Table Hat Cafe by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects // Kanagawa, Japan.At first glance, I thought this was an unusual home extension. The street is suburban, the plans denote an ‘existing residence’. But there were an awful lot of little tables and chairs in there. Curious. This project is in fact a cafe...
Element-s // Multidisciplinary Design Agency in Paris.Element-s is a multidisciplinary design agency in Paris founded by Manuel Bonnemazou & Agnes Cambus. Today I wanted to share a selection of my favourite projects from their portfolio. Their work exudes a certain French elegance, honesty...
Video // BT House by Studio Guilherme Torres // Maringá, Brazil.Walk-though video of BT House by Studio Guilherme Torres. São Paulo-based architect has developed ideas which fuse the modern and the traditional for his own...
“Hotel Black” Temporary Installation by Studio Guilherme Torres at MostraBlack, Brazil.São Paulo-based Studio Guilherme Torres recently completed a temporary installation titled "Hotel Black". The project formed part of MostraBlack – a 40-day annual event that features creativity of the top professionals in architecture,...
Eixample Apartment by Bach arquitectes // Barcelona, Spain.I'm having one of those "I wish I was a Spainish architect" moments again. The current cause of envy is Bach arquitectes, a Barcelona based studio who were handed this original 1910's apartment and asked to convert it into a current day,...
Patrón Lunares Cantina // Palma de Mallorca, Spain.Located in Palma de Mallorca on Balearic Islands, Patrón Lunares is a new take of a traditional canteen. Previously known as Montepio del Arrabal, the canteen represents a significant place in the memory of the fishermen's neighbourhood...
2verandas by Gus Wüstemann // Zürich, Switzerland.To Switzerland, today, to look at a wonderful (enormous) house on the northern shores of Lake Zürich by Gus Wüstemann Architects. The building comprises two houses – one of concrete, one of wood – at opposite ends of a large suburban...
Volkshaus Basel Bar and Brasserie by Herzog & de Meuron // Switzerland.It's not often I allow a "press release" do all the talking, but when the architects' words are this good, you just have to go with it. Although, one would expect the project description provided by the (st)architects like Herzog & de...
James Jebbia’s Greenwich Village Loft // New York.Today we venture into the Greenwich Village loft of James Jebbia, which he shares with his young family. Jebbia is the owner of streetwear label, Supreme. Quite the departure from his label's aesthetic, his home is minimal, delicate and...
