1962 São Paulo Apartment Transformed Into Flexible, Plant-Wrapped Home.Guto Requena's approach to this São Paulo apartment prioritises flexibility over perfection. The 150-square-metre space, originally designed by Botti and Rubin in 1962, now features reconfigurable timber panels and smart home integration....
Studio Plenty and Sarah Ellison Crack the Code on Urban Dining with Light Years Perth.Studio Plenty and Sarah Ellison have translated their Byron Bay concept to Perth's CBD context. Light Years Asian Diner overcomes significant heritage building challenges through strategic planning and clever material selection. The...
Spacegram Serves Up Italian Hospitality With a Twist at Scusa Restaurant in Lisbon.In a city and time where restaurants often chase the latest trends, Spacegram has taken a different approach with Scusa in Lisbon. This contemporary Italian restaurant reimagines the interior without falling into stereotypes—no checkered...
A Compact Rural Retreat Inspired by Thoreau’s Walden Philosophy.In Spain's Sierra de Gredos mountains, architecture firm Extrarradio Estudio has created a compact cabin that punches well above its 40m² footprint. Prado Toro reimagines local agricultural typologies through vertical expansion, with a...
Earth, Craft & Hospitality: Clare Cousins Architects’ Warm Minimalism for Fisher & Paykel Melbourne Experience Centre.Within a meticulously restored 1920s garage on Brunswick Street, Fisher & Paykel's Melbourne Experience Centre showcases three distinct kitchen environments through a material palette celebrating local provenance. Clare Cousins Architects,...
Heritage Meets Colour Joy at Thiss Studio’s Hartley House in London.Thiss Studio’s renovation of a Victorian era Terraced House in North East London takes the client brief of connections to the garden, a study sans-children, and a family-focussed kitchen space and celebrates with a sustainable approach,...
Chess Moves: A 70s-Inspired Family Home Transformation in Byron Bay.This family home takes on new dimensions and depths with its Rubik’s cube of textures, tones and interventions. The original identity of the house exists somewhere between the exposed red brick walls, heavy timber beams and the all too...
An Eye Catching Jewellery Boutique in Ahmedabad by Muselab.This flagship jewellery boutique in Ahmedabad by Muselab is like no other—at least not in a 500m radius. With at least four similar type-stores on the street, the studio had to create an eye-catching space unlike its competition....
Salt, Fire, Heat, Acid: Bar Kar Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur by Spacemen.In Spacemen Studio’s design for Bar Kar, an immersive wood-fired restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, elements of heat and fire are reimagined via terracotta stucco walks, fiery mesh installations and the earthy hues of red travertine in a...
