Social Micro-complex: Popped Orange Uhub House by Wutopia Lab.Wutopia Lab has completed a new vertical social micro-complex located in the T.I.T Creative Park in Guangzhou, China. With an orange facade and a light tower at its centre the 177-square-metre building houses a cafe, bar, theatre and...
Ballen House in Retiro, Colombia by LCLA office with Clara Arango.Oslo-Based architecture studio LCLA Office and architect Clara Arango have collaborated on Ballen House, an Andes Mountain retreat in Colombia that blurs the boundaries between interior and exterior and, by extension, between architecture...
Familiar & Futuristic: The Glass Cabin by Mjölk Architekti.Mjölk architekti have completed a renovation of a 130-year-old cottage in Czech Republic’s Jizera Mountains with a glass extension. The home oscillates between familiar and futuristic, with the unusual layout capturing a multitude of...
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...
