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...
Compact Vintage Apartment in Katowice by Mistovia.Mistovia’s sprinkle of decisiveness, a heap of enthusiasm and a teaspoon of optimism transform this compact apartment in Katowice into a whimsically wonderful space to call home. Formerly two apartments that have been merged into one,...
Writing on the Wall: Monolocale Effe in Mantua by Archiplan Studio.When Diego Cisi and Stefano Gorni Silvestrini of Archiplan Studio jumped on board to restore a house in the historic Italian town of Mantua, the 15th-century wall frescoes were one of the many things that caught their attention. So much...
A Periscope: Compact Melbourne Home Extension by Architecture architecture.There’s a particular joy derived from designing a small house well. This seems to be especially true for Architecture architecture, Melbourne-based practice with a reputation for inventive spatial solutions that thrives on the challenge....
A Young Art Collector’s Home by Corpus Studio.Corpus Studio drew inspiration from several sources for this raw and glam house of a young art collector—London’s architectural scale; the volumes and large windows of early century Parisian artists’ studios; Italian architect Carlo...
Tiny but Mighty: Picalo Cabin by Gerard Dombroski Workshop.Gerard Dombroski’s Picalo Cabin is a simple construction is made entirely of materials that are no longer useful on the buildings they was once on. The mini-construction resembles a classic corrugated metal shed framed by weather-worn...
Nadwiślańska Apartment in Krakow by Mistovia.Mistovia returns with a new project located in Krakow. Located in an apartment block famous for its light pink concrete facade and distinct dark-red window frames, the studio has extended the same colour code to the modestly sized 57sqm...
Murray Barker & Esther Stewart’s Brunswick Apartment.Australian architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart have collaborated on a functional and flexible renovation of a two-bedroom 60s apartment in Brunswick. By reworking the home’s original foundations through a contemporary lens,...
On-Growing House by Mariana de Delás.Inspired by the Japanese word Komorebi, which loosely translates to the sunlight shining through the trees, Mariana de Delás has inserted a lifted metal structure gangway in this small home. Finished with a perforated metal sheet, it lets...
