Circula: Tomek Rygalik’s Circular Design.Circula, by Polish designer Tomek Rygalik, is a bench created to offer a symbolic and functional space for dialogue and encourage direct social interactions. Originally commissioned to encourage communication among school children, Circula...
ATLATL Coffee & Food Venue in Shanghai by Various Associates.The design of ATLATL drew inspiration from the activities that take place in this high-tech park in Shanghai, resulting in a futuristic atmosphere. Various Associates used circles, curves and domed ceiling to echo the orbits of the...
House in Toowoomba by Jesse Bennett Studio.Oh my word – we may have found ourselves in a limbo between time and space with Jesse Bennett Studio’s House In Toowoomba! Crafted in earthy tones accompanied by a courtyard of monolithic Scarpa-like moments and sitting on The Great...
Church of Beatified Restituta in Brno-Sever, Czech Republic by Atelier Štěpán.With minimal use of religious ornamentation, Atelier Štěpán’s Church of Beatified Restituta in the Czech Republic distils kaleidoscopic rainbow-colours into a brutalist scheme that also feels entirely heavenly. Regardless of whether...
Phoenix Central Park by John Wardle Architects + Durbach Block Jaggers.Two of Australia’s finest, most celebrated architectural practices, John Wardle Architects and Durbach Block Jaggers, have come together to collaboratively design an arresting, high profile undulating brick building for Phoenix Central...
EVD Adopt Classical Architecture Principles in Their Own Shanghai Office.Shanghai-based inter-disciplinary design office EVD has unveiled their own studio space which appears plucked out from another time and place. The interior was conceived with two design threads derived from site restrictions – one...
Alex Guesthouse & Cinema Space in Ghent by Atelier Vens Vanbelle.Allow me to set the scene. On the idyllic grounds of a French-style home just outside of Ghent, sits a quirky corrugated form with its own projecting watchtower. Clad in corten-steel, the abstract building rises from the earth like a...
Terracotta Dream: Dois Trópicos in São Paulo by MNMA Studio.MNMA Studio’s Dois Trópicos in São Paulo, Brazil has been crafted by artisan's hands using imperfect natural materials, bringing a homelike familiarity to a commercial space. Dois Trópicos cannot be easily defined by its form or its...
The Nest: Hand-made, Off-grid, Organic Lodge in Namibia by Porky Hefer.We guarantee Porky Hefer’s collection of holiday dwellings dubbed The Nest is unlike any isolated hideaway you have seen before, and are almost certain that after witnessing their peculiar forms you most definitely will want to stay in...
