Open Studio Transforms a Compact Singapore by Removing the Corridor.Being based in Singapore, Open Studio is no stranger to working within small footprints. For their latest apartment project, a multifunctional pod was introduced in lieu of the corridor. This intervention holds a study that can be packed...
Ferguson Apartment in Glasgow by Almost Blue.Step inside Lee Ivett, Simon Harlow, and Duncan Blackmore’s Escher-esque 25 square metre Glasgow apartment made of summer colours. Named Ferguson, this former single-storey volume was given a brand new mezzanine and services that are...
A Blank Slate: Casa Rio in Madrid by HANGHAR.Located in the rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood of Carabanchel, Casa Rio is Hanghar's olive branch towards Madrid’s affordable housing crisis. With the average costs of homes now exceeding the reach of many citizens, the project...
The Luxury Nomad: Mangusta 108 Yacht Interior by Febrero Studio.Febrero Studio has completed an interior refurbishment of a 35-metre-long Mangusta 108 yacht. Madrid-based studio has optimised the space and brought the comfort of a home to the maritime scale. A ton sur ton palette of timber, limestone...
Fronte Oceano: Terrace Extension in Newcastle East by ASJP Architecture.A deep love for the ocean and an existing home that has stood for almost two hundred years has drawn two of Australia’s beloved artists, Lottie Consalvo and James Drinkwater, to establish their roots in Newcastle East. They commissioned...
Life in 65sqm: Singapore Apartment by Open Studio.Sometimes more can, ironically, result in too little. In the case of this 65-square-metre apartment in Singapore, while the original number of rooms and bathrooms seems rather generous, it, unfortunately, led to an apartment of tight and...
Shrine Apartment in Melbourne by Studio Edwards.For this compact 55-square-metre apartment remodel, Studio Edwards creates a series of interconnecting living spaces anchored around views of Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance and the Botanic Gardens opposite. Contrast is created between...
GLCY4 Compact Apartment in Madrid by Plutarco.Plutarco have transformed a claustrophobic apartment in Madrid into a bold and functional interior that celebrates the great masters of colour—Le Corbusier and Alvar Alto. Located on the third floor of a 1920's building in the...
Laneway Glass House by Brad Swartz and Henry Wilson.For five years, Sydney architect Brad Swartz and industrial designer Henry Wilson collaborated on a luminous laneway home that punches well above its modest footprint. Hovering at the fringe between the public and private domain, the...