Rebecca Gross

Having personal, private, outdoor space is becoming ever-more elusive as urban areas become more crowded due to population growth and development. Urban Oasis: Finding Tranquility at Home features projects from Sydney to Singapore and London to New York that showcase inspirational and aspirational rooftops, gardens, and courtyards that offer private pockets of paradise. Amid the hustle and bustle of their...

The distinctive visual language, bright colours, and unexpected materials of the 80s postmodernists are making a comeback. After decades of minimalism, mid-century modern, and Scandinavian design, a new wave of architects and designers are experimenting with shape, scale, and symbolic references to add expression and meaning to interior and furniture design. Playing with the themes of postmodernism, sometimes knowingly, sometimes...