Vila Calando in Yanggu-gun, South Korea by Chiasmus Partners.The sprawling, angular and ominous-looking Vila Calando was conceived as a refuge from urban life. Located in South Korea's northeastern countryside, the densely vegetated area is largely untouched due to its proximity to the Demilitarised...
Panorama Suburbia House in Switzerland by Leopold Banchini & Daniel Zamarbide.When surrounded by sprawling suburbia with its homogeneous houses, it takes courage and adventurousness to stand out from the crowd. Designed by Leopold Banchini & Daniel Zamarbide, this intriguing house that overlooks Lake Geneva in...
Outdistance: Derek Swalwell’s First Solo Exhibition at Modern Times, Melbourne.Derek Swalwell's latest solo exhibition focuses on the details of Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi and Carlo Aymonino's famed sites Brion Cemetery, San Cataldo Cemetery and the Gallaratese...
Open-Air Holiday Home in Zicatela Beach, Mexico by Ludwig Godefroy & Emmanuel Picault.Balanced between the mountains and the sea on the south-west coast of Mexico, Casa Zicatela is a concrete marvel and the latest collaborative project to emerge from the studio of architect Ludwig Godefroy and designer and furnisher...
Introducing The Neues Terrazzo Collection by Fibonacci Stone.I don’t mean to be revealing my age here, but I still clearly remember ringing up Fibonacci Stone during my time of practising as an interior designer to order larger samples of what, to me, was one of the best and most exciting terrazzo...
Kloke’s Brutalist-Inspired Melbourne CBD Store by David Goss.Put simply, Kloke's new Melbourne store has a gentle brutalist sort of feel. The pale grey stucco finish across the walls and ceilings conveys a sense of mass, as if the space had been carved out as a single, sculptural...
Cookers Cafe in Moscow by VETER DESIGN.Cookers Gourmet Café by Moscow-based bureau Veter Design and Architecture, probably wouldn’t look out of place on Flinders Lane, but all the while it is still rooted in its Russian...
Sony Music Entertainment Amsterdam HQ by Space Encounters.Of course Sony Music’s Amsterdam HQ needs a vinyl boardroom table that doubles a DJ booth, and a stairway that is also a bar. It’s work made a bit more entertaining, and I for one, would not mind that meeting being added to my diary....
Hotel National des Arts et Métiers, Paris by Raphael Navot.New among Paris’ boutique hotels is Hôtel National des Arts & Métiers. Set somewhere between the Marais and Montorgueil quartiers in the third arrondissement, the hotel takes its design cues from the Centre National des Arts &...
