Viggsö Island House in Sweden by Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor.A landscape of stone cliffs, wind bent pine trees, heather, and a forest floor of lichen and wild berries - this sparse yet rich site, coupled with a minimal budget, establishes the principles for this private residence designed by Arrhov...
Mews House in Highgate, London by Russell Jones.Designed by Russell Jones, this 68sqm compact 2-bedroom brick house with an enclosed 11sqm courtyard in Highgate, faces onto a quiet cobbled mews. The 90sqm site was formerly occupied by a disused garage and a derelict garden. The...
Colourful Pied-a-Terre in Westbourne Gardens, London by Nimtim.This ambitious internal refurb of a first floor apartment in London's Westbourne Gardens by Nimtim has resulted in a joyful urban retreat for a children's heart surgeon. While the overall footprint is quite small, the generous ceiling...
#thebarnTAS: Barn Conversion in Hobart by Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen.Designed by Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen, the concept for #thebarnTAS was quite simple: retain as much of the existing building fabric as possible. Working within the original envelope of the barn, the architects created two distinctive...
Apartment SP in Ljubljana, Slovenia Refurbished by Sadar + Vuga.Designed by Sadar + Vuga, Apartment SP in Ljubljana is a place of opposites: it is both warm and cold, both soft and orthogonal. It is equally open and closed against its surroundings, and both in contact and in conflict with it's past....
Enough House by Brian MacKay-Lyons in Nova Scotia, Canada.Enough House is the newest addition to the architect's own farm in Nova Scotia, Canada, and an essay in economy of space, budget, schedule and...
Compact Madrid Apartment by Manuel Ocaña Partitioned with Furniture, Glass & Mirror Volumes.It's all well and good we regularly get to indulge in a bunch of super hot, high budget interiors set within vast spaces. But how does one create something ingenious with very little budget AND in a small shell? The dudes at Manuel Ocaña...
Compact Heritage Paris Apartment Renovation by Ubalt Architects.Ubalt Architects have renovated a 17th C apartment in Marais, accommodating a bedroom, dining, lounge, office, kitchen and bathroom within just...
Heritage Apartment in Berlin by Marc Benjamin Drewes ARCHITEKTUREN.Small and cautious interventions by Marc Benjamin Drewes ARCHITEKTUREN attempt to preserve the special atmosphere and retrieve hidden interior qualities in this refurbishment of a typical Berlin apartment dating back to 1900s. In three...
