Pa.te.os in Melides: Four Contemporary Holiday Houses by Manuel Aires Mateus.Fancy yourself a getaway? Pa.te.os by Manuel Aires Mateus beautifully sculpts four individual houses that embraces the topography of Portugal’s Alentenjo. A site that has plenty of awe on offer, each building embraces views of the hills...
California Dreaming: Richmond House by Studio Gram.While embracing references to Palm Springs architecture and a garden-focused aesthetic from sunny California, this South Australian home by Studio Gram is, according to the architects “everything that an Australian home should...
New St House in Brighton by SYNC Architects & Interior Styling by Flack Studio.SYNC Architects have designed a bright and bold forever-home for a young family in the heart of Brighton, Melbourne. The contemporary house strikes a simple silhouette, with the architects focusing on high-quality materials to form a...
Protecting Madrid’s Industrial Heritage: MRT Project by BURR Studio.Burr Studio has transformed this obsolete Madrid warehouse into a hybrid live/work space. The architects divided the tenant requirements into a programmatic grid, leading to a completely fragmented volume, totally opposed to the original...
BD House by Space Encounters with Studio Vincent van Leeuwen.New owners of this 1950s villa in Bergen, the Netherlands, had chosen to live in the home for a few weeks before its demolition. This happened to give them a new perspective on their plans to knock down and rebuild, leading towards a...
A House Without Elevations: Enclosure by Design Ni Dukaan.Sitting atop a hill in rural Himatnagar, Ahmedabad, Enclosure by Design Ni Dukaan is an all-encompassing dance of scale and proportion. It is a house without elevations—an inward looking ‘enclosure’ that embraces experience and...
Contrasts of Starkness and Maximalism: EP Yaying by Franklin Azzi Architecture.Working with the collaborative duo Franklin Azzi and Serge Reffieux, Chinese ready-to-wear label EP Yaying is now armed with a new blueprint for all their future locations. Taking an old colonial house in Shanghai and renovating it...
An Unexpected Jewel: House in Mallorca by Niu Architecture.Wedged between two party walls of adjacent properties, NIU Architecture’s House in Mallorca is a delicate juxtaposition that leverages its heritage context to not only celebrate itself, but also its rich context. With remnants of old...
Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts Extension by Neri&Hu.Neri&Hu have completed an extension to the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an's Datang Everbright City. Located at the East Entry of the museum, the architectural icon is inspired by the idea of a glowing lantern. The new extension meets...
