Hoa’s House: Conversion of a 150-year-old Melbourne Pub by ioa studio.Over a year in the making, emerging Melbourne-based design practice ioa studio transformed a dull office space, once an old pub, into a warm and playful home brimming with personality. “Our friend Hoa took a huge risk and bought the...
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...
15 Clerkenwell Close in London by Amin Taha Architects + GROUPWORK.To fully appreciate the ruinous formation of 15 Clerkenwell Close by Amin Taha & GROUPWORK, we must first understand the compelling past of the site in which it sits. In its place was once an 11th-century limestone Norman abbey that was...
Vos House in Ekeren, Belgium by Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu.This is not the first time we’re celebrating the work of Brussels-based architects De Vylder Vinck Taillieu. Jan De Vylder, Inge Vinck, and Jo Taillieu playfully break with the conventions of architectural functions, typologies, and the...
Noma Restaurant in Copenhagen by Studio David Thulstrup.When René Redzepi shut Noma, voted world’s best restaurant four times over, and began planning Noma 2.0, the project heralded a fresh beginning with a brand new building and a new menu based around three seasons. To realise his vision,...
Red Deer Architects Design Mid-Century Pasta Restaurant for London Institution Lina Stores.For Lina Stores pasta restaurant in London’s Soho, Red Deer have created a contemporary dining experience that connects the ground floor open-kitchen bar with the downstairs...
Two Pavilions in Rural East Sussex, UK by Carmody Groarke.Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke have an undeniably inventive and artistic idea of the parameters of architecture. Their approach is outside-the-box, but it’s also totally charming and storied, reflecting and extending the real culture of...
Cox Architecture’s New Brisbane Studio.There’s nothing quite like uncovering a gem as you peel away decades of paint. Cox Architecture have recently finished gutting and restoring their home in the Old Mineral House in Brisbane. Cox Architecture have lived in...
Big Space, Little Space in Buffalo, New York by Davidson Rafailidis.Big Space, Little Space is the latest project by the design practice Davidson Rafailidis – an adaptive re-use of a clay tile garage built in the 1920’s into a dwelling and workshop, tucked away in the middle of a residential block in...
