The designer believes an opulent atmosphere is bigger than the sum of the parts. “Thing like precious stone inlay in tops of tables, special finishes to timber, customised resin pieces, embroidered and beaded materials, that’s where the luxury market is,” North says. Interior architect Blainey North believes highly-skilled artisans are key to creating luxury interiors.įor North, who counts Nicole Kidman, James Packer, Russell Crowe and Kerry Stokes as past clients and has offices in Sydney, New York and London, says her Australian clients are embracing richer, more detailed interiors over the clean, crisp lines of the recent past. AFR Weekend spoke to the industry leaders to uncover what is putting the prestige into property in 2023. We are currently working with an incredible local artist who studied water gilding and gold and silver leafing in Ireland,” North says.Īustralia’s long-standing obsession with real estate and home improvement – driven to new heights through the pandemic – has fuelled a new standard of luxury in prestige property. “We are seeing the revival of craftsmanship, where highly skilled artisans are creating organic pieces. The complex craftsmanship behind such interior details in the apartment on New York’s “billionaire’s row” is part of the next frontier in luxury living, according to acclaimed interior designer Blainey North. Interior architect Blainey North designed this Central Park Tower in New York using hand-loomed wall panels based on musical scores. They are also woven soundscapes: visual representation of the Beatles’ Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds translated digitally onto fabric by British sound alchemist Nadia-Anne Ricketts. The detailed panels cocoon the 66th-floor residence from the cacophony of the city below. In New York, hand-loomed textiles upholster an apartment wall in the world’s tallest residential building, Central Park Tower.
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