Casa Areca Tulum by CO-LAB Design Office.Close your eyes, imagine the sun captured in your hands, saltwater evaporated in your hair and the sand between your toes – gently step inside the cool concrete floor before sinking down into a wooden chair shaped into your beach...
Pyramids of Flinders: Bellows House by Architects EAT.Albert Mo wanted a permanent house anchored in the sand from the outset, unlike the predictable light-weight beach vernacular. “More like a bunker than a shack,” he says, setting out to design a building that spoke of its location and...
A Life of Ease Without Excess: Dune House in Perth by Ohlo Studio, Simon Pendal & Steven Postmus.In keeping with true modernist principles, the guiding ethos for Dune House was better space rather than more space. The existing footprint was converted from the cramped, 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom house into an airy 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom...
GIR Cafe in Belgrade by Studio AUTORI.Designed as an extension of a designer furniture showroom in Belgrade, Serbia, GIR café by Studio AUTORI features a mammoth-sized arch mirror door that, once opened, reveals a hidden space with contrasting tones. While this interior is an...
House in Sant Antoni by Arquitectura-G.Spaces within Arquitectura-G’s House in Sant Antoni unfold with an industrial aesthetic softened by dusty terracotta hues. The shade engulfs almost every surface, creating a monochromatic, textural scheme that feels warm and welcoming....
An Homage to Memphis: Ya Space! Art & Design Museum by Li Wenqiang.Elements representative of Memphis style, including geometric shapes, free compositions and bold colours, are frequently applied within Ya Space! by Li Wenqiang. This playful “art museum” and exhibition space in Hangzhou, China,...
Garden House in Lindfield by Polly Harbison Design and Arent & Pyke.Garden House in Sydney’s Lindfield hints at references from South America all the way to Northern Italy, yet there is something quintessentially Australian in its openness, use of materials and the way it is grounded in nature. Born from...
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...
Maison Gauthier in Mont-Tremblant, Canada by Atelier Barda.Atelier Barda’s beautifully restrained home, Maison Gauthier, in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, exudes a tranquil atmosphere that is simply irresistible. Designed as a sequence of spaces, the house is moulded around the topography of the site....
