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Elegant yet strong. Its key features have a masculinity which is balanced with curves and clean lines. It’s beautifully finished. Oscar Niemeyer, who was a Brazilian treasure and key figure in modern architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright. I love fashion photographer David Sims. Home is looking across the water in Melbourne, Australia, but also South Africa. I love the big Sophie Gannon Gallery, the NGV and The Espy (the Esplanade Hotel)! Any leather armchair. Right now it’s the ‘Safari’ chair by Kaare Klint or the ‘Falcon’ chair by Sigurd Ressell. The Beaumaris Modern, a group who encourage the appreciation and preservation of 1950s, 60s and 70s architecture in Melbourne’s Beaumaris. Find them on Instagram.

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