Ekouin Nenbutsudo: Tokyo Temple Veiled in Trees by Yutaka Kawahara.Forming a refuge of tranquility in the heart of Tokyo, local practice Yutaka Kawahara Design Studio has created the magical ‘Ekouin Nenbutsudo Temple’ veiled in trees. This intimate and reflective building enables congregation and...
#YellowtraceTravels: The Temple House Chengdu, China.Team Yellowtrace were very fortunate to be invited on a 5-star week-long tour of the Swire-owned establishments forming The House Collective in early September, in honour of the recent launch of The Temple House Chengdu. Strategically...
Bar Central Stockholm by Uglycute.Stockholm's 'tankovna' Bar Central, designed by the local practice Uglycute, is a new take on a fictitious restaurant set somewhere in Central Europe. The bar centres around two horizontal 500 litre stainless steel tanks that, with the...
Bresic Whitney Hunters Hill HQ by Chenchow Little.Sydney super star architects Chenchow Little have designed the 180sqm Hunters Hill office for Bresic Whitney as an open plan collaborative office environment accommodating 15-20 staff and displaying the agencies significant collection of...
Bureau de Change’s Striking Pleated Roof at a Residential Extension in North London.Bureau de Change have created a striking pleated roof for a residential extension in North London which appears to be formed from a flat...
Nanchang Insun International Cinema by One Plus Partnership.Today I’m sharing with you guys a quirky little number from China’s Book City, Nanchang. Completed by One Plus Partnership in 2013, the design of the Nanchang Insun International Cinema uses the conceptual relationship between the book...
Christopher Kane Store in London by John Pawson.Within the sublime Christopher Kane store in London designed by John Pawson, delicate atmosphere created with intelligent and subversive play of contrasting characteristics is the underlying theme — the natural and the synthetic, the...
Painters Studio in Bahia Azul by Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido.Nestled into the dramatic Chilean coastline is a modest Painter's Studio by Felipe Assadi, Francisca Pulido and Alejandra Araya. The petite rectilinear enclosure protrudes from the cliff face as an elongation of its own window frame and an...
Berlin Mitte Apartment Refurbishment by Atheorem.Berlin based architecture studio atheorem have refurbished this 2-bedroom flat in Berlin’s Mitte district, forming part of an apartment block dating back to 1890. The only contemporary components of the new layout are the bathroom and...
