House in Avandaro, Mexico by Taller Hector Barroso.Taller Hector Barroso’s Mexican weekend family retreat uses mud, wood, and vernacular building processes to seamlessly merge the home with the surrounding forest environment. Spaces are shaped from solid materials; however, the interiors...
Flat House Zero Carbon Farmhouse in Cambridgeshire by Practice Architecture.A crude agricultural shed is slowly undressed to reveal an astounding farmhouse created predominantly from hemp. Designed by London-based Practice Architecture, Flat House is a trailblazing, low-embodied carbon farmhouse that champions the...
Poodle Bar and Bistro in Melbourne by Bergman & Co.Nestled in a row of Victorian terraces in Melbourne’s South Fitzroy, Poodle Bar and Bistro places patrons at the centre of a modern interpretation of ‘chiaroscuro’. Bergman & Co have created a scheme that melds together the essence...
Room, Rural Kent by Carl Trenfield Architects.Carl Trenfield Architects have employed a self-described, “close, intense and engaged way of making architecture” in their residential project dubbed Room in rural Kent. The architects focused on the micro-scale, perfecting details to...
Courtyard House in Glebe by Joe Agius / Cox Architecture.Joe Agius, design director at Cox Sydney, has reconfigured a terrace home in Glebe referencing Moroccan Riad principles, creating a home for his family around a central garden. All interior space begin to blur with the courtyard which...
Koto Unveils a Tiny Pre-fabricated Work Cabin.Prefab housing designers, Koto, have created a pre-fabricated sculptural work cabin that will be envied by all those who now are working from home. “We wanted to disrupt how we see the conventional work office and have created a truly...
Random Art Space in Hangzhou, China by Air Architects.Miami based AIR Architects’ Random Art Space masterfully fuses a contemporary language with the traditional architectural style of Dajing Lane in Hangzhou, China. The project becomes defined by the juxtaposition of these two languages, a...
Maggie’s Centre in Leeds by Heatherwick Studio.Maggie’s, a charity that provides support for people affected by cancer, commissioned Heatherwick Studio to create its new centre in Leeds, located on the campus of St James’s University Hospital. The building was conceived as an...
Ace Hotel Kyoto by Kengo Kuma and Commune.Ace Hotel Kyoto stands as a homage to the city's rich culture and creative spirit. Designed in partnership by Kengo Kuma and Commune, the project honours Kyoto’s arts and crafts tradition by sensitively bringing together East and West...