Simplicity, natural materials and a neutral palette are the perfect ingredients to create a warm and serene interior, as this mountain lodge by Italian architect Alfredo Vanotti shows.

In the Far East, bamboo has been used as a building material for millennia, much praised for its strength, versatility and sustainability.

Regular readers may think we are obsessed with industrial style lofts, but in fact we are also partial to small but perfectly formed abodes.

Calvin Klein is famous for his slick, minimalist look and his waterfront retreat in Miami Beach is no exception.

As winter advances our thoughts turn to snow and the pleasures of being ensconced in a warm, inviting mountain lodge with picture postcard views.

If you are designing the lobby of a hotel with uninterrupted views of a beautiful beach, it would be wise to have as few distractions as possible.

At first sight, this collection of benches and chairs looks like they are made of wood with an elaborate pattern painted on it.

Japanese design has a way of distilling the essence of simple objects to their purest forms, in so doing creating works of great refinement and grace.

The lobby of Hotel Hotel in Canberra has just been named World Interior of the Year 2015 at the INSIDE World Festival of Interiors in Singapore.

Vivarium, Latin for "place of life", evokes images of glass terrariums filled with exotic plants.

There are few things as universal as the human desire to eat, preferably well.