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November 26, 2022
Design firm Spacecraft co. has completed Early BKK, a cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, that has a unique facade. Kaytita Chaisuksiri of Early BKK wanted to have a cafe that would introduce recycling and green concepts to visitors and neighbors. Since the statement of Early BKK was very clear, Spacecraft started researching upcycled materials and trash […]
November 24, 2022
The form is indisputably farm-like. So, do we care that the house is not on a farm, neither are the owners farmers? No we don’t, as the Bass Coast Farmhouse, designed by Melbourne-based John Wardle Architects, is just too beautiful to ignore. The architects write that the shape and the name relate to a traditional […]
November 13, 2022
Yuputira is a house that the Japanese multidisciplinary artist Mariko Mori designed for herself on Miyako Island, Japan. The island lies closer to Taiwan than to the Japanese mainland, a three-hour flight from Tokyo, and is known for white sand beaches, coral reefs and a mild climate. An artist who works in white Mori has […]
November 11, 2022
Photo courtesty of De Zwarte Hond | Photo by Ronald Tilleman Design firm De Zwarte Hond has completed SuperHub, a grocery store and cafe in Groningen, The Netherlands. The eye-catching design of the building is expansive and transparent, with a supporting structure made entirely of cross-shaped laminated wood columns and beams, providing the building with […]
November 4, 2022
November 4, 2022 This modern cabin, with an all black board and batten exterior, is located in the mountains near Dahlonega, Georgia. Designed with privacy in mind, the cabin appears almost like a dark shadow in the trees, however, once across the entryway bridge and through a gate, there’s a large deck with expansive mountain […]
November 2, 2022
Canadian practice MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects has designed a house perched on a granite hilltop overlooking the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, at the edge of a forested hillside. Its skin of rusty corrugated steel is meant to change over time along with the landscape around it. Weathered steel over a metal frame Corrugated steel, already […]
November 1, 2022
Architecture firm KUD has designed the Imperium Town Homes, a collection of 4 townhouses in Australia, with a curved brick facade. The exterior features natural earth-colored bricks accented by protruding black metal window frames. The black frames cast shadows onto the brick, adding even further interest to the building’s exterior. Here’s a look at the […]
October 28, 2022
This rural house, designed by Dion Keech Architects together with its owner, takes a U shape around a courtyard and is finished in black. The owner is a designer who runs Mr Pinchy and Co, an Australian brand of sculptural homewares, and was closely involved throughout the design process. A dark box in the landscape […]
October 26, 2022
Architects EAT have completed Kori Ice Cream, a fun and colorful ice cream shop with Japanese inspiration that’s located in Hawthorn, Australia. The designers referenced Japanese kawaii culture and the hyperpop music movement, as well as street art and curbside posters to create a graphically and visually strong space. They mention that “peering into the […]
October 25, 2022
Serendipity, good luck and a great deal of trust and courage were all needed to make this elegant restoration of a century-old traditional Mallorcan possessió or rural estate happen. The architectural refurbishment was directed by Bernat Oliver and Javi Márquez, and interior design by Feliu Rullán and Victoria Vidal, the owners of the Mallorcan interior design […]
October 24, 2022
Architecture and interior design firm Wood Marsh has completed a residential building in Victoria, Australia, with a strongly sculptural form and columns that flare out at the top like a champagne flute. Carved from one material The building is curved and asymmetrical, and it reads as if it had been carved from a single raw […]
October 23, 2022
FORWARD Design | Architecture has shared photos with us of the renovation that was done on this mid-century modern home in Kansas City, Missouri. The home, originally designed by the architecture firm Linscott, Kiene & Haylett and built-in 1954, was revolutionary at the time for its T-shaped split-level plan, which allowed for a more spacious, […]
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