Satellite Cities: Experimental School in Hainan by Trace Architecture Office.Organic forms often imagined in our childhood drawings and daydream doodles have found their way into Trace Architecture Office’s monumental education project in Hainan, China. This experimental school challenges the rigidity of your...
Futurism and Footwear: Ura Tokyo by Insideout.An innate sense of tranquillity comes to the fore at Ura Tokyo. A veil of fluorescent lighting, pierced by a mirrored obelisk-like mass breaks the boundary between inside and out. Insideout’s key consideration was playing with extreme...
Lighter than Light: A Country Villa by Grain Designoffice.If there's one thing that defines—and unites—spaces by Grain Designoffice, it's an enduring sense of weightlessness. Walls the colour of sunlight. Furniture in amorphous shapes. Rooms that flow into each other like slow, meandering...
Eclectic and Vibrant: Mecca Support Centre by Studio Tate.Studio Tate has designed a support centre for Mecca in the heart of Melbourne’s Richmond neighbourhood. Vibrant and light filled, the new space draws on colour, tactility and beauty iconography to craft the perfect home for the...
All in the Detail: LD Apartment in Rome by Incognito Studio.The eternal city is a treat for the senses. Among its chaos, food, fountains and charm is the LD Apartment by Incognito Studio, designed in collaboration with Emmylou Verhaegen. This home is a testament to the possibilities of design where...
A Modernist Boudoir: Locke am Platz in Zürich by Sella Concept.Lifestyle aparthotel brand Locke expands into Zurich, Switzerland with the opening of its fifteenth property, Locke am Platz. Located in Enge, London-based Sella Concept took inspiration from the city, reflecting the cultural identity of...
A Different Kind of Après-ski: Sant Ambroeus Coffee Bar in Aspen by Giampiero Tagliaferri.Aspen has long been the destination that offers more than slaloming and slopes, so it is no surprise that the Sant Ambroeus hospitality group decided to expand their brand to this town. Who better to bring that Milanese feel, than Los...
Textile-inspired 3D Printed Facade in Amsterdam by Studio RAP.Back in 2016, MVRDV’s glass brick facade to Chanel’s new flagship store broke the internet (or at least, the archi-web). Sitting on the same street, P.C. Hoofstraat in Amsterdam, is Studio RAP’s newest addition to the high-end...
Emotional Islands: Ye Xiao Xiao Tea Space by Aurora Design.Come and pour yourself a cup of tea with us as we admire the hushed beauty of Aurora Design’s Ye Xiao Xiao Tea Space. An interior made with delicate draping of fabric for a sense of luxury and an allusion to the warm hug one experiences...