A House of Many Faces: Warehouse Transformation in Porto by Fala Atelier.Fala Atelier experiments with scale and domestic conventions in this Porto warehouse turned home. Conceived as a series of cuts across the lengthy perimeter, the extensive space is now separated via an inner courtyard. Yet it's the...
Cheerful and Generous: Moving House in Singapore by Spark Architects.Bright and punchy, Spark Architects' Moving House is a cramped and dull apartment no more. Embracing open spaces, colour blocking and Le Corbusier's New Spirit principles, this Singapore abode becomes a generous canvas constantly changing...
Wild Wild West (Coast): Bust’n B Ranch in California by Studio Caban and Sydney Ballesteros.Remember the 1992 Clint Eastwood movie Unforgiven? It was shot on a 480-acre ranch in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just outside the Canadian town of Calgary. But as one particular property in California proves, it doesn’t take...
Chiaroscuro Composition: Elogio del Grigio by Cardillo Architecture.Belgian artist and surrealist, René Magritte, often took everyday, familiar objects and placed them in unexpected scenes, posing questions as to where the boundaries lie between what is real and what is representation. Similarly, Italian...
A Lively Diorama: Artistas Apartment in Madrid by Nomos Architects.Nomos Architects’ Artistas Apartment is a real life pop-collage of warmth, texture and colour. Once a cramped Madrid home, the renovation breathes a beating heart into the space designed for social gatherings while embracing the...
A Protective Structure Planted on the Rock: Castlecrag Courtyard by Downie North.Conceptually imagined as ‘a protective structure planted on the rock’, Downie North Castlecrag Courtyard house melds into the rugged topography in a way that one could easily mistake it for a luxurious cave or treehouse. With a...
Cocooned in Calm: An Apartment in São Paulo by André Braz.Bringing an old home into the present, for better or worse, means undoing a bit of the past. Or, if you’re architect André Braz, a lot of it. As he tells it, his latest project, a soup-to-nuts remodel of a 1970s, 134-square-metre...
Harmoniously Orchestrated: Florence Court Art Deco Apartments Upgrade by Max Copolov.While the high-level aesthetic offers a well-rounded outcome of any desired brief, at Florence Court Apartments, Melbourne designer Max Copolov considered each element crucial to settling the tone of the interior. In addition to adjusting...
Life Imitates Art: Casa Vasto in Barcelona by Mesura.They say work-life-balance is important, and you’d be hard pressed to disagree. In the case of Vasto Gallery in Barcelona’s Poblenou, Mesura took a reductive approach to spatial separation and programming in this gallery-slash-home....
