Amanyangyun Resort in Shanghai, China by Kerry Hill Architects.The passing of celebrated Singapore-based Australian architect, Kerry Hill on 26 August, has rippled through the global design and architecture community, causing great sadness to those who either knew him and everyone else who was touched...
ReActor Balancing and Rotating House by Alex Schweder & Ward Shelley.And just as I thought Iâve seen it all before, along comes a rotating home thatâs balancing on a single concrete column... This, of course, is not a real home, although itâs very much designed to look and function like one. Called...
The Truffle in Costa da Morte, Spain by Ensamble Studio.Youâd be forgiven for thinking this was natures way of providing the perfect man cave. Instead, it was very much man-made. And while it resembles the worldâs most ideal hideaway, its inspiration was that of truffle, the legendary...
Epic Home of London Design Festival Director & Stirling Prize-winning British Architect.In honour of 2018 London Design Festival, we take a little look-see at a rather epic home of London Design Festival Director himself, Ben Evans, and Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete. Talk about a power couple, huh? I mean,...
Freycinet Lodge Coastal Pavilions in Tasmania by Liminal Studio.Designed by Hobart-based Liminal Studio, these nine Coastal Pavilions are the newest accommodation offering at Freycinet Lodge. Located at the foothills of the striking Hazards Mountains in one of Tasmaniaâs oldest National Parks, the...
El Camarin: Small Apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina by IR arquitectura.If small is the new black, then this tiny apartment, all 18 square-meters of it, is as black as youâre likely to get. As with all exceptional âtinyâ designs, this Buenos Aires abode by IR arquitectura manages to fit a lot into a...
The Fiskars Summer House Exhibition Set by Studio Joanna Laajisto.Open during the European summer months, Fiskars Summer House exhibition showcases the work of nine prominent Finnish designers and their interpretations of an artist's summer house. Set in the Granary building in Fiskars Village, the...
Lomax Studio in London by Critical Architecture Network.Once an 18th-century industrial factory and wash-house, Critical Architecture Network have designed a new artist studio for a sculptor and a printmaker nestled along a small industrial mews in New Cross, London. To maximise space on...
John Pawson Transforms a Historical French Hospital into the Jaffa Hotel in Tel Aviv.In an unlikely pairing of the ornate nature of Middle Eastern heritage and hard-core minimalism, British architect John Pawson has given an old French hospital a stunning makeover, transforming the building into a brand new hotel in...
