Village by BOA: A Heritage Resort in Porto by Pablo Pita, Heim Balp Architekten & Bacana Studio.In the Portuguese town of Porto is a neighbourhood that masquerades as a resort. Established at the end of the nineteenth century, Bairro do Silva is the sort of pace that straddles vernacular and voguish, simple and swish—with equal...
Modern Vernacular: Villa Bôrik in Žilina, Slovakia by Plural.Situated in a landscape saturated in shades of green and dotted with picturesque gable-like houses, Plural has established a bespoke three-storey family home in the serene environment. Peaceful in presence yet unmissable in form, Villa...
Southwark Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects.In Bermondsey, London, Southwark Brick House is a newly built three-storey home that utilises two existing brick walls infilled with additional brick and timber elements. Fragments of history and a new narrative are interwoven together to...
Layers of Time: Harmay Wuhan by AIM Architecture.AIM Architecture continues their collaboration with Harmay in the beauty retailer’s latest outpost in Wuhan, China. Housed in a 1940s era former bank building, Shanghai architects explore a layered approach to the design with different...
Redwood House: A 1970’s San Francisco Home Transformed by Studio Terpeluk.Through a relentless pursuit of design integrity and a healthy serve of creative curiosity, Studio Terpeluk’s renovation of this 1974 two-story San Francisco home is informed by reverence for history, materials, light and craft, executed...
Rigour and Restraint: Das Glashaus by Sigurd Larsen.Designed by Sigurd Larsen, this striking structure in the countryside of Uckermark is a weekender just north of Berlin. Following a simple floor plan, interior and exterior spaces grow together through the many openings on the garden...
Laneway Glass House by Brad Swartz and Henry Wilson.For five years, Sydney architect Brad Swartz and industrial designer Henry Wilson collaborated on a luminous laneway home that punches well above its modest footprint. Hovering at the fringe between the public and private domain, the...
Marra Marra Shack in Berowra by Leopold Banchini Architects.Marra Marra Shack overlooks a remote creek through a fully-glazed facade. Located in Berowra, the structure is sensitive to the surrounding site in a thoughtful design underpinned by a strong sense of place. It's a home indebted to its...
Secret Garden House by Kennedy Nolan.Somewhere in Melbourne, beyond a mystical arched gateway, hides a secret garden that is the stuff of storybooks. Like its famous namesake novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, it is big and wild, with birds and butterflies and blooms that come...