from around the country.

Going solo • National Emerging Art Prize finalist Tam Cao finds new perspectives in the field.

FULL DISCLOSURE • Templeton Architecture is the quiet achiever – intimately shaping homes that chime with their clients’ aspirations to deliver joy and longevity.

MONUMENTAL PRESENCE • TEN YEARS AFTER US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA LEFT OFFICE, TOD WILLIAMS BILLIE TSIEN ARCHITECTS HAS COMPLETED THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE. A 69-METRE GRANITE MUSEUM TOWER RISES AGAINST THE SKY, SURROUNDED BY LOW-LYING BUILDINGS WHICH ALSO FORM PART OF THE SCHEME AND HAVE BEEN LARGELY ABSORBED INTO THE LANDSCAPE. SCULPTURAL FROM EVERY ANGLE, IT SPEAKS TO OBAMA’S SIGNIFICANCE AS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT AND AS A COMMUNITY ORGANISER WHO CAME FROM THIS CITY. TWBTA.COM

ON TOUR • Belle’s style editor-at-large visited a new vinyl cafe-boutique in Sydney to check out the clothes and play some tunes.

INFLUENCES • What inspires the people who inspire us

SPACES + PLACES • FOR ME, LUXURY IS ABOUT TIME, AND BEING IN DIFFERENT PLACES WITH THE PEOPLE THERE, SO I CAN SEE HOW THEIR DESIGN WORKS AND EXPLORE HOW THEY LIVE.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS • Coastal design, careful craftsmanship and premium materials – Harbour is the triple threat of outdoor furniture, celebrating its 50th anniversary in style.

STORY TIME • Interior designer Ruby Shields prioritises warmth, colour and layers of narrative in her creations – and nowhere is that truer than in her Yarra Valley home, which is sprinkled with sylvan magic.

ISABELLA Walker-Smith • Interior stylist, curator and columnist Isabella Walker-Smith brings her signature blend of vintage, antique and modern accents to the Melbourne home she shares with her growing family.

Battle ready • Strong, simple looks tracking back to the Bronze Age.

Classical beauty • Putting the focus on décolletage with drapery and jewels.

Top shelf • Reach for this month’s star performers.

SMART • A wildly different mix, from look-at-me moments to subtle schemes that whisper their design intentions.

ONE OF A KIND

THOUGHTS OF HOME [ London ]

COASTAL CONNECTION [ Sydney ]

SPLASHING OUT

PARK LIFE

UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE [ Sydney ]

ABOVE & BEYOND

PASS PORT

FALLING for Whistler • EXCEPTIONAL SKIING IS A GIVEN AT WHISTLER, BUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS, MEMORABLE MEALS AND SPECTACULAR SCENERY, YOU REALISE THERE’S A LOT MORE TO LOVE.

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HOMES • Designers go large by experimenting with scale and upping the ante.

A NEW LIGHT • Thomas Hamel’s latest Palm Beach project reinterprets the relaxed glamour and cultivated ease of 1920s Antibes.

OFF THE WALL

HARD TO RESIST

Conducive to calm

S TATE o f elevation • An interior stylist and her husband are on a quest to preserve the grand manors of Malvern, one at a time.

Private gallery • An inner-city terrace has been custom designed to display the owners’ collection of bold and beautiful art.

On the rise • A home in humble materials and classic proportions emerged from an extraordinary location.

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