Sober, perfectly balanced New York decor breaks no new ground but ticks plenty of boxes.

Interior architecture walks the walk in Bergamo.

Dense colour and rich textures at floor level seem to push the ceilings skyward in this new family home in Provence.

Love made visible in the Veneto countryside…

Timeless is one of those overused terms that rarely matches the project it’s used to describe. But not so here. This recently completed refurbishment of a traditional Spanish patio house, especially in these shots, feels like it could have been completed yesterday or forty years ago.  There’s no way of knowing for sure but I suspect it has something to do with the architect’s lack of ego and his desire instead to let the building decide what happens next.

Impeccable and perfect.  This family home by Dutch architects Rocha Tombal attracted one comment in particular at Dezeen back in September that is truly food for thought.  Essentially the writer loved the house but declared he could never be comfortable living there. The flawless architecture he said would make him feel like ‘a foreign body which destroys the perfectly arranged interiors’.  But, he adds, he’d be very happy to live next door.

Milan architect Matteo Thun reminds us why ceilings need downlights like fish need bicycles, at his new eco resort in the Italian Alps, Vigilius.

The stunning new ‘destination’ calendar by Milan photographer Gianni Pezzani rewrites the rules.

The most remarkable rooms are often the ones that, on paper, really shouldn’t work but do.

Layout takes precedence over fancy finishes at the new Bouroullec designed open kitchen spectacular Dos Palillos in Berlin. In what has to be the high water mark in gastronomic voyeurism (or should that be narcissism?), the massive street exposure means it won’t be just the kitchen crew enjoying all the attention. Food for thought too about the way the whole celebrity chef/cult restaurant phenomenon (ex-elBulli star Albert Raurich heads up the kitchen) is changing the way we dine in public.

via designboom