Park Life House in Melbourne by Architecture Architecture.Architecture architecture’s Park Life House extension, sensitively celebrates the humble suburban Melbourne block, implementing an addition that beautifully adds to, and continues the legacy of one of the best-preserved early housing...
Take a Video Tour Through La Scala, Richards & Spence’s own Brisbane Home.Since establishing their architecture practice in 2008, Ingrid Richards and Adrian Spence have gone on to change the face of their home city with world-class retail, hospitality and civic architecture. Here they open up their own home in...
Sydney Architect Emili Fox’s Forever Home at Ballast Point.Emili Fox, the director of Sydney architectural practice Fox Johnston, has designed a contemporary, multi-generational home for her young family in Sydney’s inner west. A playground for experimentation and testing, the design team were...
TaiOursea Laomendong Spa in Nanjing, China by RoarcRenew.The ancient city of Nanjing, China is home to the TaiOursea Laomendong Spa by RoarcRenew, drawing on Thai principles of rest and relaxation. With a client looking to bring Thai massage to China, the designers allude to the culture and...
Powerscroft Road II London Townhouse Renovation by Daytrip Studio.The eternal struggle with the design of townhouses tends to be its limited exposure to natural light. Daytrip Studio has overcome this by adding light-wells and openings throughout the existing shell. From the top floor attic all the way...
Qishe Courtyard House in Beijing by ARCHSTUDIO.ARCHSTUDIO has renovated a dilapidated hutong in Beijing, introducing a series of contemporary architectural insertions. A central curved veranda — a basic element of traditional Chinese architecture, is embedded into the old Siheyuan to...
No 92 Wine Bar in Sydney’s Glebe by Pattern Studio.Glebe’s No 92 Wine Bar delivers the warmth of a cosy local hangout with nuanced elegance. Pattern Studio worked to preserve the spirit of a bygone era, resulting in a refined rendition of an intimate salon. Elemental fixtures include...
Cheng Dong – A Coherent City in Xi’an, China by Sangu Design.Set within Qujiang New District in Xi’an, China, the site of this urban renewal project was formerly a semi-abandoned urban square with a two-story parking lot surrounded by office buildings and residential communities. Sangu Design...
Forte Forte London Store by Robert Vattilana & Giada Forte.A clever and unexpected material palette by Robert Vattilana defies expectations of what a women’s retail store ‘should’ conventionally look like at the London outpost of Italian womenswear label Forte Forte. Terracotta tiles and...
