In Search of Perth’s Architecture Vernacular: Jimmy’s House by MJA Studio with Studio Roam & IOTA.Arranged around a series of gardens that create seasonal outdoor rooms, Jimmy Thompson's own home—designed by MJA Studio in collaboration with Studio Roam and Iota—riffs on Australian modernist architects Marshall Clifton's and Julius...
La Hacienda JardĂn in Tepoztlán, Mexico by Práctica Arquitectura.There's something thoroughly Willy Wonka-ish about the Mexican valley town of Tepoztlán. Known for its exotic ice cream flavours, great weather, and otherworldly flora and rock formations, it earned the title of Pueblo Mágico, or Magic...
A Hybrid Typology: Chiripa Building by Palma.Familiar forms and geometric volumes come together in Palma Architect’s latest mixed-used residential piece. Based in Sayulita, a village on Mexico’s Pacific coast, Chiripa Building is a pair of residential towers that embrace the...
Murray Barker & Esther Stewart’s Brunswick Apartment.Australian architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart have collaborated on a functional and flexible renovation of a two-bedroom 60s apartment in Brunswick. By reworking the home’s original foundations through a contemporary lens,...
Amity Street Residence in Brooklyn by Selma Akkari & Rawan Muqaddas.Longtime friends Selma Akkari and Rawan Muqaddas collaborated on this private residence in Brooklyn, centred around the building's legacy. Overlooking a lush tree lined street, the apartment has been relatively untouched since the 60s,...
House Meets Garden: Guest Pavilion in Quintay, Chile by Tironi Bartlau.For Santiago-based architecture studio, Tironi Bartlau, designing this guest pavilion in Quintay, Chile was an exercise in balancing the intimate and extroverted. “We set out not to simply build a new building in the vacant space,”...
The House at Flat Rock by Billy Maynard.A powerful debut project for Billy Maynard, the House at Flat Rock evokes respect for materiality and site. Rather than tackling the problems with force, this home embraces the surroundings and is constructed with grace, leaving a minimal...
A Renovated Victorian Terrace House in East London by Daytrip Studio.For Iwan Halstead and Emily Potter of Daytrip Studio, this East London terrace remodel was all about finding the light—literally. “We carefully reshaped the exterior and interior to amplify the natural light. Interventions to the...
The House of Remembrance in Singapore by Neri&Hu.Neri&Hu constructed a new house in place of a family home for three adult siblings with a memorial courtyard for their late mother. Centrally located, the garden symbolically defines the heart of the home as an ever-palpable void,...
