House in Binningen, Switzerland by Buchner Bründler Architects.From the street, the structural ribs that form this house in Switzerland peek over the black-painted boundary wall like soldiers in a marching line. With their edges also painted, the orderly members offer a fleeting glimpse of the...
Amanyangyun Resort in Shanghai, China by Kerry Hill Architects.The passing of celebrated Singapore-based Australian architect, Kerry Hill on 26 August, has rippled through the global design and architecture community, causing great sadness to those who either knew him and everyone else who was touched...
ReActor Balancing and Rotating House by Alex Schweder & Ward Shelley.And just as I thought I’ve seen it all before, along comes a rotating home that’s balancing on a single concrete column... This, of course, is not a real home, although it’s very much designed to look and function like one. Called...
The Truffle in Costa da Morte, Spain by Ensamble Studio.You’d be forgiven for thinking this was natures way of providing the perfect man cave. Instead, it was very much man-made. And while it resembles the world’s most ideal hideaway, its inspiration was that of truffle, the legendary...
Epic Home of London Design Festival Director & Stirling Prize-winning British Architect.In honour of 2018 London Design Festival, we take a little look-see at a rather epic home of London Design Festival Director himself, Ben Evans, and Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete. Talk about a power couple, huh? I mean,...
Freycinet Lodge Coastal Pavilions in Tasmania by Liminal Studio.Designed by Hobart-based Liminal Studio, these nine Coastal Pavilions are the newest accommodation offering at Freycinet Lodge. Located at the foothills of the striking Hazards Mountains in one of Tasmania’s oldest National Parks, the...
El Camarin: Small Apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina by IR arquitectura.If small is the new black, then this tiny apartment, all 18 square-meters of it, is as black as you’re likely to get. As with all exceptional ‘tiny’ designs, this Buenos Aires abode by IR arquitectura manages to fit a lot into a...
The Fiskars Summer House Exhibition Set by Studio Joanna Laajisto.Open during the European summer months, Fiskars Summer House exhibition showcases the work of nine prominent Finnish designers and their interpretations of an artist's summer house. Set in the Granary building in Fiskars Village, the...
Lomax Studio in London by Critical Architecture Network.Once an 18th-century industrial factory and wash-house, Critical Architecture Network have designed a new artist studio for a sculptor and a printmaker nestled along a small industrial mews in New Cross, London. To maximise space on...
