Light On Tap: Modus Brewery in Newcastle by Prevalent.It's not often that the word 'tranquil' comes to mind when describing a brewery, yet for this reimagined post-war shed in Newcastle, Prevalent managed to achieve an elusive sense of serenity. Centred around the need of the user and driven...
Ripple Effect: Charlotte Chesnais’ Saint-Germain Store by Anne Holtrop.Charlotte Chesnais is as much a sculptor as she is a jeweller, so it was only right her Parisian boutique, designed by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop, reflected this quality. With sweeping moves and a material palette that is both tonal and...
Take a Showroom and Make it a Home: USM Shanghai by Halleroed.It’s safe to say everyone is very familiar with IKEA’s super clever business model of aspirational home displays. Well the Swedes have done it again, and this time it’s a serious step up from IKEA. For USM’s private showroom in...
Chiaroscuro Composition: Elogio del Grigio by Cardillo Architecture.Belgian artist and surrealist, René Magritte, often took everyday, familiar objects and placed them in unexpected scenes, posing questions as to where the boundaries lie between what is real and what is representation. Similarly, Italian...
Dutch Courage: A Collectors home in Amsterdam by DAB Studio.If the aim of the 1910 Amsterdam School movement was to create a total architectural experience, inside and out, then DAB Studio has very successfully followed in those footsteps. Housed in an Amsterdam School building, the Collectors Home...
Life Imitates Art: Casa Vasto in Barcelona by Mesura.They say work-life-balance is important, and you’d be hard pressed to disagree. In the case of Vasto Gallery in Barcelona’s Poblenou, Mesura took a reductive approach to spatial separation and programming in this gallery-slash-home....
Reverence for Brutalism with a Twist: Torres Blancas Apartment Renovation by Studio Noju.In approximately 400-square-meters, Studio Noju has managed to execute the seamless translation from the old to the new in this refurbished apartment inside the historic Torres Blancas. Designed in 1961 by Spanish architect Francisco...
Now Showing: De Witt in Dordrecht by Studio Modijefsky.It’s often not a single moment of revelation that leads to the burst of excitement and inspiration so often brought on by good design, but rather, a collective of moments and measures that have been orchestrated so clearly and...
Futurism and Footwear: Ura Tokyo by Insideout.An innate sense of tranquillity comes to the fore at Ura Tokyo. A veil of fluorescent lighting, pierced by a mirrored obelisk-like mass breaks the boundary between inside and out. Insideout’s key consideration was playing with extreme...
