Tini Prefab Office by Ignacio de la Vega & Pilar Cano-Lasso of DelaVegaCanolasso.Nestled in the gap between the trees this brightly lit, rust-hued home office is a little oasis from the balancing act of work and home life. Soaked in light, with Corten steel framing and OSB Poplar wood interiors this prefabricated, low...
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...
La Madriguera (The Burrow) in Madrid by DelaVegaCanolasso Architects.The essence of La Madriguera (The Burrow) by Madrid-based DelaVegaCanolasso Architects is captured through a silver oculus of brushed galvanised steel. An eye that is designed to confuse and protect, carefully controls how occupants and...
Small Apartment Renovation in Madrid, Spain by Elii Architects.This 34-square-metre apartment in Madrid, Spain, is a tiny little gem - a bit like a cool, unfolding child’s toy what gets rearrange to create something new. Let’s start with the way the Elii Architects have addressed the levels of...
Marble-Made Tent in the Galaxy: Romola Restaurant in Madrid by Andres Jaque.Bursting from the former garage space of a 40s-era Luis Gutiérrez Soto building in Madrird, Romola Restaurant immediately reminds me of the jade powder room in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. Its futurist...
VONNA Kitchen Showroom in Madrid, Spain by PYO arquitectos.Remaining detached from the existing structure Vonna Kitchen Showroom by PYO Arquitectos was designed with distance as its ethos; distance from the existing, distance between material, distance between spaces, distance between objects, and...
Stories On Design // Trending Terrazzo.Some people have a love/hate relationship with terrazzo. Divisive as it may be, it’s ALL love around here, baby! We can’t get enough of the quirky colour combinations, the clash of materials and the sense of movement and vibrancy it...
The Hidden Pavilion in Madrid, Spain by Penelas Architects.Peeking through the dense forest in the outskirts of Madrid is Hidden Pavilion by Penelas Architects. Its rusted steel structure and red protruding lightwells may be distinguishable from the greenery but the small dwelling is otherwise...
Compact Madrid Apartment by Manuel Ocaña Partitioned with Furniture, Glass & Mirror Volumes.It's all well and good we regularly get to indulge in a bunch of super hot, high budget interiors set within vast spaces. But how does one create something ingenious with very little budget AND in a small shell? The dudes at Manuel Ocaña...