Between the Real & the Mythical: AndreĚs Reisingerâs Barcelona Office by Isern Serra.Isern Serra has translated the world of the hyperreal within digital artist Andres Resingerâs new office. The Barcelona workspace celebrates the Argentinian artistâs dream-like renders, though not without a touch of the Spanish...
Colourful Bohemia: A Clothing Workshop-Turned-Loft in Paris by Ăpicène.Despite the initial spatial shortcomings, the quirky geometry and play of cubes are this Parisian loftâs shining stars. Isabelle Heilmann of Ăpicène was convinced that with a little polishing up and shuffling around, the spaces would...
Casual but Sharp: ALUMNI Chengdu by FON Studio.Situated in Chinaâs Sichuan province among Chengduâs 1906 Creative Park, a patchwork of heritage and youth cultural attractions lies within FON Studioâs latest retail project for ALUMNI. Attracted by the mirage of history and the...
Simplifying & Restoring: The Cambium by Carr.With a focus on simplifying rather than adding, restoring rather than replacing, Carrâs design approach for The Cambium, a business retreat set on a four-acre property in Mornington Peninsula, celebrates the existing. The resulting...
Silver Fox: Munich Office by Buero Wagner.This two-story office extension by Buero Wagner is located in the backyard of a turn-of-the-century building near the Isar River in the Au district of Munich. The interventions were implemented from a canon of industrial materialsâ...
Studio McW Transform an East London Warehouse into a Live/ Work Loft for Earthrise Studio.Somewhere in East London, inside a 1924 shoe factory, sits an apartment that could pass off for a park. Exposed brick emblazons the walls, plants spill out of baskets and a garden-style picnic table masquerades as a spiffy workspace. But...
Villa Guggenbuhl in Paris by Hauvette & Madani.Villa Seurat isnât a villa at all. Rather, itâs a small private street of studio-houses of yesteryear artists like Jean Lurçat, Marcel Gromaire and Arnold Huggler, designed in large part, by late architect AndrĂŠ Lurçat in the early...
On-Growing House by Mariana de DelĂĄs.Inspired by the Japanese word Komorebi, which loosely translates to the sunlight shining through the trees, Mariana de DelĂĄs has inserted a lifted metal structure gangway in this small home. Finished with a perforated metal sheet, it lets...
Volta Apartment in Paris by Hauvette & Madani.In this small loft apartment in Paris, Hauvette & Madani have added a solid oak staircase that snakes from the mezzanine to its lower level. Organised around this single dramatic central element allowed the architects to distance the...