Hopper Joint in Melbourne is Brahman Perera and Jason Jones’ Love Letter to Sri Lanka.Hopper Joint has been a long time coming. The Sri Lankan diner in Prahran is a personal project eight years in the making for Melbourne designer Brahman Perera who has weaved his own heritage and familial customs into a space that breathes...
Dutch Courage: A Collectors home in Amsterdam by DAB Studio.If the aim of the 1910 Amsterdam School movement was to create a total architectural experience, inside and out, then DAB Studio has very successfully followed in those footsteps. Housed in an Amsterdam School building, the Collectors Home...
Lost Profile’s Refreshed Melbourne Showroom offers a Peek into the Singular World of Oliver Wilcox.Lost Profile’s Melbourne showroom and working studio hybrid offers a peek into the creative process behind the brand—and the unique and singular world with Oliver Wilcox at its helm. Laid out much like a home, the showroom is filled...
A Neighbourhood Lobby: Denizen House in Berlin by Modiste Studio.Located in Berlin’s Kreuzberg, Denizen House is a 475-square-metre co-working space operated by the eponymous start-up. Modiste Studio’s design brief was to provide a flexible space that serves as the “lobby for the neighbourhood”...
A Flurry of Contemporary Art & Design: 1890s Tribeca Penthouse Reimagined by Crina Arghirescu Rogard.Crina Arghirescu Rogard has envisioned this Tribeca penthouse, home for 22 years to her good friend and artist, Mexican born Claudia Doring Baez. Located on the top floor of the American Thread Building dating back to the 1890s Renaissance...
This Laneway House in Toronto Offers a Contemporary Take on Multigenerational Living.Nestled in the backyard of his childhood home, Joey Bilewicz of Studio Nonplus, in collaboration with Lanescape Architecture, has transformed a compact footprint into a three-bedroom two bathroom home for his young family in Toronto’s...
A Modernist Boudoir: Locke am Platz in ZĂĽrich by Sella Concept.Lifestyle aparthotel brand Locke expands into Zurich, Switzerland with the opening of its fifteenth property, Locke am Platz. Located in Enge, London-based Sella Concept took inspiration from the city, reflecting the cultural identity of...
Two Distinct Souls: 17th Century Apartment in Rome by Punto Zero.In the heart of Rome's historic Monti neighbourhood, Punto Zero transformed a 17th Century apartment into a colourful and bright home. Approaching the project with a keen sensitivity to the existing architectural narrative, original bones...
A Kaleidoscope of Styles: Apartment in Vilnius by Plazma Architecture Studio.A derelict apartment in Lithuania’s capital has been given a major revamp by Plazma Architecture Studio. Located in a 1914 building with early modernist details, the compact apartment has been adapted to the needs of its inhabitants with...