Child Studio Transforms 1960s London Post Office into a Japanese Restaurant.Celebrating the unique history of a disused post office building and the neighbourhood, Child Studio's scheme for Maido Sushi restaurant pays tribute to London's modernist heritage. The Japanese references are subtle, presenting themselves...
Baja Club Hotel in La Paz, Mexico by Max von Werz Architects & Jaune Interiors.Putting the chic back into colonial, this 32-room hotel, designed by Mexico City-based Max von Werz Architects and Paris-based Jaune Interiors, adds a contemporary expression to a classic Mexican Hacienda resulting in a dose of bohemian...
Opus Vincula: Mattresses Bound by Charlie White at Melbourne Design Week 2021.Presented at Blackwoods Gallery during MDW21, Charlie White’s Opus Vincula exhibition of experimental furniture uses mattresses found curbside. These discarded objects became the source of polyurethane foam for making furniture and...
Old Amsterdam Garage Becomes an Impressive Family Home for Barde + vanVoltt.With skylights and glass partition walls Barde + vanVoltt have transformed a 1930’s garage into a wide and open contemporary family home. Fusing original elements with natural materials and industrial fixtures they have balanced the...
Sleeping in the Vines: Ventozelo Hotel in Douro Valley by Santelmo & Pereira.Sleeping in a concrete wine vat or in an old barn is part of the experience at this Douro property with more than 400 hectares and 500 years of history. From an animal shelter to olive oil mills, the various buildings of the Quinta were...
Heritage Hotel Transformed into an Opulent Lisbon Apartment by ESQVTA.“Any kind of intervention in this space should not interfere with the existing one,” says Vitor Almeida, principal architect at ESQVTA. “More than proposing, it was necessary to omit. More than designing, it was necessary to...
Hourré House in Labastide Villefranche, France by Collectif Encore.We may have found our dream house with Collectif Encore’s Hourré House. Inspired by it’s crumbling state, this farmhouse in Labastide Villafrench is transformed into a two-storey family home patchworked with exciting potentials. The...
Prior Thornbury by Ritz & Ghougassian.Ritz & Ghougassian’s Prior Thornbury offers a calming lo-fi vibe. A former print house heavy in art deco accents was stripped back into a clean interior of exposed ceiling and earthy materials. The café is set to make every brunch photo...
TaoCang Art Centre in Jiaxing, China by RoarcRenew.Like a phoenix about to take flight, TaoCang Art Centre in Jiaxing, China by Roarc Renew is a triumphant adaptive reuse of a pair of abandoned granaries. The architects, made very little disturbances to the existing structure – external...
