Casa Meco Holiday House in Meco, Portugal by Atelier Rua.The key focus of Atelier Rua’s Casa Meco in Portugal is its oversized communal living spaces that cement its status as a pitch-perfect family holiday home. Wrapped in beautifully nuanced exposed concrete with killer views to boot, the...
Shoebox in Barcelona by Barbara Appolloni.Perched on the side of Montjuic hill, Barbara Appolloni Arquitecta’s Shoebox House feels much like an extension of the beautiful city of Barcelona. The home unfolds with all of the colour, energy, and grit of the Spanish city that...
St Kilda Apartment by Fiona Lynch Office.Passionate about design, craftsmanship and gardens, the owners of this three-bedroom apartment live in a country home in Central Victoria but with their busy working lives, they both need to come to Melbourne frequently so they asked Fiona...
Pied-à -Mer Yacht Interior by Michael K. Chen Architecture.Among Chen’s main sources of inspiration were Le Corbusier’s belief that a home should be regarded as a “machine for living” and his interest in cruise ships as models for self-sufficient, utopian apartment complexes, such as his...
Glass Ribbon House Extension in Dublin by Scullion Architects.Scullion Architects’ glazed extension to a traditional Dublin home celebrates the historical details of the original 1930s house while injecting the project with a contemporary expression. Thin black mullions form a repetitive rhythm...
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...
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,...
Apartment Svätoplukova in Bratislava by Kilo / Honč.Kilo / Honč's Apartment Svätoplukova in Bratislava reshapes the typical spatial arrangement of an original 1950's shell into a contemporary family home. While the budget may have been limited, the designers' imagination certainly was...
Flat House Zero Carbon Farmhouse in Cambridgeshire by Practice Architecture.A crude agricultural shed is slowly undressed to reveal an astounding farmhouse created predominantly from hemp. Designed by London-based Practice Architecture, Flat House is a trailblazing, low-embodied carbon farmhouse that champions the...
