Scanlan Theodore Stores by Meacham Nockles McQualter.Scanlan Theodore's newest stores - in Sydney's Paddington and The Strand Arcade, and Melbourne's Armadale - have been designed by Sydney based practice, Meacham Nockles McQualter. Like the iconic Australian fashion label, the architects...
San Francisco Loft by LINEOFFICE Architecture.This converted warehouse space was remodelled by San Francisco based practice LINEOFFICE Architecture. The weightiness of the post and beam structure and the tactile grain of the Douglas Fir were at once seductive for both the client and...
Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects // Yokohama, Tokyo.And so my obsession with all things Japanese continues. How's a girl to move on when Japan keeps smashing out so much boundary pushing and obscenely beautiful work? This particular one deviates so far from my Western understanding of...
Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito // Tokyo, Japan.Toyo Ito's library at Tama Art University is comprised of a series of concrete arches. The arches, which are of varying span lengths, are arranged in an irregular patterns driven by the slope of the surrounding landscape. The arches...
Camper Flagship Showroom by Neri & Hu // Shanghai, China.The Camper store is a reinterpreted two storey traditional house, sliced in half and opening itself up to the "laneway" within the warehouse which it sits. The slice is expressed with a bright red rubber, which is the same rubber used for...
Loft by Lissoni Associati // Monza, Italy.Converted warehouses are a dime a dozen these days, but how's this for a fascinating case of repurposing? Lissoni Associati have taken an old private theatre and transformed it into a home. Monumental and so strictly restrained, this loft...
Jean Christophe Aumas’ Paris Apartment.This apartment speaks volumes of the creative pulse that lives in it. We're talking about Jean Christophe Aumas, founder of Voici-Voila and creative director to the world's elite fashion houses. Occupying a 300 year old ex-convent with...
Luxury Studio Apartment by Studio Rick Joy // Chelsea, USA.This studio apartment by architect Rick Joy may not be generous in size, but it is certainly not short of grandeur. What the apartment lacks in volume, it makes up for in lush materials, clever detailing and a staunch commitment to good...
House of Salad by Metaphor // Bangkok, Thailand.Metaphor Design Studio have drawn inspiration from the artist's studio for this Bangkok restaurant, House of Salad. Embracing the slightly dishevelled quality we typically associate with an artist's space, it's reinterpreted with an almost...
