Quinta da Corte: 200-Year-Old Winery in Portugal Transformed Into a Hotel by Pierre Yovanovitch.This project has all the makings of a classic French film. A wealthy winemaker finds himself wandering in the hillsides of the beautiful Valença do Douro, one of the oldest winemaking areas in Portugal. A self-proclaimed hedonist and art...
Fisher & Paykel Introduces a Beautiful New Columns Refrigeration Series.Fisher & Paykel's Columns series provides adaptability and design freedom with fridges that work seamlessly in any type of kitchen - both compact areas or those that form part of a larger, open-plan...
Hoaâs House: Conversion of a 150-year-old Melbourne Pub by ioa studio.Over a year in the making, emerging Melbourne-based design practice ioa studio transformed a dull office space, once an old pub, into a warm and playful home brimming with personality. âOur friend Hoa took a huge risk and bought the...
Two Cork Houses in Palafrugell, Costa Brava by LĂłpez Rivera Architects.Two houses rest upon a sloping site both completely immersed in the dense woodland of Palafrugell, Spain. Wrapped in cork panels, these stealthy structures mirror the stippled texture and mottled grey tones of surrounding slender pine and...
Plywood House in Palma de Mallorca, Spain by SMS Arquitectos.Spanish studio SMS Arquitectos have delved deeply into the construction process of this terrace home in Palma de Mallorca, exploring the craft of plywood manufacturing - a traditional process of the Spanish island. The use of CNC...
Penthouse Apartment Inside Milan’s Famed 1920s Ca’ Brutta Building Refurbished by Studio Wok.The Ca 'Brutta, designed by Giovanni Muzio in 1922, is a building with an important role in Milanâs architectural history. Located on via della Moscova, Studio Wok were commissioned to transform the buildingâs penthouse into a modern...
House in Binningen, Switzerland by Buchner BrĂźndler Architects.From the street, the structural ribs that form this house in Switzerland peek over the black-painted boundary wall like soldiers in a marching line. With their edges also painted, the orderly members offer a fleeting glimpse of the...
Epic Home of London Design Festival Director & Stirling Prize-winning British Architect.In honour of 2018 London Design Festival, we take a little look-see at a rather epic home of London Design Festival Director himself, Ben Evans, and Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete. Talk about a power couple, huh? I mean,...
El Camarin: Small Apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina by IR arquitectura.If small is the new black, then this tiny apartment, all 18 square-meters of it, is as black as youâre likely to get. As with all exceptional âtinyâ designs, this Buenos Aires abode by IR arquitectura manages to fit a lot into a...
