Marble-Made Tent in the Galaxy: Romola Restaurant in Madrid by Andres Jaque.Bursting from the former garage space of a 40s-era Luis Gutiérrez Soto building in Madrird, Romola Restaurant immediately reminds me of the jade powder room in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. Its futurist...
Michaelis Boyd Designs Restaurant Duddell’s in a Historic St Thomas Church, London.Michaelis Boyd has inserted a fresh version of Duddell’s Cantonese restaurant into a historic church in Central London, intended as an extension of the double Michelin-starred Hong Kong...
Barcelona Artist Diego Cabezas Brings Line Drawings to Life.There is a true simplicity and beauty in the work of Diego Cabezas. The incredible sculptures that resemble line drawings come to life through intricate details making them appear three dimensional and abstract. Based in Barcelona, Diego...
Stories On Design // Sliced Architecture.Sliced Architecture is an ode to skylights, primarily, but not just your regular, run-of-the-mill skylights. Puh-lease. When has regular anything been the topic of discussion around here? Exactly! Sliced Architecture takes into account the...
Tianjin Binhai Library in China by MVRDV with TUPDI.MVRDV in collaboration with local architects TUPDI has completed the spectacular Tianjin Binhai Library in a coastal metropolis outside Beijing,...
Black Drop Coffee Shop in Kavala, Greece by Ark4LO Architecture.At Black Drop in Kavala, post-industrial urban aesthetics meets the obsession of coffee lovers, transforming the coffee experience into a social...
Ricardo Bofill’s La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall) Housing Project in Calpe, Spain.Projecting from the cliffs on the border of the Mediterranean in Spain, La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall), is a bold apartment block with breathtaking seaside views. Completed in 1968, Ricardo Bofill designed this playfully erratic fortress...
Selected Projects by Berlin-Based Gonzalez Haase.Berlin-based architecture firm Gonzalez Haase has been designing distinctive projects by combining elements of art, cinema and scenography into restaurants, exhibitions, retail, workspace and residential spaces. Founded in 1999 by Pierre...
Church of St. Wenceslas in Sazovice, Czech Republic by Atelier Stepan.I remember one of my early lessons in Architecture where I was told that in buildings, curves are a nightmare and will never look as impressive as they appear in one’s head. Because of this, I am always in awe of a structure that has...
