Once Upon a Stable: A Mid-Century Modern Mews House in Dublin by Stephanie O’Sullivan.When interior designer Stephanie O'Sullivan received a renovation enquiry for a Mews house—a 60-square-metre, 1-bedroom digs situated in an upscale corner of Dublin—the brief was a curious one. “The home was quintessentially mews but...
Bringing Dark into Limelight: Shadow House by Grotto Studio.Wrapped in a charcoal-like charred jarrah timber, the Shadow House’s dark and moody addition by Grotto Studio gracefully recedes into the background, allowing the original 1900s cottage to maintain its prominence and heritage within the...
A Spatial Folly: Ziinlife Beijing Showroom by Atelier Tao+c.Atelier tao+c’s ZIIN Beijing showroom champions humble materials of timber, steel and brick. Two scaffold like structures, interlocking and rotated inside the existing warehouse, allow for homogenous planning and display of furniture,...
Protecting Madrid’s Industrial Heritage: MRT Project by BURR Studio.Burr Studio has transformed this obsolete Madrid warehouse into a hybrid live/work space. The architects divided the tenant requirements into a programmatic grid, leading to a completely fragmented volume, totally opposed to the original...
The King’s Rembrandt Exhibition at Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow by NArchitekTURA.Designed by Narchitektura for the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, this unique backdrop is a work of architecture built around a single painting—Rembrandt's masterpiece 'The Polish Rider'. Every element of the set is designed in an attempt...
Casual but Sharp: ALUMNI Chengdu by FON Studio.Situated in China’s Sichuan province among Chengdu’s 1906 Creative Park, a patchwork of heritage and youth cultural attractions lies within FON Studio’s latest retail project for ALUMNI. Attracted by the mirage of history and the...
SSAP Coffee in Busan, South Korea by Design by 83.In this minimal coffee shop in South Korea, Design by 83 weaves the heritage of the existing spatial elements throughout this contemporary interior. With sustainability at the forefront of the design, the studio sought to add to the...
Zero Waste Installation at MCA Inspired by a Painting by Youssofzay + Hart.Sydney-based architecture studio Youssofzay + Hart have completed an installation design for the MCA’s first retrospective on Australian artist Vivian Binns. Taking inspiration from Binns’ 1993 painting ‘Surfacing in the Pacific’,...
Little House on the Quarry in Cumbria by Norman-Prahm Architects.If you were to drive through the foothills of the English Pennines, you'd spot traditional Cumbrian longhouses camouflaged into their surroundings. But there's one among them that stands apart—at least on the inside. "Pretty much...
