AS Town House Building in Mexico City by AMBROSI ETCHEGARAY.The AS Town House Buildings in Mexico City's La Condesa leafy neighbourhood have been designed by local art and architecture practice Ambrosi Etchegaray, lead by Jorge Ambrosi and Gabriela Etchegaray. Mexico City has a unique...
110 Rooms: MAIO Architects’ Jaw-Dropping Apartment Building in Barcelona.Some projects just make you sit up straight in your chair, stop whatever else you were trying to do at the time, and pay close attention. This is exactly what happened when I first came across this residential building in Barcelona...
Bricks Decoded: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Breeze Block.In Brazil, it’s known as Cobogó. In India, they call it Jaalis. The French term is Brise-soleil. Here we know it as Breeze Block. Call them what you will, these little units of awesome are making a massive comeback. Back in the 50s...
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...
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...
First Look at SJB’s 41 Birmingham Apartments in Sydney’s Alexandria.Rather than going 'tradish' display-suite with their styling, SJB have adopted a more conceptual approach, managing to bring life and sass to many spaces, and showcase the energetic qualities of their latest multi-unit residential project....
Social Housing by Pereda Perez Arquitectos in Pamplona, Spain.Today we head to Pamplona in Spain or, as the fiercely independent locals would prefer it to be referred, the Basque Region. It is amongst this historical tapestry that we find the extraordinary social housing project by Pereda Perez...
K8 Apartments in Kyoto, Japan by Florian Busch Architects.Florian Busch Architects have designed an apartment building which translates the horizontal sequence of Kyoto encounters into the vertical...
120 Allen Street “Aparthotel” in New York City by Grzywinski+Pons.Designed by Grzywinski+Pons, 120 Allen Street is a multi-residential project in Manhattan's Lower East Side that includes a mix of furnished studios, apartments and commercial workspaces. Part of a new breed of residential design dubbed...