Love Shack in Bondi Reimagines Material Reuse and Small-Scale Functionality.Second Edition's Love Shack is a small but powerful example of sustainable design principles in action. This chameleon of a space functions as a bedroom, living room, or office while championing innovative material reuse. From salvaged...
How 22 Square Metres Changed Everything for This Sydney Architect’s Home.When Sydney architect faced the challenge of expanding her family's Inner West cottage during lockdown, she turned constraints into opportunities. The resulting 22sqm addition, featuring a cantilevered bay window and seamless garden...
Inside Singapore’s Most Atmospheric Plant Shopping Experience.Singapore's plant retail landscape evolves with Soilboy's new flagship store in New Bahru. Designed by SILO, the interior brings together cork, lime plasters, and modified concrete techniques to create a warm, natural interior that...
Project Runway: Blow Models HQ by Isern Serra.The balmy beige walls of Blow Models HQ act as a canvas for the body of models that walk through its doors. Designed by Isern Serra, one can almost hear Spooky by Dusty Springfield bouncing against the brick battered walls, an energy...
Blurred Edges: Aru House in Newcastle by Curious Practice.Named after the Awabakal word for insect, Aru House places value on reuse and repair. This relatively modest home punches well above its budget and scale while contributing to the surrounding neighbourhood. It speaks to the power of...
Ruin No More: A Home and Gallery in Porto by François Leite.François Leite brings a home left in ruins back to life in Portoâs Lapa district. Now imaginatively reinvented, the project integrates the structureâs existing framework and the neighbourhoodâs wider context into a functional...
Civic yet Intimate: Casa Los Tigres in Mexico by CeĚsar BeĚjar Studio.Casa Los Tigres is a home with many facades. To the streets of Nuevo Vallarta, it presents as a closed off private residenceâsolid walls with minimal punctures impose a high level of privacy from the small beachside town of CuliacĂĄn....
A Private Indoor Pool House in Central Otago by Yoke.Sitting adjacent to a family home in Central Otago is a decadent private indoor pool with a gym, sauna and changing facility to boot. Designed by Yoke, an architectural firm based in Queenstown, the design offers a minimalist and...
A Living Garden and Exhibition Space in Hangzhou by Mountain Soil.Mountain Soil has designed a living garden and exhibition space for JIA Garden Craft, a home for art and hand-crafted objects in Hangzhou. Spread over two levels, the interior features a display shaped like a leaf and an asymmetrical rock...
