Cut Paw Paw by Andrew Maynard Architects // Seddon, Victoria.Cut Paw Paw is a renovation and extension to a double fronted weatherboard home that has been left deliberately incomplete. The owners asked that the house be “ridiculously inside-out”. To accomplish this, not only did Andrew Maynard...
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...
Gallery Post // Casa Maracanã by Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados.Maracanã House was built in the city of São Paulo by the Brazilian architecture studio Terra and Tuma Arquitetos Associados. The house is made of blocks of light concrete, hosting the family of Danilo Terra, one of the studio directors....
Duddell’s Cultural Concept Destination in Hong Kong by Ilse Crawford.Duddell's Hong Kong is a cultural concept venue designed by the one and only Ilse Crawford. Despite Duddell’s undeniable opulence and grandeur, Crawford took her signature humanistic approach to design, where people are placed at the...
2verandas by Gus Wüstemann // Zürich, Switzerland.To Switzerland, today, to look at a wonderful (enormous) house on the northern shores of Lake Zürich by Gus Wüstemann Architects. The building comprises two houses – one of concrete, one of wood – at opposite ends of a large suburban...
Captain Melville Restaurant & Bar by Breathe Architecture // Melbourne.Inspired by the ghosts of the former inner city nightclub's first patrons, Captain Melville in Melbourne was recently refurbished and re-invented as a restaurant and bar by the local studio Breathe Architecture. Previously known as Mac’s...
Greenbox by Act Romegialli // Italy.Is it just me or does this look like the kind of place where unicorns and Snow White would hang out? This outdoor dining pavilion is full of romance and fairytale whimsy. It suggests a history of slowly creeping vines which, over many...
Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP // Hiroshima, Japan.The Optical Glass House was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP and it was completed in March 2012. Located on a busy residential street in downtown Hiroshima in Japan, the house features a glittering facade of suspended glass blocks...
Villa La Banane // Saint Barthélemy, The Caribbean.Villa La Banane is seriously BANANAS! First there's the ridiculously amazing location on the island of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean. Then there's a lot of yellow everywhere which is (almost) always a fabulous idea as far as I'm...