A World of Curiosity and Discovery: Gold Digger Courtyard Installation in Tortosa, Spain.This glittering large-scale public installation was composed of golden thermal sheets, occupying the patio of a 16th century convent in Tortosa. The installation highlighted the inherent quality of the material and created two opposite...
Undressing The Interior: SPMA Fashion Store by Atelier tao+c.Evoking a Scarpa-like atmosphere of grace, curiosity and detail, Atelier tao+c’s latest SPMA store is stitched with layers of history and patches of modernity. Adapting and reusing the ground floor of a 1930’s brick lane house in...
Warm and Eccentric Madrid Loft by Bilbo García-Conde of CDP Arquitectos.With blood, sweat, tears—and a little more money than he cared to spend—young Spanish architect Bilbo Garcia-Conde has completed his own home. The project that began in 2018, is now awash with colour and space-age charm, complete with...
Zero-Waste Pop-up Restaurant in Estonia Featuring a 15-Ton Rammed-Earth Table.A restaurant named Null, a dinner table for twelve and seven days. This was the brief Estonian design studio KUDAS were given when they were invited to participate in the local television show. The goal? To establish a pop-up restaurant...
Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2022.Melbourne Design Week returned with a wave of fresh local talent responding to the theme 'Design the world you want'. With a sense of possibility in the air, bolstered by an overwhelming sense of community, designers, artists, makers and...
Mythology Woven Artwork Collection by Kustaa Saksi.Finnish multidisciplinary visual artist Kustaa Saksi has created a series of woven artworks based on well-known mythologies, folk tales and legends from around the world. From the Ancient Greek narratives and African tales to legends of...
Eert Mangwon Café & Tea Shop in Seoul by Workment.A new outpost for the dessert and tea shop Eert lands in Seoul. Local architecture firm Workment reconstructed familiar building materials in an unfamiliar way in a fresh take on an urban interior that continues the memory of the old...
Chapel of Sound: Brutalist Concert Hall by Open Architecture.Elements and sounds of nature come together as a harmonious unit within Open Architecture’s Chapel of Sound in Chengde, northeast of Beijing. Inspired by research and the shape of the human ear, the building beckons nature to enter and...
Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel by Kelly Wearstler.The corner of LA’s 11th and Broadway is a glittering pastiche of fashion boutiques, sports complexes and Deco architecture. So the fact that the Downtown LA Proper Hotel still manages to take pride of place here, is a bit of a minor...
