Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. And bricks. These are two concepts we don’t usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which we’ve all come to expect, I thought it...
PRODUCTORA’s Monolithic Cultural Center in Mexico Built from Pigmented Concrete, Clay, Bricks & Timber.Mexico-city based architecture practice PRODUCTORA has recently completed a monolithic masterpiece that is the Community and Cultural Centre in the small village of Teotitlan del Valle, 31 km outside of Oaxaca city at the foothills of the...
Wanås Hotel in Skåne, Sweden Set Within 18th-Century Buildings Converted by Kristina Wachtmeister.Surrounded by the renowned sculpture park The Wanås Foundation, and history dating back to medieval times, Wanås Hotel offers Nordic design &...
Church of St. Wenceslas in Sazovice, Czech Republic by Atelier Stepan.I remember one of my early lessons in Architecture where I was told that in buildings, curves are a nightmare and will never look as impressive as they appear in one’s head. Because of this, I am always in awe of a structure that has...
Zeitz MOCAA Cape Town by Studio Heatherwick Set Within a Giant Disused Grain Silo.Studio Heatherwick carved the inside of a disused grain silo building on Cape Town’s waterfront, transforming it into South Africa’s biggest art...
Building with Sun, Water and Air: Hiroshi Sambuichi’s Subterranean Installation at The Cisterns in Frederiksberg.Located under Frederiksberg Hill, in the heart of Søndermarken Park, are The Cisterns, a subterranean reservoir that once supplied drinking water for all of Copenhagen. The murky and eerily still space is currently the backdrop of Hiroshi...
Stories On Design // Hospitality & Event Pop-Ups.Gone are the days when Event Pop-Ups were simply clever PR stunts or an excuse for mediocre premises that have been knocked up by someone’s handy uncle who can cunningly transform Bunning’s chipboard into bench seats. Add a coupla...
Richard Rogers’ 1960 Wimbledon House Renovation by Philip Gumuchdjian.Reviving Richard Rogers' Wimbledon House to its former 1960’s glory, Philip Gumuchdjian has restored this modernist jewel into new residences and seminar spaces for fellowship recipients from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design....
Stories On Design // Modern Arches.Today’s Story is dedicated to one of architecture’s most fundamental elements, the one present in its very nomenclature: The Arch. Perhaps you would have noticed the resurgence of Arches in many modern projects, from architecture...
