Kevin Carmody’s Territory of Architecture.The idea that architecture touches and guides all facets and corners of the lives we lead—from the mundane, to the emotional, the commemorative, cerebral, celebratory, sad, thrilling, temporary, indoor, outdoor, urban, and otherwise—is...
An Underground Krypt Bar by Büro KLK in Vienna, Austria.What’s cooler than a new underground bar in Austria? Accidentally discovering the stairway to a bordered-up semi-legal underground jazz club from Vienna’s jazzy 50s and 60s, and then restoring and reinventing it as new. Such was the...
Rob Mills’ Own Award-Winning Residence in Melbourne’s Armadale.Rob Mills is no stranger to opulent, visually rich interiors. Pretty fitting then that his own family home in Armadale in Melbourne is a likely contender for his studio’s most magnificent, artistic, and opulent to date. Collecting a...
Layering Courtyard in Beijing, China by ARCHSTUDIO.Pierced with sunlight and armoured with bamboo and natural timber, Layering Courtyard by ARCHSTUDIO is the modern reinvention of a traditional industrial building and quadrangle near Beijing’s historic Qianmen gate. In the first half...
Casa Josephine’s Fitout for Madrid Advertising Agency is Fresh AF!Madrid ad agency, Mr. Hyde enlisted Spanish interiors studio Casa Josephine to push the whole lifestyle office aesthetic a notch or two further. On the corner of a historic 20th-century building, Mr. Hyde’s HQ had many former lives....
Michaelis Boyd Designs Restaurant Duddell’s in a Historic St Thomas Church, London.Michaelis Boyd has inserted a fresh version of Duddell’s Cantonese restaurant into a historic church in Central London, intended as an extension of the double Michelin-starred Hong Kong...
An Old Barn in Lormes, France Transformed Into a Contemporary Country House by Frank Minnaërt.Paris-based Minnaërt Studio seems to have a budding flair for breathing new life into tired or forgotten places. Their most recent project is the restoration of an old stone barn, set on the outskirts of Lormes, in the Nièvre region of...
Gallery Of Furniture in Brno, Czech Republic by CHYBIK+KRISTOF.Czech Republic-based furniture supplier approached CHYBIK + KRISTOF architects with a brief to spend a minimum amount of money, but deliver a maximum effect for their new showroom in Brno. “The task was to do it cheaply, ideally for...
‘Upgrade: Home Extensions, Alterations & Refurbishments’ by Gestalten + Book Giveaway!Win one of three copies of Gestalten's book Upgrade, which explores adding, extending, transforming and breathing new life into forgotten...
