House Built Over a Pastry Shop by Yuko Nagayama & Associates // Chiba, Japan.'Katsutadai House' is located in the suburban neighborhood of Katsutadai (Chiba) East of Tokyo, Japan. The owners are a well established pastry shop known for their killer apple pie, baking for the neighbourhood since 1977. After 35 years...
Zumbo Cafe in Melbourne by Elenberg Fraser.Adriano Zumbo's first Melbourne patisserie needed to be something that stood out from the pack â and thatâs where Elenberg Fraser came in. Taken on as their second annual âGraduate Schoolâ program, a team of junior architects and...
Architecture | 2013 Archive.01 | Atelier Hermann Rosa // Munich, Germany. 02 | Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects // Yokohama, Tokyo. 03 | Crescent House by Andrew Burns // Sydney. 04 | Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP // Hiroshima, Japan. 05 |...
MRQT Menswear Boutique by ROK // Stuttgart, Germany.Swiss architecture firm Rippmann Oesterle Knauss (ROK) recently completed the MRQT Stuttgart boutique. The stand-out feature of this streetwear store is a textured wall made up of 22,000 individual timber dowels. The minimal interior...
Random Studio Amsterdam Office Designed by X+L.When it comes to super beautiful workplace interiors, it seriously doesn't get much better than this. This is the sort of project that makes me get all hot and sweaty under my lady collar, with seriously impure thoughts running through my...
Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects // Yokohama, Tokyo.And so my obsession with all things Japanese continues. How's a girl to move on when Japan keeps smashing out so much boundary pushing and obscenely beautiful work? This particular one deviates so far from my Western understanding of...
Villa Weinberg by Mette and Martin Wienberg // Højbjerg, Denmark.I wish this was my house. It's not - because life is not fair, and also because it belongs to Mette and Martin Wienberg, both architects. Both Danish architects at that, meaning my predisposition to like this place is as strong as Sarah...
Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito // Tokyo, Japan.Toyo Ito's library at Tama Art University is comprised of a series of concrete arches. The arches, which are of varying span lengths, are arranged in an irregular patterns driven by the slope of the surrounding landscape. The arches...
The Inaugural Aesop Berlin Store by Weissâheiten.Weissâheiten have designed the first signature store in Germany for Australian skin care brand, Aesop. The store recently opened on Alte SchĂśnhauser Street in Berlin, Mitte. Reflecting Aesopâs approach to build unique site-specific...
