Casa Areca Tulum by CO-LAB Design Office.Close your eyes, imagine the sun captured in your hands, saltwater evaporated in your hair and the sand between your toes – gently step inside the cool concrete floor before sinking down into a wooden chair shaped into your beach...
Pyramids of Flinders: Bellows House by Architects EAT.Albert Mo wanted a permanent house anchored in the sand from the outset, unlike the predictable light-weight beach vernacular. “More like a bunker than a shack,” he says, setting out to design a building that spoke of its location and...
Lyndhurst House in Richmond, Melbourne by Modl Office.Welcome to Modl Office’s Lyndhurst House – a Melbourne extension made with calming patterns of timber and stone, inspired by Japanese principles. It’s hard to imagine this home as being a small one disguised by carved choreography of...
AIM Architecture Blurs Indoor & Outdoor Boundaries at this Mini Department Store in Shanghai.Not all interiors are staged scenes that exist behind closed doors only. In the PARK Yanping Road by AIM Architecture presents an integration of life, local character, and street culture, blurring indoor and outdoor boundaries. Unlike the...
Concrete Plinth House East London by DGN Studio.Start your morning by waking up to a view of light slithering down into the kitchen, softening the bespoke furniture to create an ethereal glow while silhouette of the dancing smoke as it billows and weaves out of your timely brewed tea...
Ace Hotel Brooklyn Opens, Designed by Stonehill Taylor & Roman and Williams.With 287 guest rooms, an expansive in-room art program and even an art gallery, Ace Hotel Brooklyn celebrates its iconic neighbourhood while paying homage to the European modernists. Made up of metal, glass and precast concrete elements,...
Intrigue and Awe: Lake House in Udaipur, India by Ashiesh Shah.Showcasing his signature wabi-sabi philosophy, Ashiesh Shah artfully pairs modern furniture and finishes with classic artefacts to form a home layered in intrigue and awe. Overlooking sweeping vistas of the Fateh Sagar Lake in Udaipur, the...
The Field Studio & Exhibition Space for Buddha Artist by Team BLDG.Reflecting on the history of architecture will reveal that the discipline is more concerned with religious buildings than any other type. The typology is complex, and places of worship have transformed into inspiration for the architecture...
MB Apartment in Drummoyne by Bokey Grant Architects.An apartment inherited from a grandparent has been thoughtfully restored and refreshed by Bokey Grant Architects. Named after the initials of the clients, Mary and Ben, MB Apartment updates an interior of a 1960’s blonde brick building...
