Structure isn’t just physical. It can also be organisational. In mountainous Ecuador, a new wave of young architects are shrugging off historical expectation and doing things their way — designing unique buildings that celebrate what’s special about that landscape.
Welcome to T Australia, issue #20, our “Structure” issue.
For our cover story, the writer Lance Richardson travelled to upstate New York to visit the workshop of Urban Art Projects (UAP), a company created to realise artists’ wildest dreams, from Academy Award statuettes to incredible displays of public art. Read an extract here.
In fashion, “structured” is often applied to the work of Phoebe Philo, the enigmatic designer who transformed first Chloé then Celine with her rigorously elegant clothes. She quit the industry in 2017 and has stayed quiet until now, breaking her long silence in a rare interview. If you’ve missed her clothes you’ll be happy to learn that she has a new label, under her own name, available online now.
Elsewhere in the issue, Hannah Tattersall reveals why social media-savvy chefs like José Saulog, of the new Catalan restaurant Parlar in Sydney’s Potts Point, are changing the way dishes are not just presented, but devised, down to the ingredients used, to create dishes that look more like art than food.
And Hollie Wornes charts the beauty industry’s search for new forms of skincare, whether cutting-edge science or, paradoxically, a return to natural ingredients that echoes ancient practices.
Fred Siggins looks at craft distillers and brewers in pursuit of ever more complex and distinctive products, and Luke Benedictus spotlights the breathtaking new designs from the “fashion watch” category (timepieces made by fashion brands).
To grab a copy of Issue 20, order the mag online, subscribe or pick up a copy from your local newsagent.
