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May 30, 2025
Natural light pours across stone, wood, and ceramic in this modern Mediterranean home, where simplicity is anything but empty. On Spain’s Costa Blanca, interior designer Maria Jose Aunon Cabrera and architect Pasqual Giner explore how geometry, material, and atmosphere can shape emotion, and space. Stone, white, and warm wood cladding create a material rhythm that […]
May 29, 2025
Tucked into the sloping terrain of Ballybrew, a quiet townland in County Wicklow, Ireland, this contemporary home by DUA (Design Urbanism Architecture) doesn’t shout for attention, it listens. At first glance, it might pass for a simple farm structure. But look again. Beneath the familiar silhouette of a curved roof and green cladding lies a […]
May 29, 2025
In the heart of St. Helena, California, a historic 2,000-square-foot stone building has been reimagined as a wine tasting room that captures the essence of both European refinement and Napa Valley’s rustic charm. Designed by Hawkins Interiors, with architecture by Backen & Backen, the space honors the French heritage of the estate while embracing the […]
May 28, 2025
Perched atop a high-rise in central Melbourne, Australia, Phoenix Rooftop is a private garden created for two professionals moving from the suburbs to the city. The project was designed by BENT Architecture to bring the familiar functions of a backyard, space to move, sit, and eat, into a highly exposed rooftop environment. At 30 storeys, […]
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 Lee Broom has introduced a striking new addition to his Requiem collection: the Requiem Wall Light. Unveiled during New York Design Week, this sculptural piece continues the collection’s exploration of fluid, hand-formed plaster, now reimagined in a format that brings atmospheric lighting directly to the wall. Crafted entirely by hand in Broom’s […]
May 28, 2025
AT chats to… Eric Parry about the uncertainty generated by political headwinds and looking forward to an exchange of views on critical urban issues in London and Milan. What brings you to BCO Conference/What do you hope to achieve? I was invited to speak on the subject ‘Beyond the Workplace’ which gives a nice opportunity […]
May 27, 2025
Nestled on a corner lot in Toronto’s leafy High Park neighborhood, Westminster Residence by Batay-Csorba Architects is a striking reinterpretation of the traditional Edwardian gable house. Blending old-world archetypes with sculptural form-making, the home’s steep terracotta roof is more than an homage, it’s a bold, spatial strategy. At first glance, the oversized triangular roofline feels […]
May 27, 2025
In an episode from find the Perfect Place, a YouTube channel focused on unique home tours, host Bronson visits a small but well-considered tiny house in Wanaka, a scenic town on New Zealand’s South Island. Set in a quiet residential neighborhood at the base of Mount Iron, the house is located within easy reach of […]
May 27, 2025
Chatillon Architectes’ reinvention of Beauvais’ 1970s tapestry gallery reimagines the cultural site as a layered, flexible destination that connects the Gallo-Roman past with a new civic future. Photos Antoine Mercusot Paris-based Chatillon Architectes has completed the transformation of the Quadrilatère in Beauvais. First built in 1976, the museum was designed by renowned French architect and […]
May 25, 2025
Ceramics of Italy presented its Spring-Summer 2025 Tile Trend Report at Coverings 2025 in Orlando. The report groups new Italian ceramic and porcelain tile collections into five trends, from colour and craft to light effects and sculptural cladding. Below is each trend with the collections and brands named for it. 1. Kaleidoscope of Color Colour […]
May 24, 2025
Helen Hare explains why the lessons to be learnt from Milan’s design and fashion industries make it the ideal location for this year’s British Council for Offices Annual Conference. As a long admirer of design, fashion and the built environment, it was perhaps inevitable that Milan loomed largely into view during my research to locate […]
May 24, 2025
Modify Homes has renovated a dated red brick house in Australia for a family that wanted more light, better flow and a layout that works for everyday life. The project keeps the original tiled roof but reworks almost everything below it, with curved forms, a new rear addition and a stronger link to the garden […]
13 November 2026
