Lena Paddington by Smart Design Studio.William Smart already had a great knowledge of what his clients loved, but working on this 285-square-meter, five-storey house was also an opportunity to bring new ideas to the table. “The job was to be creative and compliment the...
Ketelhuis Residence, Gallery Space & Artist Studio in Zaandam by Studio Modijefsky.At Ketelhuis, Studio Modijefsky have divided the substantial volume of the original industrial building into two levels allowing for different functions – an office and a workshop on the ground, a gallery space and a home on the first...
Mendi Argia Boutique Hotel in San Sebastian by Openhouse Studio.In collaboration with Sara Ojanguren, Openhouse Studio has designed a series of dreamy interiors for the Mendi Argia boutique hotel in San Sebastian. The historic qualities of the 20th century Neo-Basque Villa have been retained and...
Plantea’s Transformation of an Abandoned Adult Cinema in Madrid into Sala Equis.Plantea transformed a former adult-film cinema in Madrid into a contemporary art-nouveau theatre within its abandoned shell. The previous dark interiors reminiscent of its racy, X-rated past have been replaced with an undeniable air of...
Newlab Co-Working Space in New York by CIVILIAN.New York-based creative studio CIVILIVN was engaged by Newlab to transform the interiors of a 1930s manufacturing building in Brooklyn into a co-working space dubbed Newlab 77 Washington. The interior maintains the building's original...
Petrit Halilaj Turns Reina Sofia’s Palacio de Cristal in Madrid into a Nest Filled with Giant Flowers.Petrit Halilaj has turned Reina Sofia's Palacio de Cristal in Madrid into a nest filled with giant flowers, producing a “piece of his life”. As visitors move throughout Kosovar artist's first solo exhibition in Spain, titled 'To a...
Armadale Residence II by Studio Tate.Studio Tate has transformed a historic Melbourne home originally built in 1899 by pioneering mining magnate as one of three identical grand residences. Refreshed by a renovation befitting the current residents’ modern needs, Armadale...
1960s Industrial Sugar Mill in Guilin, China, Transformed into Yangshuo Sugar House Luxury Hotel by Vector Architects.Can we please take a moment to appreciate just how breathtaking this project is? I mean the sheer scale of it alone is extraordinary but paired with a dramatic landscape and historically thoughtful architecture, and we are in for a treat!...
JJ House in Lilyfield, Sydney by Bokey Grant Architects.Once covered in pitiful changes, JJ House by Bokey Grant Architects is a former worker’s cottage turned family residence woven with elements towing between the original and the contemporary. What appears to be a house full of complexity,...
