Venice Architecture Biennale 2018 Highlights.Full disclosure, we haven’t been to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018, but not wanting to leave you high and dry, we’ve put together a review of some of the pavilions that piqued our interest. This year marks the 16th...
Casa La Quinta: Weekend House For a Retired Couple in Guanajuato, Mexico.Architects Pérez Palacios and Alfonso de la Concha Rojas have designed a blissful sanctuary for a retired couple located in the town of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato in Mexico. Casa La Quinta was designed around three courtyards,...
IK LAB Fine Art Gallery in Tulum, Mexico by Jorge Eduardo Neira Sterkel.At a glance, IK Lab Fine Art Gallery looks a bit like the inside of a tree or a magical dwelling from Peter Jackson’s Rivendell – maybe not the most ideal spot to string up a set of new oil paintings. It is, however, a new high-brow...
Tree-ness House in Toshima, Tokyo by Akihisa Hirata.Designed around the physical structure of a tree, this complex house in Toshima-Ku, Tokyo, is the work of Japanese architect, Akihisa Hirata. The fact Akihisa Hirata has focused on a tree as the template for his design is no surprise....
Tintagel House Shared Work Space in London by Universal Design Studio & Stanton Williams.Stanton Williams and Universal Design Studio have recently completed the extensive renovations of the 12-storey, flagship co-working space inside the former home of the Metropolitan Police in London. TOG is a leading provider of...
Chicken House in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Tropical Space.Reinventing the humble chicken coop may seem a bit superfluous – but for Vietnam-based studio Tropical Space, a hen enclosure could also be the perfect country escape for some city-bound grandchildren....
Interview: Ryan Russell and Byron George of Russell & George.I'm always so crazy excited to launch every single new interview we do here. But I have to admit - this one feels extra special for a number of reasons. Today we chat to two very sharp minds, Melbourne architects Ryan Russell and Byron...
Tama’s Tee Home in Tamarama, Sydney by Luigi Rosselli.Luigi Rosselli Architects have managed to design a beach house in Tamarama that is both concrete up to the eyeballs, yet very much the epitome of beach-side living. “My favourite part of the project is the way the structure balances...
XYZ Lounge & Bar in Ghent, Belgium by Didier Fiúza Faustino.Fleshy pink stucco mouldings, slabs of sandy, silver-veined marble, and a militia of Delete Yourself chairs in sage green: this is Didier Fiúza Faustino’s first bar, lounge, and restaurant. In XYZ Lounge and Bar in Ghent,...