A Table (II) in Barcelona, Spain by ESCOLANO + STEEGMANN.A table can be the malleable heart and hub of a home—an interchangeable infrastructure that’s so much more than a simple piece of furniture. Barcelona-based architect Adrià Escolano and his partner David Steegmann have used the humble...
Brass House in West London by Simon Astridge.The owners of this terraced house in West London have imbued their fond memories of holidays in Portugal and Israel into a newly completed renovation. Working with Simon Astridge Architecture Workshop, the family undertook a complete...
Percy Plunkett Café in Penrith, Western Sydney by Matt Woods Design.The new Penrith café has been built into a heritage cottage, which was once the home of the venue’s namesake, Percy Plunkett. After Percy there was a fire, a restoration, and most recently—a Thai restaurant. Matt Woods wanted to...
Early 20thCentury Home in Belgium Transformed by Pierre Yovanovitch.This extraordinary 1900’s Belgian residence has undergone many different incarnations. It was originally built for an aristocrat. Half a decade later it was carved up into uninspiring offices. Most recently it has become a beloved,...
3D Printed House by Massamiliano Locatelli’s CLS Architetti Revealed in Milan.One could hardly have imagined that once upon a time, as dot matrix printers hammered out an ink-soaked cloth ribbon onto flimsy paper, that one day we would be faced with the evolution of 3D printers. But not just any 3D printers. 3D...
Workstead House in Charleston, South Carolina.There is something delicious about the prospect of taking a dilapidated building and restoring it to its former grandeur. Every architect and designer worth their salt has a moment of salivation at the mere thought of taking a tumbledown...
Belmont House in Kew, VIC by Kennedy Nolan.Family homes are just that. Homes filled with families. And families start small and get bigger, often with alarming rapidity. Houses or apartments that once suited a couple no longer suit one with a baby. A house that once sufficed to...
House of Many-Worlds in Oslo, Norway by Austigard Arkitektur.Sam Merwin Jr.’s 1951 science fiction novel The House of Many Worlds is arguably his best work—telling the tale of a creepy West Virginia mansion that’s also a portal between parallel time streams. Whether this classic account of...
Interview: Emma Templeton of Templeton Architecture.I friggin love our interviews, you guys! And today is another absolute goodie, as we chat to the lovely, thoughtful and generous Emma Templeton, the principal of her eponymous practice, Templeton Architecture. With degrees in both...
