Tennyson 205 Apartment Building in Mexico City by Studio Rick Joy.Studio Rick Joy looked to local Mexican building traditions to inform a limited palette of materials for the Tennyson 205 apartment’s, giving it the appearance of a carved urban sculpture. The entire building is formed from board marked...
Acne Studios’ Monumental HQ in Stockholm.Set within Stockholm’s former Czechoslovakian embassy, Johannes Norlander Arkitekur worked with Acne Studios Creative Director Jonny Johansson on the brand’s new HQ, looking to the original ACNE acronym for inspiration: Ambition to...
Villa RA in Calabria, Italy by MORQ Architecture.Contemporary and distinct amongst its rural landscape, Villa RA by MORQ Architecture is set 300m above sea level, atop a mountainous ridge in Calabria, in southwest Italy. Aiming for the villa to feel ingrained as part of the landscape,...
Selo Shoe Store in Sao Paulo by MNMA Studio.MNMA Studio aimed to create a seamless transition between the exterior and interior OF Selo shoe store in Sao Paulo, with the same concrete on the footpath continued within, and oval and rounded shapes defining the minimalist floor plan....
Fibonacci Stone Updates the Neues Terrazzo Collection.The newly expanded Neues range by Fibonacci is an ode to the hard-edged beauty of Brutalist forms, whereby architecture and nature collide. The distinctly robust terrazzo plays on light and shade, with faint warmth in the base creating a...
Casa Morgana in Northern Germany by J. Mayer H.Neighboured by 19th century homes, the abstract contemporary structure that is Casa Morgana stands out amongst its woody surrounds in Northern Germany. J. Mayer H. regard the building as a study for potential future architecture that seems...
Mini Brutalist Sculptures by David Umemoto.Despite the solidity and modernity of David Umemoto's chosen medium, concrete, his mini structures refer to the archaic and the ephemeral, evocative of temporary buildings or ancient monuments. The opposite of the organic, undulating...
AZL Architects Renovate An Old Kiln Building in the Chinese Forest With Concrete & Brick Arches.AZL Architecture revived a towering concrete building replete with grand arches to house the historic BingDing Wood Kiln in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China. The complex, double-curved brick arch masonry structure of the kiln...
Selected Projects by Sao Paulo Based MNMA Studio.Based in Sao Paulo, the interdisciplinary architecture studio MNMA "believe in processes that do not speak of form but rather of sensations". This approach ensures their architecture surpasses the simple answer in terms of material...
