Composite Apartment in Madrid, Spain by Gonzalo del Val, Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe.Besides the bright yellow bathroom in this Madrid apartment, natural cork, black rubber, and pale orange living room columns provide the only tonal colour throughout the common areas of the apartment. Stark white surfaces lead all...
Selected Projects by Seoul-Based Design Studio LABOTORY.Seoul is a complex metropolis of cultural extremes. Residents embrace Western cuisine and European designers, yet simultaneously honour and appreciate traditional crafts. These paradoxes extend to design, with towering glass skyscrapers...
ANGLE’s Latest Project Fenwick in Collaboration with Edition Office & Flack Studio.A collaborative project with Edition Office and Flack Studio, Fenwick by ANGLE is set atop one of Melbourne’s highest points in Kew. The site has uninterrupted north facing views over Yarra Bend Park, so despite being a mere 4km from the...
Tidal Arc House in Flinders, VIC by Hecker Guthrie, Woods Bagot & Simone Haag.Designed by Hecker Guthrie and Woods Bagot, Tidal Arc House in Flinders flips the stereotypical typology of an Australian coastal home on its head. Rather than go the light and bright route observed by so many beachside homes, the...
Boxen, New Gallery Space at ArkDes in Stockholm by Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter.Boxen is a studio gallery at ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design in Stockholm, completed in 2018 by locals Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter. The space is contained within a steel box structure set in the middle of one of two...
Organic Brutalism: Haight Fashion Store in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by MNMA Studio.Brazil-based architects MNMA Studio have completed a retail store for fashion brand Haight in the beachside suburb of Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, and the entire project is a how-to in organic brutalism. Faced with a challenging layout and...
Renovation of 3 Eclectic Buildings in Antwerp, Belgium by Bovenbouw.Bovenbouw Architectuur renovated three 19th century buildings on the main shopping strip in Antwerp, Belgium. The architects reconfigured the unwieldy interiors while maintaining the eclectic exterior facades, forming eight new apartments....
Living Edge Unveils New Perth Showroom Designed by HASSELL.HASSELL has designed a new showroom for Living Edge, set in a 1900’s warehouse in Perth CBD. The architects pared back the building to its core essentials, working within a refined palette of brick, burnished steel, dark bluestone...
Six Projects with Rocking Stone Floors.Floors aren’t always the first thing that springs to mind when it comes to bold gestures in design. Often, simple timber or polished concrete paves the way (literally) for other elements to shine. But floors are often a crucial factor in...
