Havre 77: Derelict House in Mexico City Transformed into Mixed-Use Venue by Francisco Pardo & Julio Amezcua.Previously the home of an upper-middle class family, this dilapidated brick residence was radically transformed by architects Francisco Pardo & Julio Amezcua into a mixed-use building that accommodates a multi-purpose venue, housing...
A Shop Inside a House: Tangram in Kortrijk by Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu.Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu have recently completed a renovation of a heritage building in Kortrijk, Belgium which has been divided into two dwellings - one a house, the other a shop. We were going to tell you about this...
Brutalist Home & Studio of Mexican Sculptor Pedro Reyes & Carla Fernandez.A melange of concrete textures makes up this Mexico City home of artist Pedro Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez. Bold, brutalist and Barragán-inspired, this banger of a building features whacky paving floors, an...
Leman Locke Hotel in East London by Grzywinski + Pons.Designed by New York-based Grzywinski + Pons, Leman Locke in East London interrogates the intersection of hotels and residential...
Airbnb HQ in Tokyo by Suppose Design Office.Japanese architecture is perhaps one of the most profoundly beautiful, vulnerable and considered of the modern design ethics. Not unlike the cherry blossoms so revered and admired by the Japanese, there is a delicacy to the way the...
Mews House in Highgate, London by Russell Jones.Designed by Russell Jones, this 68sqm compact 2-bedroom brick house with an enclosed 11sqm courtyard in Highgate, faces onto a quiet cobbled mews. The 90sqm site was formerly occupied by a disused garage and a derelict garden. The...
Juergen Teller Studio in London by 6a architects.London-based practice 6a architects was formed in 2001 by husband and wife team Tom Emerson and Stephanie MacDonald, after meeting at The Royal College of Art. Their notable projects include Churchill College, Fashion Gallery at the...
Magical Works of Architecture by Tokyo-based Jun Aoki & Associates.Tokyo-based architecture studio Jun Aoki & Associates has completed many, many eyeball-pleasing and thought-provoking projects over the last 25 years of practice, ranging in scale and scope - from houses, galleries and temporary...
Stories On Design // Iran’s Contemporary Architecture Boom.Contemporary architecture in Iran is flourishing. New building typologies are being explored with passion, rigour and ingenuity. There are some bold and daring statements alongside subtle and sophisticated expressions. This awakening is...
