Bricks Decoded: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Breeze Block.In Brazil, it’s known as Cobogó. In India, they call it Jaalis. The French term is Brise-soleil. Here we know it as Breeze Block. Call them what you will, these little units of awesome are making a massive comeback. Back in the 50s...
Entrepinos Housing in Valle de Bravo, Mexico by Taller Hector Barroso.Five terracotta-coloured homes emerge from the earth and peer through the magnificent pine trees in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. These monolithic beauties have been rendered in the soil from which they were born and embrace local materials such...
House For a Young Family in Haaltert, Belgium by Atelier Vens Vanbelle.Set into the surrounding landscape, this charismatic home in Haaltert, Belgium has all the makings for a young family. Designed by Atelier Vens Vanbelle, the colourful residence is a smorgasbord of architectural thought and...
O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects’ Extension to a 1970s London House.This elegant intervention at the rear of a London home by O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects replaces a 1970’s extension to allow a connection to the...
Annandale House by Welsh + Major Architects.If you asked most people what initial question they ought to be asked by an architect when commissioning a new home, Welsh + Major imagine it would be something along the lines of: “What kind of house would you like?” However, the...
The Drifter Hotel in New Orleans by Concordia Architecture & Nicole Cota Studio.Inspired by subcultural nonconformity, The Drifter Hotel updates mid-century individualism while celebrating local art, hip cuisine, and speciality...
Jac House in Sydney, Australia by panovscott.Established in 2012 by Anita Panov and Andrew Scott, one might assume panovscott are green-faced emerging architects who made a splash with this beautiful project early on in their career. Dubbed Jac, this house extension has cleaned up at...
LIFEwithBIRD Store in Sydney’s Bondi Junction by Studio Wonder.Referencing principles of architectural modernism, Studio Wonder’s store design for LIFEwithBIRD combines layered volumes, clean lines & textural...
Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. And bricks. These are two concepts we don’t usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which we’ve all come to expect, I thought it...
