A Periscope: Compact Melbourne Home Extension by Architecture architecture.There’s a particular joy derived from designing a small house well. This seems to be especially true for Architecture architecture, Melbourne-based practice with a reputation for inventive spatial solutions that thrives on the challenge....
Making Now: Sydney Design Week 2022 Celebrates Designers Defining the Cultural Moment.Sydney Design Week returns in person for the first time in three years, with seven mega days of exhibitions, talks, film screenings and workshops all across the city’s design hubs. With the theme Making Now, the 2022 program celebrates...
A Peaceful Refuge: Courtyard House by Ha Architecture.Distilled down to its most earnest and functional construction, Courtyard House by Ha Architecture benefits from the clients’ investment in design for longevity. Reflecting their travel history and personal philosophy, the house is a...
Playful Patchwork: El Garaje in Madrid by Nomos Arquitectos.Compact in size and with playful transitions seen everywhere, El Garaje home conversation in Madrid by Nomos Arquitectos pulls elements and accents from the external to the interior aesthetic. Influenced by the existing structure, a...
Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects with Little-Wing Lee of Atelier Ace.Ace Hotel’s latest branch in Toronto is Shim-Sutcliffe’s love letter to the city’s everchanging history that began as a manufacturing site now transformed into an arts and culture hub. Cursives are etched in the sweeping precast...
Studio McW Transform an East London Warehouse into a Live/ Work Loft for Earthrise Studio.Somewhere in East London, inside a 1924 shoe factory, sits an apartment that could pass off for a park. Exposed brick emblazons the walls, plants spill out of baskets and a garden-style picnic table masquerades as a spiffy workspace. But...
Summer House in Oia, Santorini by Kapsimalis Architects.Located in Santorini’s traditional village of Oia, an old house gets a thoughtful update by Kapsimalis Architects, while maintaining the existing traditional architectural elements. The design firm paid particular attention to...
Autumn House in Melbourne by Studio Bright.This extension to a Victorian terrace with a 1980’s renovation by architect Mick Jörgensen and a mature elm tree in the backyard, adds a careful new layer stitched into and around existing constraints. The sensitive and nuanced design...
Little House on the Quarry in Cumbria by Norman-Prahm Architects.If you were to drive through the foothills of the English Pennines, you'd spot traditional Cumbrian longhouses camouflaged into their surroundings. But there's one among them that stands apart—at least on the inside. "Pretty much...
