Bricks Decoded: Knockout Brick Houses.In our ongoing content partnership with Brickworks, we explore the beauty, versatility and possibilities of Bricks in its many applications, from art, design, interiors and architecture via some of the most radical projects and ideas both...
Qishe Courtyard House in Beijing by ARCHSTUDIO.ARCHSTUDIO has renovated a dilapidated hutong in Beijing, introducing a series of contemporary architectural insertions. A central curved veranda ā a basic element of traditional Chinese architecture, is embedded into the old Siheyuan to...
Courtyard Villa in Tangshan, China by ARCHSTUDIO.Traditional Chinese courtyard dwellings ā Siheyuanā inspired ARCHSTUDIO for Courtyard Villa, a suburban holiday home in Tangshan, China surrounded by verdant farmland, orchards and rivers. The gabled roof and wall to wall timber...
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 Beijingās historic Qianmen gate. In the first half...
Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. AndĀ bricks. These are two concepts we donāt usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which weāve all come to expect, I thought it...
Waterside Buddist Shrine in China by ARCHSTUDIO.ARCHSTUDIO have created a place for Buddhist mediation and contemplation, with building design addressing an intimate connection between building and...
White House: Hutong Home Renovation by Arch Studio in Beijing, China.As a continuation of the Hutong theme and China's on-going architectural liberation, behold the minimalist dream that is the White House by Arch Studio. White House displays a truly masterful balance of sensitivity to the old, whilst...
Stories On Design // Top Shelf.Today's story focuses on shelving that's more than just the name itself suggests. Top Shelf is an ode to joinery elements that play an integral part within interior architecture. Top Shelf acts both as a sculptural and a functional...