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...
Pablo & Rusty’s by Giant Design // Sydney.Smack bang in the middle of Sydney CBD, Pablo & Rusty's by Giant Design is the cranked up version of Saxon Wright's Lane Cove café. The flagship store is consistent in tone - it's warm and industrial, and has the same sustainable and...
An (In)discrete Eye by UdA Architetti // Apartment Renovation in Turin, Italy.The latest project by our friends from UDA Architetti sits on the mezzanine level of a building overlooking Turin's Piazza San Carlo, the symbol of the city.This 150sqm three bedroom apartment is crafted with rigour and close attention to...
MRQT Menswear Boutique by ROK // Stuttgart, Germany.Swiss architecture firm Rippmann Oesterle Knauss (ROK) recently completed the MRQT Stuttgart boutique. The stand-out feature of this streetwear store is a textured wall made up of 22,000 individual timber dowels. The minimal interior...
Villa Weinberg by Mette and Martin Wienberg // Højbjerg, Denmark.I wish this was my house. It's not - because life is not fair, and also because it belongs to Mette and Martin Wienberg, both architects. Both Danish architects at that, meaning my predisposition to like this place is as strong as Sarah...
House in Gerês by Graça Correia & Roberto Ragazzi // Portugal.I first saw this house published quite a while ago but it’s one of those projects that got under my skin, and is probably worth dusting off and looking at afresh. It’s a house in northern Portugal, by Graça Correia & Roberto Ragazzi....
Camper Flagship Showroom by Neri & Hu // Shanghai, China.The Camper store is a reinterpreted two storey traditional house, sliced in half and opening itself up to the "laneway" within the warehouse which it sits. The slice is expressed with a bright red rubber, which is the same rubber used for...
