Stories On Design // Top Shelf.Today's story focuses on shelving that's more than just the name itself suggests. Top Shelf is an ode to joinery elements that play an integral part within interior architecture. Top Shelf acts both as a sculptural and a functional...
Awe-Inspiring Harbin Opera House in China by MAD Architects.Located in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, this MAD Architectâs creation is a serious beauty. Fluid and sinuous in form, the intersection between landscape and built form is intentionally blurred. MAD Architects have used...
Duplex Penthouse & Roof Terrace in Tel Aviv by Toledano + Architects.Toledano + Architects have renovated a two level duplex apartment in Tel Aviv with an arresting folded steel staircase supported by suspended steel...
House Husarö in Stockholm, Sweden by Tham & VidegÄrd Arkitekter.With its floor-to-ceiling windows, pitched roof, forest aspect and use of natural materials, House Husarö in Stockholm by Tham & VidegÄrd Arkitekter has all the usual trappings of a classic Nordic cabin. However, upon taking a closer...
THE QVEST Hotel set Inside the Former Historic Archive of Cologne, Germany.Combining Neo-Gothic architecture with an epic museum-worthy collection of furniture, photography and art, THE QVEST Hotel links history and modernity in an exquisitely curated way. Located in a quiet square in the heart of Cologne,...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpaâs Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
Laurent Kronental Documents The Lives of Senior Citizens in Large Housing Projects.âSouvenir dâun Futurâ is a photo series by young photographer Laurent Kronental that documents the life of senior citizens living in the 'Grands Ensembles' â large housing projects that were built around the edges of Paris after...
Weekend House in Wachtebeke, Belgium by GAFPA.What makes a weekend house? Young architects GAFPA fancied to land in Wachtebeke for what could be a weekend house. The project earned them a special mention during the recent Belgian Building Awards. The weekend house exemplifies an...
5m Wide Barcelona Home Refurbished by Josep Ferrando.I have a new found appreciation for small living spaces. Donât get me wrong, I still love a vast countryside villa or an expansive estate as much as the next archinerd; but you have to be particularly crafty, imaginative and...
