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Issue 66 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 66

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Kitchens and bathrooms are, arguably, the most consequential rooms in the home — and almost always the first to be considered. Whether approached through renovation or new build, their design has the power to recalibrate how a home is lived in and experienced. For this issue, our guest editor, Mardi Doherty, principal of Studio Doherty, explores what it truly means to transform these pivotal spaces — and why thoughtful design in kitchens and bathrooms delivers dividends far beyond the purely functional. Her insights both as an architect and as her own client give an open and honest account of the thinking behind creating a home.

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Alternative Surfaces In Melbourne’s Most Instagrammable Space
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Alternative Surfaces In Melbourne’s Most Instagrammable Space

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Alternative Surfaces have once again waved their magic-trowel at Melbourne’s latest creative studio, the Highline.


For creative professionals, Highline is a space that has been designed to inspire and has quickly become the most instagrammable space in Fitzroy. Originally an old denim factory, the space’s industrial charm has been brought to life by a meticulous renovation. The natural-light filled studio boats sky-high ceilings, white walls, glass partitions and over 300 square meters of seamless X-Bond floors which has been filled with furnishings from Louis Ghost, Meizai, Click On and uniquely shaped carpet tiles from Vorwerk Carpets.

To help create the perfect blank canvas, Alternative Surfaces hand-applied their X-Bond flooring on-top of the existing concrete slab, which spans throughout the entrance, stairway, kitchen, bathrooms, offices, styling-suite and break-out areas. The X-Bond floor has withstood fashion runway shows, private functions, weddings, workshops and photoshoots.

For those who aren’t familiar with X-Bond, it is a seamless stone overlay system, which is hand applied at 3mm thick onto an existing substrate of concrete, compressed sheeting or tiles.

Find out just how versatile X-Bond is by visiting Alternative Surfaces website – and, if you’re looking for a space to conceptualize and collaborate visit the Highline

Photography: Hugh Davies

 


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Issue 66 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 66

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Kitchens and bathrooms are, arguably, the most consequential rooms in the home — and almost always the first to be considered. Whether approached through renovation or new build, their design has the power to recalibrate how a home is lived in and experienced. For this issue, our guest editor, Mardi Doherty, principal of Studio Doherty, explores what it truly means to transform these pivotal spaces — and why thoughtful design in kitchens and bathrooms delivers dividends far beyond the purely functional. Her insights both as an architect and as her own client give an open and honest account of the thinking behind creating a home.

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