El Tragaluz Restaurant in Southern Spain by Adolfo Pérez López.Mid-century earthiness meets art deco slickness in today’s knockout restaurant, which is located in the ancient town of Rota – a sleepy coastal fishing village in southern Spain. Set within a traditional 18th century courtyard...
Stories On Design // Top Shelf.Today's story focuses on shelving that's more than just the name itself suggests. Top Shelf is an ode to joinery elements that play an integral part within interior architecture. Top Shelf acts both as a sculptural and a functional...
Hoshi Collection by Tom Skeehan for Stylecraft.The Hoshi collection by emerging furniture designer Tom Skeehan for Stylecraft features an elegant, minimalist design inspired by Japanese...
House Husarö in Stockholm, Sweden by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter.With its floor-to-ceiling windows, pitched roof, forest aspect and use of natural materials, House Husarö in Stockholm by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has all the usual trappings of a classic Nordic cabin. However, upon taking a closer...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpa’s Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
Weekend House in Wachtebeke, Belgium by GAFPA.What makes a weekend house? Young architects GAFPA fancied to land in Wachtebeke for what could be a weekend house. The project earned them a special mention during the recent Belgian Building Awards. The weekend house exemplifies an...
Ancient Party Barn in Kent by Liddicoat & Goldhill.Many projects aim to create ‘living’ or ‘smart’ spaces, a common goal closely followed by an ‘indoor and outdoor connection’. To be frank, all the usual solutions had us feeling a little jaded. And then we came across The...
Bathing Bikou Room at Volkshotel Amsterdam by Hanna Maring.Hanna Maring refurbished a hotel room at Volkshotel Amsterdam featuring translucent screens designed to resemble the sky at different times of...
AntiRoom II: A Floating Island on the Sea of Malta.AntiRoom II is a conceptual design project in Malta; a ‘floating island’ accessible only by a lengthy swim or boat ride. The circular timber structure was designed and constructed by three architects, Elena Chiavi, Ahmad el Mad and...