Antoni Clavé Archives in Paris by Kengo Kuma.Paper is perhaps the very last material one would think of when approaching a project of architecture, but this is precisely the material Kengo Kuma and Associates have turned to when designing a private museum in Paris to house the...
Yu Qingcheng Gallery in Tianjin, China by Zhanghua Architects.Looking somewhat like a crumpled brown paper bags, the Yu Qingcheng University Gallery in Tianjin is the adventurous work of Chinese architects Zhanghua Architects. The forms of the sequential buildings of this University Gallery in...
Brass House in West London by Simon Astridge.The owners of this terraced house in West London have imbued their fond memories of holidays in Portugal and Israel into a newly completed renovation. Working with Simon Astridge Architecture Workshop, the family undertook a complete...
Early 20thCentury Home in Belgium Transformed by Pierre Yovanovitch.This extraordinary 1900’s Belgian residence has undergone many different incarnations. It was originally built for an aristocrat. Half a decade later it was carved up into uninspiring offices. Most recently it has become a beloved,...
Switchback House in Brooklyn by L/AND/A.Led by architect and artist Shane Neufeld, L/AND/A is a New York-based studio with a pared back, elemental approach to design. Established only last year, the practice’s primal aesthetic has now taken shape in the refurbishment of a...
The Taranaki Rift in Brunswick by Architecture Architecture.Architecture Architecture have radically transformed this inner city Melbourne house into a family home with four bedrooms, and a generous open plan living/ dining/ kitchen area that opens up onto the outside deck....
Refurbishment of a 1910 Church in Hawthorn by Doherty Design Studio.The downside of repurposing a church and renovating it to become a home is that more often than not they still end up feeling like a church. A church having an identity crisis. So it takes not just a brave soul to take on a brief to...
His House And Her House in China by Wutopia Lab.Shanghai based architecture firm Wutopia Lab, were invited to transform buildings within the urban slum of Shenzhen for the seventh Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. The result is a cobalt blue cube and the...
Agricultural Training Centre in Rural India by Studio Advaita.This simplistic, square building is an agriculture training centre in the rural area of Nimblak, Maharashtra, India. Built for the marginal farmers’ children, its purpose is to enable rural youth, the next generation of farmers, to learn...
