Recurring Circular Shapes: Rotherfield Street by Atelier Baulier.Atelier Baulier has remodelled and extended the lower-ground floor flat of an early Victorian house in North-East London, increasing the size of the kitchen and creating a living space directly opening onto the garden. The floor plan is...
A Zany Experiment with Colour: Madrid Apartment by Sierra + De La Higuera.This Sierra + De La Higuera-designed Madrid apartment gleams like a vibrant jewel box, courtesy of the traditional Moroccan zellige tiles that characterise the various spaces: the terraces and living room are underpinned by a linear yellow...
The Red House in Barcelona by Aramé Studio.The Red House—designed by Andrea Arriola Fiol and Adrián Mellado Muñoz of Barcelona-based Aramé Studio—nods to the Mediterranean courtyard homes of yesteryear. The apartment, transformed from a once-upon-a-time factory, is located...
Casa Aire in Medellin by Cinco Solidos.For a house that belongs to someone high-profile — Colombian music sensation, J Balvin, to be exact — the air at Casa Aire is remarkably still. The living room flows into a semi-covered terrace by way of a small circulation area,...
Åstrup Have Danish Farmhouse by NORRØN Architects.Copenhagen-based architecture studio NORRØN has completed Åstrup Have, a recreational farmhouse in the Danish countryside overlooking the Haderslev Fjord. Surrounded by a scenic landscape of the rolling countryside, Åstrup Have stands...
Architectural Microsurgery: Loft Study House in Bilbao by Acha Zaballa.Acha Zaballa Arquitects have developed a prototype loft in the city of Bilbao that seeks to transform unused ground floor retail spaces into social housing. The home underwent a series of “microsurgery” interventions and stylistic...
Recooked Leftovers: Mo de Movimiento in Madrid by Lucas Muñoz.Mo de Movimiento is no ordinary restaurant. It’s a phantasmic space brought alive from dead objects, each one resuscitated, repolished and transformed into something new. For most designers, an interior like this would have been a tall...
Village by BOA: A Heritage Resort in Porto by Pablo Pita, Heim Balp Architekten & Bacana Studio.In the Portuguese town of Porto is a neighbourhood that masquerades as a resort. Established at the end of the nineteenth century, Bairro do Silva is the sort of pace that straddles vernacular and voguish, simple and swish—with equal...
Modern Vernacular: Villa Bôrik in Žilina, Slovakia by Plural.Situated in a landscape saturated in shades of green and dotted with picturesque gable-like houses, Plural has established a bespoke three-storey family home in the serene environment. Peaceful in presence yet unmissable in form, Villa...