Stories On Design // Wrapped Buildings.Wrapped Buildings are awesome. Why? Because they are just like giant Christmas presents, except way cooler because you get to keep them forever. It's not that often one sees buildings that challenge the conventional to this extent. I...
Jaw-dropping Crystal Facade of CHANEL Amsterdam Flagship Store by MVRDV.MVRDV were commissioned to design CHANEL's flagship store in Amsterdam, which saw the architects replace the original brick facade of a former townhouse with glass blocks, utilising cutting-edge glass technology. Located on the PC...
Enough House by Brian MacKay-Lyons in Nova Scotia, Canada.Enough House is the newest addition to the architect's own farm in Nova Scotia, Canada, and an essay in economy of space, budget, schedule and...
Pathé Foundation by Renzo Piano Building Workshop // Paris, France.Attention all archi-film buffs! Renzo Piano has recently built the new headquarters for the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé in Paris, France and what an impressive HQ it is. Looking like an extra-terrestrial spaceship from a 1960’s...
So Hot Right Now // Fins & Folded Facades.I recall a time when I used to have a grown up job in an architecture firm, and the debate amongst my colleagues/ architects over the design of every façade. This is not surprising. Not only are they one of the first things we all notice...
Summerhouse Lagnö by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter // Sweden.It seems that lovely little extruded houses abound these days. Of late we’ve seen a pared-back postmodern fruitiness combined with lean and linear plans. Familiar vernacular forms sieved through a tight net of disciplined design. Today...
Bacopari House by UNA Arquitetos // São Paulo, Brazil.If I had to nominate a favourite typology in domestic architecture (it’s a question we’re all asked most days), it would be the courtyard house. And this one, by São Paulo’s UNA Arquitetos, is a cracker. A good courtyard house does...
Refuge by Wim Goes Architectuur // House Extension in Belgium.In a small town outside of Ghent, lies this interesting little extension by Wim Goes Architectuur. It was completed in 2008, but I think good things deserve a revisit. The building is a living room extension to an existing brick house. It...
Impossible Reality by Elenberg Fraser // 33 MacKenzie Street Residential Tower in Melbourne.It's certainly not every day that I come across a multi residential tower that makes me squeal with excitmenet. And by "not every day" I mean - hardly ever. Particularly when we are taking about our beloved country permanently stained by...
