Dimore Studio Brings Glamour to Casa Fayette Hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico.Opened in September 2015 in Guadalajara’s booming Lafayette district in Mexico, Casa Fayette reflects the changing face of the area by blending the traditional with the super current. Hoteliers Carlos Couturier and Moisés Micha, the...
Stories On Design // Room With a View.Room With a View talks about spaces that embrace their context wholeheartedly - the site, the location, the climate, vernacular architecture and more. What I love about all these examples is the demonstration of many different ways in...
‘Miradors’ by Erwan Fichou.'Miradors' is a lighthearted photo project created by French photographer Erwan Fichou that documents people popping out of oddly shaped trees. The inspiration for the project came when Fichou witnessed a gardener working atop a tree that...
Stories On Design // Architecture for Children.As adults, and especially as architects and designers - whether we are parents or not - we have a collective responsibility to teach our Young Jedis about the importance and the value of good design. They say it's best to start them young,...
Stories On Design // Sheds, Cabins & Retreats.Although humble in stature, these mini-structures speak of the ultimate luxury - the luxury of stillness and more time, and rare pleasures of direct connection with nature. There is no denying the fact that the concept of a minimal,...
Concrete Courtyard House by 3ARCH // Mexico City.Staircases descend around a courtyard hidden within the concrete house set into a steep rock face. The house, designed to feel as a den - a place of isolation, reflection and rest - is detached from the urban context and intertwined with...
Stories on Design // Outdoor Rooms.In case you thought today's post is about "styling" your Verandas and Backyard Pergolas with a bit of lattice action, I'm afraid you're in for a huge dose of disappointment. Sorry / not sorry. If you're, however, in the market for amazing...
So Hot Right Now // Fins & Folded Facades.I recall a time when I used to have a grown up job in an architecture firm, and the debate amongst my colleagues/ architects over the design of every façade. This is not surprising. Not only are they one of the first things we all notice...
Walls Covered With 10,000 Collected Bones at ‘Hueso’ Restaurant in Mexico.Located in the beautiful Lafayette Design District in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico is the home and studio of Diaz Morales, part of the Luis Barragan Foundation. This extraordinary modernist architecture setting from the 1940s serves as the...