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A restrained yet exotic palette, recessive wall planes
and significant artworks combine in a sumptuous
interior that connects with its harbourside outlooks
Previous pages: Cool, calm, luxurious and with
stand-out artworks, this harbourside apartment
by Archer Design offers an interior that is subdued
to let the outlooks shine, but also with vibrant
splashes that echo the lively environment. Minotti
furniture features in the central living space. The
unit has plenty of concealed storage and the blue
wall in the study conceals a drop-down bed.
Above: Immovable pillars are clad in a rich-toned
veneer. These elements are underlit to give them
lightness and also act as nightlights. Prominent
artworks in this entry area include a Pamela Wolfe
oil on canvas and a Becker Minty sculpture.
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When your home base is in England and
your new holiday retreat is a 10th-floor
harbourside apartment on the other side
of the world, you want the latter to be of
the refined quality that you’re accustomed
to – at the same time optimising the water-
views your luxury getaway affords.
This was the fairly open and trusting
brief for architect and interior designer
Richard Archer when fitting out this 1960s
apartment in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney.
“The apartment was chosen by the
owners for its spectacular location and