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"It's an architectural play on Biedermeier style combined with elements reminiscent of the Wiener Werkstätte," architect Ivo Krivanek says of a house he designed for a couple in Melbourne, Australia. The entrance.

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The living room.

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Los Angeles-based designers Illya Hendrix and Tom Allardyce combined antiques and the owners' contemporary paintings throughout. Peaceful Childhood , 2004, by Thanh Chuong hangs in the entrance hall. Gilt armchairs, Hendrix Allardyce Design Collection.

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A variety of European and Asian antiques were chosen to match the scale of the room. "There are juxtapositions of opposites," Allardyce points out. The fireplace surround is from Exquisite Surfaces. Drapery silk, Great Plains. Giltwood armchair fabric, Dedar. Rogers Goffigon sofa linen. Conrad shades.

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"We wanted the house to look mature—not necessarily old, not necessarily new," says the client. The kitchen "has a timeless character adapted to a modern lifestyle," Hendrix notes. The cabinetry and island are their design. The reed shades are from Conrad.

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Landscape architect Rick Eckersley lined the terrace with magnolias. The sandblasted-plaster façade is decorated with an embossed geometric pattern that evokes the work of Josef Hoffmann.