Mölle by the Sea by Elding Oscarson // Sweden.Sweden – top three in my list of places I’d be from if I wasn’t from here. Elding Oscarson – similarly top-ranking in the sort of architects I’d be if I was in that league. So what joy today’s post brings – it’s a house in...
House Komazawa Park by miCo // Japan.Judging from the outside, House Komazawa Park is one of those places you simply wouldn't see coming. The project is an extension of a thirty year old dwelling, nestled in a densely populated district where wooden houses sit like a compact...
House in Balsthal by Pascal Flammer // Switzerland.To Switzerland, today, where outside the little town Balsthal stands this sweet cottage by Pascal Flammer. Looking at the photos, I can’t stop the walls and roof morphing into gingerbread. I’m starting design work on my own little...
Gallery Post // Aesop Store in LA Abbot Kinney.Aesop LA Abbot Kinney is Aesop's first Los Angeles signature store. NAADAAA have designed the interior using a restrained palette of timber and...
Gamsei Cocktail Bar by Buero Wagner // Munich, Germany.Never mind the fact we initially thought this was an interior of a milk-bar (rather than an artisan cocktail bar of alcoholic variety), the beautifully crafted space is a little jewellery box carefully designed, resolved and detailed...
Fairhaven Beach House by John Wardle Architects.This nimble beach house designed by John Wardle Architects creates a series of sensory and spatial experiences that frame the panoramic ocean views...
Sculptural Shelf by Takuya Hamajima.I stumbled upon this glorious shelf while looking for something completely unrelated. I love it when that happens. My "click fest" lead me to the website of Takuya Hamajima, Japanese maker and artist based in Tokyo. I love this shelf. A...
Scanlan Theodore Stores by Meacham Nockles McQualter.Scanlan Theodore's newest stores - in Sydney's Paddington and The Strand Arcade, and Melbourne's Armadale - have been designed by Sydney based practice, Meacham Nockles McQualter. Like the iconic Australian fashion label, the architects...
San Francisco Loft by LINEOFFICE Architecture.This converted warehouse space was remodelled by San Francisco based practice LINEOFFICE Architecture. The weightiness of the post and beam structure and the tactile grain of the Douglas Fir were at once seductive for both the client and...
