Krakani Lumi in Mount William, Tasmania by Taylor and Hinds Architects.Translating to 'place of rest', Krakani Lumi is a standing camp in Tasmania's North East National Park, designed by Taylor and Hinds Architects. Fringing the northern edge of the Bay of Fires, the camp serves as a two-night stopover for a...
Shinbashi Yakiniku Restaurant in Carlton, Melbourne by Pierce Widera.An illuminated white bar with gridded timber slats suspended above forms the focal point of Shinbashi Yakiniku restaurant in Melbourne’s Carlton. Pierce Widera use a glass brick wall to act as a divider between two large banquet tables,...
CIFI Apartment Sales Centre in Chongqing, China by Ippolito Fleitz Group.Designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group, the CIFI apartment sales centre represents the aspirations of affluent, lifestyle-oriented Chinese millennials, who long to experience nature and prioritise artistic pursuits that transport them away from...
Juun.J Fashion Flagship & Felt Coffee in Seoul by WGNB.WGNB fused a triangle, circle, and square to form one abstract, geometrical building for the Juun.J retail flagship and Felt Coffee cafe. The ambiguous shape and monochome black facades generate curiosity from passersby, intentionally...
RYU Peel Sushi Restaurant in Montreal, Canada by Ménard Dworkind.Post demolition of the downtown Montreal building that now houses RYU Peel Sushi Restaurant, original walls covered in a patchwork of plaster, paint and wallpaper were revealed, forming a rich collage that inspired Ménard Dworkind to...
A Gentleman’s Residence in the Sky: Sydney Apartment by Amber Road.For Amber Road, form and function went hand-in-hand in designing this Sydney penthouse, with multi-functionality essential in maximizing storage capacity in the 80sqm interior. The designers created a richly layered interior that spoke for...
Black Lakeside House in Rural Germany by Buero Wagner.Buero Wagner set out to distinguish The Black House from the generic detached properties that characterize the eastern shore of Lake Ammersee, in the Munich region. Clad with carbonised timber, it’s a rather literal ‘black sheep’...
Laycock Road House in Sydney by Telly Theodore Allied Office.Telly Theodore worked across everything from foundations to art selection in renovating this once modest 1920’s heritage home in Sydney’s Penshurst. An 8.5m backyard excavation made way for a grand new extension with 4.7m high...
Composite Apartment in Madrid, Spain by Gonzalo del Val, Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe.Besides the bright yellow bathroom in this Madrid apartment, natural cork, black rubber, and pale orange living room columns provide the only tonal colour throughout the common areas of the apartment. Stark white surfaces lead all...
