Neoclassicism Meets Contemporary Design at Nobis Hotel Copenhagen Refurbished by Wingårdhs.Designed by Wingårdhs, Nobis Hotel Copenhagen has moved into the magnificent building from 1903, once the home of Royal Danish Academy of...
Red House in Setúbal, Portugal by ExtraStudio.In the oasis of a small village of Azeitao, south of Lisbon, is the captivating pink home, a small orchard of orange trees and a new design philosophy that has seen this former winery built in the early 20th century, take on a remarkable...
VONNA Kitchen Showroom in Madrid, Spain by PYO arquitectos.Remaining detached from the existing structure Vonna Kitchen Showroom by PYO Arquitectos was designed with distance as its ethos; distance from the existing, distance between material, distance between spaces, distance between objects, and...
Church of St. Wenceslas in Sazovice, Czech Republic by Atelier Stepan.I remember one of my early lessons in Architecture where I was told that in buildings, curves are a nightmare and will never look as impressive as they appear in one’s head. Because of this, I am always in awe of a structure that has...
CLOUD Coworking in Barcelona, Spain by MESURA.Simply finished and furnished by MESURA, this fresh co-working space in Barcelona has a palette that is clean and crisp. The original timber strip ceiling has been whitewashed. It’s almost a perfect mirror tonally to the white...
HARMAY Beauty Store in Shanghai, China by AIM Architecture.Peeling new-age shoppers away from the convenience of the online world and into a physical store can be a modern-day feat. This is precisely the motivation behind the arrival of Harmay, located in the Former French Concession in Shanghai,...
Zeitz MOCAA Cape Town by Studio Heatherwick Set Within a Giant Disused Grain Silo.Studio Heatherwick carved the inside of a disused grain silo building on Cape Town’s waterfront, transforming it into South Africa’s biggest art...
Balnarring Retreat by Branch Studio Architects.It’s the ultimate man cave. Or yoga cave. Or study nook. Frankly it’s the ultimate anything you want it to be… and that’s because it was specifically designed to be just that - a building that effortlessly transformed and...
Stories On Design // Modern Arches.Today’s Story is dedicated to one of architecture’s most fundamental elements, the one present in its very nomenclature: The Arch. Perhaps you would have noticed the resurgence of Arches in many modern projects, from architecture...