Tennyson 205 Apartment Building in Mexico City by Studio Rick Joy.Studio Rick Joy looked to local Mexican building traditions to inform a limited palette of materials for the Tennyson 205 apartment’s, giving it the appearance of a carved urban sculpture. The entire building is formed from board marked...
Toteme Boutique in Stockholm by Christian Halleröd.For their first ever flagship store, cult fashion brand Toteme turned to Swedish designer Christian Halleröd, who has somewhat of a cult following of his own. The fast-growing fashion brand was originally launched in New York, but now...
D2 Townhouse in Dublin, Ireland by Jake Moulson Architects.What happens when you combine the flamboyance of Bowie’s glam alter ego Ziggy Stardust and drama of Stanley Kubrick, with plenty of architectural rigour? You get Jake Moulson’s deliciously weird and wonderful, five-storey D2 Townhouse...
North Perth Townhouse Transformed With Colour by Simon Pendal.It’s all well and good you can deliver a knockout resi project when you have a substantial budget to work with. But what happens when cash is limited? And to top it off, the existing building is a bit of a 1990s development bastard?...
Retail Store With an Indoor Garden in São Paulo, Brazil by Vão Arquitetura.Retail spaces for fashion are about negotiating existing visual references in the form of an aesthetic that celebrates the brand as well as its customers. In a world of competing pop-up stores and online shopping, the approach to retail is...
MK House in Antwerp by Nicolas Schuybroek Architects.In this digital age, we’ve all grown accustomed to digesting news, social media and even our daily dose of design with a simple swipe of the finger or a scroll of the mouse. We skim through articles, glaze over images but often, nothing...
Stories On Design // Old Meets New: Architecture of Renewal.We are extremely lucky to have a world filled with creative geniuses that appropriate spaces which are built in one era and transform them into a space that harmoniously incorporate a contemporary one. Be that by planning, use of...
Reconstruction of A Townhouse in Zurich, Switzerland by idA Architekten.Originally built in 1983, this apartment building in Zurich has been given one hell of a face-lift by idA architects. Bit of a whack commission in the first place, the building has been re-modeled to accommodate six three-bedroom...
Jaw-dropping Crystal Facade of CHANEL Amsterdam Flagship Store by MVRDV.MVRDV were commissioned to design CHANEL's flagship store in Amsterdam, which saw the architects replace the original brick facade of a former townhouse with glass blocks, utilising cutting-edge glass technology. Located on the PC...
