Architecture & Design Community
January 18, 2022
Metropole Architects has recently completed the Oban Estate, a contemporary home and equestrian facility that’s located half an hour inland from the port city of Durban, South Africa. Upon arriving at the estate, people drive through a raw concrete and corten gatehouse and along a curved, tree-lined avenue before passing under a low slung cantilevered […]
January 17, 2022
Brett Woods and Joseph Dangaran, founding partners of the Los Angeles–based architecture firm Woods + Dangaran are infinitely familiar with the language of high-end Californian architecture. The projects we have covered of their portfolio include a masterful renovation of a mid-century modernist masterpiece by Craig Ellwood and a new-build for a client that can demand […]
January 13, 2022
January 13, 2022 Established in Beijing by Japanese architects Yoko Fujii and Shuhei Aoyama, B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio has recently completed % Arabica, a coffee shop in Chengdu, China. Located within a historical area, the coffee shop runs alongside Kuanzhai Alley, a renowned busy commercial and cultural area, and was designed to respect the traditional western-Sichuan […]
January 13, 2022
January 13, 2022 London based architecture and design practice Studio RHE has completed a collection of four houses that are situated on the island of Félicité in the Seychelles. Rising from their surroundings as linear geometric forms, the homes rest on weathered granitic outcrops that are eye-catching elements of the local landscape. The houses are […]
January 12, 2022
The team at London-based Alessandro Isola studio named their recent residential project Fluid House. The fluid in the name does not refer to wavy or watery shapes or lines in the design, it refers to the fluidity of use of the entire space. This fluidity of views and flexibility of use are close to the heart […]
January 1, 2022
Architecture and interior design firm Clayton Korte, has completed a private wine cave located at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. Created within an existing 18’ tall x 70’ deep tunnel, the exterior opening of the cave is capped with board-formed concrete, helping it blend into its surroundings as it ages. A custom […]
December 30, 2021
December 30, 2021 Architecture and interior design firm STUDIÉ has recently completed Bermuda Coffee and Eatery, a new coffee shop in Jakarta, Indonesia. The A-frame-shaped coffee shop design, which is angled at 45 degrees from the road, was chosen not only for the architecture, but also for the cafe’s brand identity. The building has a […]
December 19, 2021
Ironwood Grove in Nashville, Tennessee, is a community of six tiny homes that operates as a small hotel. Each room is a separate house with its own design, and pathways and gardens link them around a central courtyard with a fire pit and chairs. Tiny living in East Nashville The idea was a place where […]
December 16, 2021
Architecture and interior design firm Neil Cownie Architect, has completed a modern home in Perth, Australia, for their clients that have a love of modernism and concrete. The clients wanted a family home that respected and drew on the modernist history of the area, and they had a passion for a house constructed from grey […]
December 14, 2021
How can we not love this residence located in the outskirts of Palma in the Son Vida luxury residential area often referred to as the Beverly Hills of Mallorca? The owners of BN1 House and their designer Jorge Bibiloni have ticked off most of the characteristics we love in a house: gorgeous setting and views, classic […]
November 19, 2021
The recently reopened Municipal Baths of Strasbourg really must be addressed as ‘Baths.’ It would not seem right to call the complex just simply a swimming facility or an aquatic, wellness or community centre. It is all of these but its grand architecture and interior design, both now elegantly restored by the Paris and Geneve-based […]
October 28, 2021
The island of Mallorca has seen its fair share of what we call invasive luxury architecture but there are also many beautiful exceptions that reference local materials and techniques and incorporate them into a modernist, minimalist whole. Casa Fly is a perfect example of this, designed in 2017 and completed in 2020 by Bratislava, Slovakia-based […]
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