Prazeres Building in Lisbon, Portugal by Aurora Arquitectos.Portuguese studio Aurora Arquitectos frequently came across a dilemma when designing and intervening in apartment buildings: in order to have a garden, one must renounce the view, and in turn, to have a view it means being relegated to an...
Heritage Apartment Renovation in Chiavari, Italy by Nicola Spinetto.What do you do when you inherit a crumbling old ruin, full of beautiful original features, with a desire to turn it into something spectacular? Do you sympathetically update the plan, adding modern touches here and there whilst maintaining...
GalerĂa OMR in Mexico City by Mateo Riestra, JosĂ© Arnaud-Bello & Max von Werz.Given Mexico and walls have been getting a bit of press recently, we thought this little-known Mexican belleza may be of interest. Mexico’s GalerĂa OMR has moved into a newly renovated villa in the nation’s capital. Masterminded...
JOOLZ HQ in Amsterdam With Lush Internal Courtyards by Space Encounters.What differentiates JOOLZ HQ in Amsterdam by the designers at Space Encounters is its connection to the outside world. Not in the sense of taxis hooning past. But by it’s connection to nature, and by connecting our senses to nature....
Fala Atelier Converts an Old Garage into a House in Lisbon, Portugal.This renovation project by Fala Atelier started with an unconventional request from an open minded couple within a very tight budget - to convert a windowless 200sqm garage in Lisbon into a house. Sure - why not? The proposed...
Slab House by Bureau de Change Architects.London-based architects Bureau de Change have created a concrete waffle roof which sits above the new living area of a period residence dubbed Slab House. The underside of the new roof is exposed to create the living room ceiling, its...
Seashore Chapel Set on a Chinese Beach by Vector Architects.When the tide rises, the space underneath this beachside chapel becomes submerged by the water, reminiscent of an old boat drifting on the...
A New Artificial Skylight System Created by A Group of Italian Scientists.It looks like the sun... but it ain't the sun. And just to be clear, we don't normally endorse fake things - i.e. furniture, products or materials that pretend they are something they are not, but in this case we are making an exception....
Casa Delpin by Fuster + Partners // San Juan, Puerto Rico.Converted from a typical 1940’s house by Nataniel FĂşster, Casa DelpĂn is the product of the renovation and addition to an existing single-family structure located on a small lot on the Miramar sector in San Juan. The existing structure...
