Encampment-like Home: Awaawaroa Bay House by Cheshire Architects.Three small volumes resembling more of an encampment than a home are situated around a sun-drenched courtyard in Awaawaroa Bay, New Zealand. By eroding the threshold between inside and outside Cheshire Architects have doubled the living...
Nothing Superfluous: Sky Yard Hotel by Domain Architects.Located in a small rural town in China, Sky Yards Hotel is free of superfluous visual elements. Championing simplicity and emphasising a personal user experience, Domain Architects explore a new hotel design typology where all elements are...
Flashy Yet Modest, Eccentric but Purposeful: Sir Roy Grounds House in Balmain by Conrad Johnston.Director of Fox Johnston Conrad Johnston’s new home in Balmain, Sydney may have just awakened our love and appreciation for 70s architecture. This is Sir Roy Grounds House, appropriately named given that it was once occupied by Roy...
100% Wood House in Amboise, France by Local & Suphasidh.How many types of timber and wooden patterns can you see? Step inside Local and Suphasidh’s 100% Wood House. Designed for the lush forest in Bourdaisiere Castle, France – the architects used contemporary technology of CNC and local...
König Galerie Opens at MCM Haus Seoul, Designed by Neri&Hu.The 5th floor of Neri&Hu-designed MCM Haus Seoul as well as the spacious rooftop have been taken over this month by a new art space – KÖNIG Galerie. Dubbed KÖNIG SEOUL, the initiative is overseen by Soo Choi, a Seoul-based gallerist...
Kew Residence by John Wardle Architects.Framed by overarching trees and three luscious elms is John and Susan Wardle’s Kew Residence. Originally designed by Horace Tribe in 1951, the house is now beyond recognition through undergoing three transformations. The latest...
Video Tour Through Casey Brown’s Bangalley House in Avalon.Perched on a rising monolithic headland of sandstone and shale, Bangalley is a remarkable home inspired by its arresting location. In this video tour in partnership with Brickworks, Tim Ross meets with Sydney architect, Rob Brown, to tour...
Iturbide Studio in Mexico City by Taller Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo.On Barrio del Nino Jesus, Mexico sits Taller Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Currillo’s Iturbide Studio – an archive and art studio designed for celebrated Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. Analogue enthusiasts may appreciate this...
Kite Breeze: Adam Goodrum’s Contemporary Take on Traditional Breeze Block for Brickworks.A symbol of indoor/ outdoor Australian lifestyle, breeze blocks have an ability to create an ambience in architecture as a constantly changing sculpture via the interplay of light, shadow and surface. Unveiled at the recent Brickworks B20,...
