Amity Street Residence in Brooklyn by Selma Akkari & Rawan Muqaddas.Longtime friends Selma Akkari and Rawan Muqaddas collaborated on this private residence in Brooklyn, centred around the building's legacy. Overlooking a lush tree lined street, the apartment has been relatively untouched since the 60s,...
231 Napier Street by Edition Office and Milieu.Milieu and Edition Office have completed 231 Napier Street, eleven exclusive apartments positioned on a peaceful street in the heart of Fitzroy. Designed with consideration for its surrounding buildings, marrying contemporary ideals with...
Volta Apartment in Paris by Hauvette & Madani.In this small loft apartment in Paris, Hauvette & Madani have added a solid oak staircase that snakes from the mezzanine to its lower level. Organised around this single dramatic central element allowed the architects to distance the...
Casa Totem: A Secret Pied-Ă -terre in Rome by StudioTamat.Tucked away in the heart of one of the busiest neighbourhoods in Rome sits a secret pied-Ă -terre by StudioTamat. At just 65 square metres, Casa Totem has been entirely redesigned to welcome travellers who yearn to explore a more...
Rooftop Glass Apartment in Berlin by Gisbert Pöppler.If you were to fly over the heart of Berlin, more specifically over the borough of Mitte, you'd spy a 1930s apartment entirely enveloped by glass. From the sky, "you'd see a large glass cube with three rooms distributed like little boxes,"...
Istanbul Pied-á-Terre by Merve Kahraman.Located in Bebek, Istanbul with a view of the Bosphorus, this Pied-á-Terre by Merve Kahraman is a frenzy of vibrant colours and energetic forms. Designed for a homesick client living in New York, this cosy one-bedroom apartment has...
1950s Tel Aviv Apartment Renovation by Salty Architects.Salty Architects transform this 1950s apartment into a green and airy oasis, set amongst the treetops in Tel Aviv. To bring a sense of the outside in, the team changed the size and shape of the existing balcony. Now a square shape, the...
Evading Renovation Convention: Lara House in Madrid by Hanghar.Born in a response to the rapid real estate bubble the city is currently in, this 1970s Madrid home distances itself from market-driven logic and offers a flexible solution that evades conventional renovations. Almost like a blank canvas,...
Argenteuil Paris Loft Apartment by Louis Denavaut.Louis Denavaut’s varied creative output across the contemporary art world, before turning to design and architecture, still influences everything he does today. The evidence of this can be seen in his latest project—a Paris loft...
