Rebuilding Post-War Sarajevo: The Sustainable and Adaptive Zemlja Apartment by Project V Architecture.Zemlja, which translates to 'earth,' 'land,' and 'country' in Bosnian, is an apartment retrofit in post-war Sarajevo that aims to restore a sense of place, home, and shared identity through architectural innovation. Project V Architecture...
Bajet Girame Blur the Boundaries of Conventional Family Living in This Barcelona Penthouse.Among the hip cafes and tapas bars in Barcelona’s beachside district of Poblenou sits a 50,000 square metre 1970s industrial building. On its rooftop, two small studio apartments are merged into a single penthouse atop one of the...
All Eyes Up: An Apartment in Poznan by Paradowski Studio.A high ceiling can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on which way you look at it. Just ask Zuza and Piotr Paradowski of Krakow-based design office Paradowski Studio, whose latest project, a 250-square-metre apartment in Poznan, and...
Seeing Double: Casa Gracia in Madrid by Hanghar.Hanghar have split a single 1970s Madrid apartment into two near identical dwellings. Inspired by Louisiana Interiors, Gaudi’s Casa Vicens and Caccia Dominioni’s double doorways in Villa San Valerio, the research oriented architecture...
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...
