Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. And bricks. These are two concepts we don’t usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which we’ve all come to expect, I thought it...
How To Design a Corridor Like a Champion: Lisbon Apartment & Home Office by Aurora Arquitectos.It's difficult to make a super long corridor, worthy of a decent javelin throw, look sexy. But not so in this masterpiece of world-class corridor design. The apartment, located on the top floor of a 1970’s building in Lisbon was...
Interview: Iva Foschia of IF Architecture.I've only had the pleasure of meeting Iva once so far. Our encounter was very brief, having recently shared an extremely short car ride up the street, followed by an unfinished conversation at an intimate media preview of Jardan's new...
PRODUCTORA’s Monolithic Cultural Center in Mexico Built from Pigmented Concrete, Clay, Bricks & Timber.Mexico-city based architecture practice PRODUCTORA has recently completed a monolithic masterpiece that is the Community and Cultural Centre in the small village of Teotitlan del Valle, 31 km outside of Oaxaca city at the foothills of the...
Former Palace Transformed into a Grand Apartment in Lisbon, Portugal by rar. studio.rar.studio's recent project, Apartment Palatina I, had us gasping for air after we were recently sent the images which were so beautifully captured by photographer Francisco Nogueira. Palatina is a small palace built in the centre of...
‘Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations & Refurbishments’ by Gestalten + Book Giveaway!Win one of three copies of Gestalten's book Upgrade, which explores adding, extending, transforming and breathing new life into forgotten...
In the Middle of Nowhere: Sarreyer Cabin by Rapin Saiz Architects.With its stern, rough-cut log exterior, combined with a rusty stove pipe attached almost ad hoc to the side of the structure, this cabin looks anything but homely. But this less than charming effect was deliberately employed by the Swiss...
239 House in São Paulo, Brazil by UNA Arquitetos.Designed by UNA Arquitetos, this essentially Brutalist concrete building, built in São Paulo, Brazil, is not the heavy and dense structure you might otherwise expect it to be. Comprised of what is two separate buildings wrapped around...
Perimeter House in Abbotsford, Melbourne by MAKE Architecture.From the front it reads like a contemporary Danish farmhouse, with its whitewashed walls and what at first appears as a black gabled roof with windows. What it really is, is a white weatherboard house in Abbotsford that has been...
