Huntingtower House in Armadale, Melbourne by Workroom & AGUSHI Construction.Home to AGUSHI’s Founding Director, this new 4-bedroom residence unfolds dramatically from the street as an imposing 3-storey box cantilevered over glass rooms and embedded in sunken...
Quinta da Corte: 200-Year-Old Winery in Portugal Transformed Into a Hotel by Pierre Yovanovitch.This project has all the makings of a classic French film. A wealthy winemaker finds himself wandering in the hillsides of the beautiful Valença do Douro, one of the oldest winemaking areas in Portugal. A self-proclaimed hedonist and art...
Two Cork Houses in Palafrugell, Costa Brava by LĂłpez Rivera Architects.Two houses rest upon a sloping site both completely immersed in the dense woodland of Palafrugell, Spain. Wrapped in cork panels, these stealthy structures mirror the stippled texture and mottled grey tones of surrounding slender pine and...
Plywood House in Palma de Mallorca, Spain by SMS Arquitectos.Spanish studio SMS Arquitectos have delved deeply into the construction process of this terrace home in Palma de Mallorca, exploring the craft of plywood manufacturing - a traditional process of the Spanish island. The use of CNC...
Amanyangyun Resort in Shanghai, China by Kerry Hill Architects.The passing of celebrated Singapore-based Australian architect, Kerry Hill on 26 August, has rippled through the global design and architecture community, causing great sadness to those who either knew him and everyone else who was touched...
Epic Home of London Design Festival Director & Stirling Prize-winning British Architect.In honour of 2018 London Design Festival, we take a little look-see at a rather epic home of London Design Festival Director himself, Ben Evans, and Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete. Talk about a power couple, huh? I mean,...
Hotel Café Royal in London by David Chipperfield.In what could only be described as pared-back opulence, David Chipperfield Architects have taken a Regent Street icon in London’s Piccadilly Circus and reinvented it for the new era. Hotel Café Royal is a sort of Cinderella (post...
Small Apartment Renovation in Madrid, Spain by Elii Architects.This 34-square-metre apartment in Madrid, Spain, is a tiny little gem - a bit like a cool, unfolding child’s toy what gets rearrange to create something new. Let’s start with the way the Elii Architects have addressed the levels of...
Santa Clara 1728 in Lisbon, Portugal by Aires Mateus.Everything about Santa Clara 1728 in Lisbon, makes you want to cry (in appreciation). From the rich historical elements retained by local architecture practice, Aires Mateus, to the interplay of the selected materials that feel simple...
