A Fresh Start: Graziella by Giona Bierens de Haan.For Giona Bierens de Haan, a Geneva-based architect who runs her eponymous practice, the clients of Graziella were neighbours from the childhood village she grew up in. When asked to design their next residence in the small town of Boudry,...
Classic Meets Eccentric: Gumshornsgatan Apartment in Stockholm by Halleroed.Halleroed has reimagined this two-storey apartment on Gumshornsgatan, a street in Stockholm’s trendy Östermalm. The Modernist light filled home, dating back to the 1930s, was in almost its original state when it landed in the hands of...
This Brunswick Studio by RN+S is an Example of the Transformative Power of Colour.This fifty-one square metre studio apartment has received a transformative makeover by RN+S with little more than a lick of paint. The space, constructed by Milieu in collaboration with Fieldwork and Design Office, came with a minimal yet...
Redefining a Cabin in the Woods: Casa Alferez by Ludwig Godefroy Architecture.Combining his skills in shaping concrete and drawing inspiration from several pop culture and architecture movements, Ludwig Godefroy’s Casa Alferez arguably resembles Laputa’s forgotten castle. Within the two-bedroom home, each space...
Petite and Punchy: Apartment in Paris by Pauline Borgia of L’Atelier Steve.Diminutive in size but not much else, Pauline Borgia has reinvented this Parisian apartment to offer both an oasis from and in tandem with the world just at its doorstep. Designed for an idiosyncratic client with atypical taste, the space...
Like a Picnic Rug Under a Canopy: House for BEES by Downie North.Shared values of connectedness, place-making and passive design lead the client to Downie North, a Sydney-based architecture studio of Catherine Downie and Daniel North, partners in life and work. Tasked to create a new addition to their...
A House Without Elevations: Enclosure by Design Ni Dukaan.Sitting atop a hill in rural Himatnagar, Ahmedabad, Enclosure by Design Ni Dukaan is an all-encompassing dance of scale and proportion. It is a house without elevations—an inward looking ‘enclosure’ that embraces experience and...
Earth Meets the Sky in this Antwerp Penthouse by Bruno Spaas Architectuur.Despite perching 15 floors up high, there is solid ground in the newly inaugurated Antwerp penthouse belonging to Belgian architect Bruno Spaas. With the entire 350-square-meter floor surface made from chunks of local light brown natural...
Micro-Private Cosmos: CaosCalmo Apartment in Milan by A I M.Milan-based creative studio Aim has transformed a home for a young family on the outskirts of the city. Instead of the open-space typology, a preference was given to the creation of a sequence of well-defined spaces that can communicate...