YUA Studio Converts Old Metal Workshop Into Boutique Residential Development.Three new residential units fit snugly into a former industrial podium supporting a multi-level residence. Formerly a metal workshop, YUA Studio tactfully create three apartments in calming pastel and white colour combinations. Using...
Tini Prefab Office by Ignacio de la Vega & Pilar Cano-Lasso of DelaVegaCanolasso.Nestled in the gap between the trees this brightly lit, rust-hued home office is a little oasis from the balancing act of work and home life. Soaked in light, with Corten steel framing and OSB Poplar wood interiors this prefabricated, low...
Camp Adventure in the Preserved Danish Forest by EFFEKT.EFFEKT’s Camp Adventure tower in the Danish forest aims to protect a preserved woodland while allowing the public to experience its beauty. Copenhagen-based practice planned the public pathway so that disturbances and damage to the...
The Parchment Works House by Will Gamble Architects.A former parchment factory in Northamptonshire in the UK has been transformed by Will Gamble Architects into an exquisite home that cleverly knits together a modern intervention with a distinctive ruinous structure. The existing property...
Alex Guesthouse & Cinema Space in Ghent by Atelier Vens Vanbelle.Allow me to set the scene. On the idyllic grounds of a French-style home just outside of Ghent, sits a quirky corrugated form with its own projecting watchtower. Clad in corten-steel, the abstract building rises from the earth like a...
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...
The Retreat Hotel at Blue Lagoon in Grindavík, Iceland by Basalt Architects & Design Group Italia.Retreat Hotel at Blue Lagoon is built directly into the 800-year-old lava flow at Svartsengi in Grindavík, Iceland. When looking at redeveloping the site, Basalt Architects and Design Group Italia have incorporated lava into their design,...
The Layered Gallery in London by Gianni Botsford Architects.The Layered Gallery is aptly named, for layered it most certainly is. It is an unlikely blend of Moroccan inspired architectural screens and other layers of steel framing. Located in central London, the gallery houses a private...
Crazy Beautiful SPenthouse in São Paulo by Studio MK27.Designed by Studio MK27, the SPenthouse sits at the summit of a newly built São Paulo apartment building. The project sought to address the demands of the brief with minimal division, shaping an interior with seamless spatial...