Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP // Hiroshima, Japan.The Optical Glass House was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP and it was completed in March 2012. Located on a busy residential street in downtown Hiroshima in Japan, the house features a glittering facade of suspended glass blocks...
Brick House by Clare Cousins // Melbourne.Who says you're not allowed to touch curves until you’re middle aged? This person obviously hasn’t met Clare Cousins. Either that or Clare Cousins has really good genes. This deliciously curvaceous brick house she designed for her own...
Middlepark House by CJA + K.P.D.O. // Melbourne.I was fortunate enough to see the completed house in the flesh and, let me tell you, it took hours to tear myself away. The series of interconnected spaces don't reveal themselves all at once, meaning the walk through was filled with...
The Re-Birth of Palazzo di Vigonovo (Campiello) // Venice, Italy.This project is such a wonderful example of what is possible when history, art, architecture and technology unite to create a single grand gesture. After three full years of renovation, Campiello is given a new lease on life, featuring a...
Widlund House by Claesson Koivisto Rune.Regular readers would probably know about my "design love affair" with Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune. This awesome threesome (get your mind out of the gutter) strikes yet again with a stunning home, situated on the west coast...
Deliciously Curvalicious.Let's just clear something up from the outset - in case the title of this post made you think we are going to discuss Beyonce's post-baby body, you're in the wrong place. This post has nothing to do with her curvaceous hips and mama-jugs,...
Aichinger House by Hertl Architekten | Austria.It is not that often one can see a building which challenges the conventional to this extent. I mean, I personally always thought that curtains belonged on the inside of buildings, but Austrian practice Hertl Architekten clearly had a...
Xeros Residence by Blank Studio.Who would've thought that there would be such a beautiful piece of architecture in the Arizona desert? The Xeros residence was designed by Blank Studio, a small architectural practice based in Phoenix, Arizona. I love the overall form...
