Barefoot Luxury Villas in Cabo Verde by Polo Architects & Going East.Belgium-based Polo Architects and Going East embraced understated elegance for Barefoot Luxury Villas, a series of 30 serviced dwellings on the archipelago of Cabo Verde, off the coast of West Africa. The design team were collectively...
Built with Brickworks: Sydney Rail Operations Centre by Jacobs & Smart Design Studio.The Rail Operations Centre for Sydney Trains by Smart Design Studio and Jacobs is a vast award-winning structure. Red brick facades from Bowral bricks define the building with two arched openings spanning forty and forty-five metres...
Juun.J Fashion Flagship & Felt Coffee in Seoul by WGNB.WGNB fused a triangle, circle, and square to form one abstract, geometrical building for the Juun.J retail flagship and Felt Coffee cafe. The ambiguous shape and monochome black facades generate curiosity from passersby, intentionally...
AZL Architects Renovate An Old Kiln Building in the Chinese Forest With Concrete & Brick Arches.AZL Architecture revived a towering concrete building replete with grand arches to house the historic BingDing Wood Kiln in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China. The complex, double-curved brick arch masonry structure of the kiln...
D2 Townhouse in Dublin, Ireland by Jake Moulson Architects.What happens when you combine the flamboyance of Bowie’s glam alter ego Ziggy Stardust and drama of Stanley Kubrick, with plenty of architectural rigour? You get Jake Moulson’s deliciously weird and wonderful, five-storey D2 Townhouse...
Bricks Decoded: Bangin’ Brick Retail Interiors.In today’s retail climate, physical stores are increasingly recognizing architectural and design merit as a drawcard for potential customers. In this bangin' retail interiors roundup, bricks are heroed in a myriad of materials, shapes...
Millet Vinegar Museum in Zibo, China by Zhanghua Studio.Made from concrete slabs comprised of waste materials, the facades of the Millet Vinegar Museum in Zibo, China by Zhanghua Studio make the building appear as if grew straight from the earth. Up close, the slabs are each a unique, abstract...
Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse in Aqaba, Jordan by Oppenheim Architecture.The undulating sprayed concrete shell of Ayla golf club by Oppenheim Architecture emulates the rolling dunes and mountains of the surrounding Jordanian desert. The entire building is essentially made by hand, deepening the ties to the land...
Tokyo Office Tower by nendo Veiled With a Timber Grid.Rather than allow another closed-off office building to populate the street, nendo created a space connected to the exterior environment with this Tokyo office building. Balconies have been placed sporadically on six floors, each of which...
