BD House by Space Encounters with Studio Vincent van Leeuwen.New owners of this 1950s villa in Bergen, the Netherlands, had chosen to live in the home for a few weeks before its demolition. This happened to give them a new perspective on their plans to knock down and rebuild, leading towards a...
A Fresh Start: Graziella by Giona Bierens de Haan.For Giona Bierens de Haan, a Geneva-based architect who runs her eponymous practice, the clients of Graziella were neighbours from the childhood village she grew up in. When asked to design their next residence in the small town of Boudry,...
Redefining a Cabin in the Woods: Casa Alferez by Ludwig Godefroy Architecture.Combining his skills in shaping concrete and drawing inspiration from several pop culture and architecture movements, Ludwig Godefroy’s Casa Alferez arguably resembles Laputa’s forgotten castle. Within the two-bedroom home, each space...
Like a Picnic Rug Under a Canopy: House for BEES by Downie North.Shared values of connectedness, place-making and passive design lead the client to Downie North, a Sydney-based architecture studio of Catherine Downie and Daniel North, partners in life and work. Tasked to create a new addition to their...
A House Without Elevations: Enclosure by Design Ni Dukaan.Sitting atop a hill in rural Himatnagar, Ahmedabad, Enclosure by Design Ni Dukaan is an all-encompassing dance of scale and proportion. It is a house without elevations—an inward looking ‘enclosure’ that embraces experience and...
A Network of Micro-villages: OnLabs Global HQ in Zurich by Specific Generic & Spillmann Echsle Architekten.Designed by Spillmann Echsle, Specific Generic and On’s creative team, the new OnLabs headquarters in Zurich West, Switzerland, delivers a series of micro-villages within an existing high-rise building. While the headquarters operates as...
People Focussed Architecture: Nightingale Leftfield by Kennedy Nolan.Passing through Melbourne’s bustling Brunswick, you may have caught a glimpse of the Nightingale Leftfield, glowing like a beacon in the afternoon sun. Located on Duckett Street, the multi-residential building comprising 28 apartments,...
Defying Expectations: Health Centre CAP COTET by BAAS Arquitectura.BAAS Arquitectura has designed the primary care centre CAP COTET located in the small municipality of Premià de Dalt in the Maresme region north of Barcelona, Spain. The architects sought to deliver a building that defied the standard...
Elsternwick Penthouse by Office Alex Nicholls.It’s not unusual for architects to receive unordinary briefs when it comes to designing a client’s dream home. In the case of Office Alex Nicholls, the firm’s well-acquainted clients commissioned the practice to merge two penthouses...
