Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Coyoacán, Mexico.What a privilege it is to write about Casa Azul, where the great artist Frida Kahlo was born and lived out her remarkable existence. It will come as little surprise to any to learn that this house was as magical in design as it is in...
Epic Farmhouse Renovation in Girona, Spain by Arquitectura-G.Every so often you come across a building that allows your imagination to run wild. It stops you in your tracks, disarms you with wonder and forces you to slow down. The culprit? A farmhouse renovation by Barcelona-based studio...
Tivoli Terrace: LAVA Director Chris Bosse Renovates his own Sydney Townhouse.Chris Bosse, the director of global design firm LAVA, has recently renovated and re-imagined his terrace house in Sydney's Paddington in an unexpected...
Eyewear Store in Greece by 314 Architecture Studio Framed by an Imaginary Floating Cube.The over-arching concept for the eyewear store was to create a ‘blurred boundary’ effect. The floating cube courtyard plays with the perspective and the framing, making the space appear as if it is squeezed between the two aged...
Kew House by Piercy & Company in South-West London.Kew House by Piercy & Company has been gradually gaining attention and recognition for it's design excellence in a conservation area. Piercy & Company created two strong, weathered steel volumes connected by the more delicate...
Micro-Housing: Hutong Experiments by Standardarchitecture in Beijing, China.Standardarchitecture developed the Hutong experiment with the aim to explore the possibilities of micro scale social housing within the tight confines of the Beijing streets. Hutong are residential lane-ways, traditionally the home of the...
El Pintón Restaurant by Lucas y Hernández-Gil Arquitectos // Seville, Spain.Located in Seville in Spain, ‘El Pintón’ is a restaurant designed by Lucas y Hernández-Gil Arquitectos with the aim of fostering a link between the strong presence of the traditional architecture and a fresh and contemporary approach...
Pear Tree House by Edgley Design // Dulwich, South London.Edgley Design’s Pear Tree House is an outstanding family home in the leafy suburb of Dulwich in South London. Formerly the site of a Victorian fruit orchard, this residence has been designed around a 100 year old pear tree which sits...
Copper House II by Studio Mumbai // Chondi, India.The severe flood of Mumbai and its hinterland in 2005 had marked its high-water mark on a pump-house that was extant to the site. After using it to register the datum for the house, pile foundations were put in and a slab was cast two feet...
