Monochrome Masterpieces // Black and White Design Inspiration – Part 01.Today I wanted to explore some of the finest and most dramatic examples of Monochrome Masterpieces. Although the black & white palette has been around since the dawn of day, I am specifically interested in examples that really take the use...
Monochrome Masterpieces // Black and White Design Inspiration – Part 02.Here we go with Part 02 of the Monochrome Masterpieces. This post specifically looks at residential interiors which take the bold black & white palette to new heights. This approach definitely isn't for the faint hearted, but boy aren't...
Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas, New York City.Skyhouse is a unique home in the sky located at the summit of one of New York City's earliest surviving skyscrapers dating back to...
Table Hat Cafe by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects // Kanagawa, Japan.At first glance, I thought this was an unusual home extension. The street is suburban, the plans denote an ‘existing residence’. But there were an awful lot of little tables and chairs in there. Curious. This project is in fact a cafe...
Video // BT House by Studio Guilherme Torres // Maringá, Brazil.Walk-though video of BT House by Studio Guilherme Torres. São Paulo-based architect has developed ideas which fuse the modern and the traditional for his own...
2verandas by Gus Wüstemann // Zürich, Switzerland.To Switzerland, today, to look at a wonderful (enormous) house on the northern shores of Lake Zürich by Gus Wüstemann Architects. The building comprises two houses – one of concrete, one of wood – at opposite ends of a large suburban...
Volkshaus Basel Bar and Brasserie by Herzog & de Meuron // Switzerland.It's not often I allow a "press release" do all the talking, but when the architects' words are this good, you just have to go with it. Although, one would expect the project description provided by the (st)architects like Herzog & de...
James Jebbia’s Greenwich Village Loft // New York.Today we venture into the Greenwich Village loft of James Jebbia, which he shares with his young family. Jebbia is the owner of streetwear label, Supreme. Quite the departure from his label's aesthetic, his home is minimal, delicate and...
House 1 by Pitsou Kedem // Ramat Hasharon, Israel.House 1 by Tel Aviv-based architecture studio Pitsou Kedem is an interesting little beast. To me it looks like a slightly offbeat marriage between the signature modernist aesthetic and the 80s. I know what you're thinking - how can that...
