An Italian Touch in Paris by Marcante Testa.Turin-based practice has injected this Paris apartment with playful whimsy and loads of personality. The subtle complexity of the aesthetic where old-school references meet refined modernity deliver a series of delightful surprises around...
Spatial Hybrid: The Collector by Framework Studio.Rivalling the garage from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Framework Studio is back with The Collector project. Housed within a warehouse building, the designers leaned into the industrial aesthetic, utilising raw metal and concrete to create a...
Puro Hotel Kraków by Paradowski Studio.Located in Kraków, one of the oldest cities in Poland, PURO Hotel Kraków by Paradowski Studio celebrates elements nearly forgotten during the interwar periods, and one with which the world isn’t entirely familiar. Added with hints of...
Floating in Time: Trocadero Apartment in Paris by Hauvette & Madani.Working with noble materials and an old-world sensibility, Hauvette & Madani have restored this 1930s duplex to its former art deco glory. Dubbed “Sleeping Beauty”, woodwork panels saturate the space in a honeycomb hue as eclectic...
Retro-futuristic Audrey Boutique by Liang Architecture Studio.With graceful curves and sharp geometric elements, this distinctly retro-futuristic design by Liang Architecture Studio is an otherworldly playground. Audrey boutique in Hangzhou is simple yet expressive, teetering between the past and...
Pyramids of Flinders: Bellows House by Architects EAT.Albert Mo wanted a permanent house anchored in the sand from the outset, unlike the predictable light-weight beach vernacular. “More like a bunker than a shack,” he says, setting out to design a building that spoke of its location and...
Creative Prototype: Alexander House by Alexander &Co.Described as “a home for working in”, Alexander &Co’s own office space, Alexander House, is a deeply personal artistic residential environment attached to the principal architects’ family home in Bondi Junction. Layered materials...
Aviv House in Tulum, Mexico by CO-LAB Design Office.Designed by Tulum-based CO-LAB Design Office, Casa Aviv sits amidst a jungle in one of Mexico’s popular holiday destination revered for its white sand, palm tree-lined coast, pastel waters and Mayan ruins. A short distance from the beach...
FNL Apartment in Warsaw, Poland by Paradowski Studio.A quandary of luxurious tactility and essential utility, natural materials are masterfully applied in this epic Warsaw apartment. Artfully straddling the two worlds of utility and excess, this unconventional home by Paradowski Studio...
