Hopper House in Quang An, Vietnam by AHL architects.Vietnamese studio AHL architects have renovated a traditional narrow house with very few windows, located in the Quang An region of Hanoi. What is unique about this build is the feeling of familiarity it evokes. This was achieved by...
Red Deer Architects Design Mid-Century Pasta Restaurant for London Institution Lina Stores.For Lina Stores pasta restaurant in London’s Soho, Red Deer have created a contemporary dining experience that connects the ground floor open-kitchen bar with the downstairs...
Santa Clara 1728 in Lisbon, Portugal by Aires Mateus.Everything about Santa Clara 1728 in Lisbon, makes you want to cry (in appreciation). From the rich historical elements retained by local architecture practice, Aires Mateus, to the interplay of the selected materials that feel simple...
Dog House in Beijing, China by Atelier About Architecture.This Dog House is hardly the place you’re sent for the night when you’ve upset your spouse. The home has been designed as a calming sanctuary for a German shepherd with diminishing health and his doting owner....
Little Albion Guesthouse Opens in Surry Hills, Sydney.Usually, when you mix design periods, specifically in the one building, you tend to end up in a bit of a hot mess. No-one, for instance, would dream of taking a 1920s Art Deco period and mixing it with a 1970s vibe. That is, not unless you...
Yu Qingcheng Gallery in Tianjin, China by Zhanghua Architects.Looking somewhat like a crumpled brown paper bags, the Yu Qingcheng University Gallery in Tianjin is the adventurous work of Chinese architects Zhanghua Architects. The forms of the sequential buildings of this University Gallery in...
A Table (II) in Barcelona, Spain by ESCOLANO + STEEGMANN.A table can be the malleable heart and hub of a home—an interchangeable infrastructure that’s so much more than a simple piece of furniture. Barcelona-based architect Adrià Escolano and his partner David Steegmann have used the humble...
‘Beach Club’ Cement Tile Collection by Sarah Ellison for Teranova.Sarah Ellison's Beach Club tile collection is imbued with organic textures synonymous with cement, designed to harness the available light within any...
Student Housing Apartment Renovation in Madrid by Plutarco.Spanish interior design & architecture studio Plutarco was commissioned to renovate a building in Madrid for student housing. If student housing brings to mind institutional dullness and lack of individuality, you’re not alone. In fact,...
