The Great Wall of WA by Luigi Rosselli Architects.Located at Mindaroo Station up in the Pilbara in Northern WA, Luigi Rosselli Architectās created a series of 14 separate residences for the mining magnate Andrew Forest. Tunneling into the sand dune, each one of the 14 residences is...
Merrydown House in Dorset, UK by McLaren Excell.Today weāre off to Dorset in the UK to take a look around Merrydown House, a monastic-style home that features the most exquisite materiality and detailing. Originally the local Victorian girls school, the layout of the space was quite...
Heike Store in Hangzhou, China by An Design Studio.Heike is a new fashion concept store, unassumingly tucked away on the third floor of a residential apartment block in the suburban outskirts of Shanghai, China. Designed by An Design Studio, the all-grey interior has a dystopian feel,...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpaās Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
Weekend House in Wachtebeke, Belgium by GAFPA.What makes a weekend house? Young architects GAFPA fancied to land in Wachtebeke for what could be a weekend house. The project earned them a special mention during the recent Belgian Building Awards. The weekend house exemplifies an...
5m Wide Barcelona Home Refurbished by Josep Ferrando.I have a new found appreciation for small living spaces. Donāt get me wrong, I still love a vast countryside villa or an expansive estate as much as the next archinerd; but you have to be particularly crafty, imaginative and...
Rose-Tinted Concrete Fire Station by Pedevilla Architects.Giving the term āfire engine redā a delightfully tonal and refined new meaning, this minimal structure, designed by Pedevilla Architects, serves as the local fire station for the town of West Tyrol in the Austrian Alps. Sitting...
Bar Basquiat in Amsterdam by Studio Modijefsky.Inspired by famed American poet and painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bar Basquiat features references to his naĆÆve style, approach to rich earthy tones and trademark collage-like layering of colour-sketch-text. Bar Basquiat excites us...
Casa CS by Moramarco+Ventrella Architetti.Casa CS sits proudly on a corner plot in the Southern Province of Bitritto and despite its confident and solid appearance, the house is all about internal light and thoughtful quality of space. The building simultaneously demonstrates...
