Satellite Cities: Experimental School in Hainan by Trace Architecture Office.Organic forms often imagined in our childhood drawings and daydream doodles have found their way into Trace Architecture Office’s monumental education project in Hainan, China. This experimental school challenges the rigidity of your...
X11 Global Flagship Toy Store by BloomDesign.Monolithic, futuristic and a little bit ominous, this epic toy store flagship in Shanghai by BloomDesign takes us on an unexpected tour through an alternate cyberpunk reality. Concrete beams and columns are left exposed while a six-metre...
Brighton Street Early Learning Centre by Danielle Brustman.Danielle Brustman has transformed a brutalist concrete building into a colourful and imaginative world for children, housed within Brighton Street Early Learning Centre in Melbourne. Exposed concrete ceilings are softened by the pastel...
Baroque Rectory Transformed into a Primary School in Vresovice, Czech Republic by Public Atelier and FUUZE.Vivacious colour and bold, completely contemporary forms intersect with a national cultural monument in Vřesovice, Czech Republic. Public Atelier and FUUZE have together transformed a Baroque Rectory into a primary school, breathing new...
GAME StreetMekka in Viborg, Denmark by EFFEKT.The vast ex-factory interior of StreetMekka in Viborg, Denmark offers cathedral-like proportions with, quite literally, plenty of room for activities. Designed by Danish studio EFFEKT, the center contains everything from a skating bowl to...
Community School in Turin, Italy by BDR bureau.Aiming to embody the future of education and architecture, BDR bureau revamped the Enrico Fermi community school in Turin, adding a blush pink steel structure to an existing 1960s building. The architects moved entrances and external...
Maya Somaiya School Library in Kopargaon, India by Sameep Padora & Associates.Part sculpture, part architecture, Mumbai-based Sameep Padora & Associates have designed a library for a small rural school in India. Imagined as an extension of the ground plane, Sameep Padora were captivated by the material efficiencies...
Bleached Gothic by Australian Photographer Petrina Hicks.Living up to her reputation for enigmatic and multi-layered images, Petrina Hicks’ surreal compositions are seen together for the first time in Bleached Gothic, on show at NGV. Each work is diverse in their conveyance of the inherent...
Marquise Flagship in Malvern, Melbourne by Doherty Design Studio.Conceived as an inner sanctum with elements of play and nostalgia, the new Marquise baby store by Doherty Design Studio feels equally immersive and calm. Champagne-hued powder coated fittings, rotating fixtures and custom cabinetry...
