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Category: Architecture
January 1, 2022
This Wine Cellar Was Built Into An Unused Tunnel In A Solid Limestone Hillside
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
An A-Frame Design Creates A Noticeable Look For This Coffee Shop
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
This Tiny Home Community Is Actually A Hotel
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Ironwood Grove is a community of 6 tiny homes that have been turned into a small hotel. The one-of-a-kind hotel rooms each have their own unique designs and are connected by pathways and gardens that surround a central courtyard with a fire pit and chairs. Wanting to create a space where […]
December 16, 2021
A House Made From Board Formed Concrete Was Requested By This Architect’s Clients
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
BN1 House, Son Vida, Mallorca, Spain
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 Municipal Baths of Strasbourg, France
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
Casa Fly, Mallorca, Spain
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 […]
October 16, 2021
Hamptons Barn House, Amagansett, New York, USA
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Hamptons residence has many of the features of a traditional clapboard barn, but it is in fact only a few years old. The owner of the house is antique collector and seller, interior designer Michael Del Piero, who with architect Kathryn Fee, created this finely balanced hybrid. The property, overlooking a golf […]
September 24, 2021
Pera Perou Luxury Villas, Kefalonia, Greece
The brand-new Pera Perou villas are located on the mountainous, sun-baked Kefalonia, an island in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. With its colourful history stretching all the way back to antiquity and beyond, Kefalonia offers a dreamy and magical backdrop for this small, secluded resort. Athens-born owner and designer Kleoniki Androni has always been […]
September 5, 2021
Metrick Cottage and Boathouse, Lake Joseph, Ontario, Canada
A transformation from devout urbanites to resolute cottage-dwellers was unlikely for Torontonians Renee and Ken Metrick, their sons Andrew and Jamie and their families. They are the third- and fourth-generation owners of the Elte home décor retail brand and its extensions Elte Mkt and bath retailer Ginger’s. As a family they had proven they are […]
September 1, 2021
Farmhouse Residence in Provence, France
Monegasque Christopher Poyet and Parisian Emil Humbert established their Monaco-based Humbert & Poyet design agency in 2007. Over the years, their well-publicized luxurious projects have range from villas and hotels to showrooms and offices in Europe including Monaco, Paris, Berlin and London, and also in Mexico City and Dubai. Perfectly timed to become also their home […]
September 1, 2021
Ruixiang Dental Clinic, Wenzhou City, Zheijang Province, China
The need to upgrade the design of medical and dental offices has been talked and written about for at least three decades. Yet real change has not taken place. Certainly not in the non-luxury world. From the customer perspective, most are still boring, bland and decidedly “medical.” Yes, we understand the need for hygiene and […]