Alysi Store in Milan by Studiopepe.Studiopepe have designed a sophisticated boutique for the women’s fashion label Alysi in Milan's historic Brera district, set within the walls of a 17th-century building. It’s not often the ceiling detail that grabs you first in...
Minimalist Apartment in Ghent, Belgium by Frederic Kielemoes.Belgian interior architect Frederic Kielemoes has made quite the name for himself designing bare-bones, minimalist interiors. There’s a standard treatment he applies to all of his projects which somewhat acts as a signature...
Space & Time in Melbourne by Russell & George.It appears to be somewhat of an existential architectural concept. A space that defies not just time and space but more intriguingly morphs into whatever is required of its user at any particular time of day, at the whim of any particular...
Malababa Flagship in Madrid, Spain by Ciszak Dalmas & Matteo Ferrari.Sometimes you get the perfect symbiotic relationship between client and architect. It’s like lucking out on your dance card. You score the perfect partner. Ciszak Dalmas and Matteo Ferrari had just such a partnership when they...
3D Printed House by Massamiliano Locatelli’s CLS Architetti Revealed in Milan.One could hardly have imagined that once upon a time, as dot matrix printers hammered out an ink-soaked cloth ribbon onto flimsy paper, that one day we would be faced with the evolution of 3D printers. But not just any 3D printers. 3D...
Artists’ Apartment in Hohhot, Mongolia by NA-DECO.Probably better known for its association with great warriors and characters like Genghis Khan, Mongolia, once a sprawling empire has been relatively quiet over the last few centuries - specifically on the architectural front. But all...
Willow Urban Retreat in Melbourne by Meme Design.There are few things as beautiful in architecture as the simplicity of design expressed with pared-back materials, in a space exceptionally well planned. If you’re looking for an example, Willow Urban Retreat, designed by Melbourne-based...
Swimming Pool Acts as an Art Installation in São Paulo Home by Fernanda Marques Architects.Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques has taken voyeurism to the next level with her internal fish bowl swimming pool. Swimmers in the pool at this renovated residence in São Paulo can be watched from the living room through the 8cm-thick...
Refurbishment of a 1910 Church in Hawthorn by Doherty Design Studio.The downside of repurposing a church and renovating it to become a home is that more often than not they still end up feeling like a church. A church having an identity crisis. So it takes not just a brave soul to take on a brief to...
