Bricks Decoded: The Versatility of Ceramic Facades & Screens.The options are vast when it comes to clay-based ceramic tile facade systems, holding major appeal for contemporary projects thanks to their durability, versatility, and sustainable merit. We’re exploring some of our favourite...
Extraordinary Underwater Restaurant in Lindesnes, Norway by Snøhetta.Oslo-based firm Snøhetta have completed Europe’s first ever underwater restaurant in Norway. Appropriately named ‘Under’, the 495sqm monolith is submerged 5-and-a-half metres below the ocean’s surface. Inspired by a sunken...
Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar Opens in Doha.Inspired by a blade-like mineral formation known as the ‘desert rose’, the National Museum of Qatar in Doha designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel features 11 galleries across 21,000sqm. Steel frame and glass-fibre reinforced concrete...
Black Lakeside House in Rural Germany by Buero Wagner.Buero Wagner set out to distinguish The Black House from the generic detached properties that characterize the eastern shore of Lake Ammersee, in the Munich region. Clad with carbonised timber, it’s a rather literal ‘black sheep’...
Library House (Casa Biblioteca) in Vinhedo, Brazil by Atelier Branco.Casa Biblioteca or ‘Library House’ by Sao Paolo-based architects Atelier Branco Arquitetura is set in the small forest town of Vinhedo. A private commission for a Brazilian philosopher, the design revolved around fulfilling a brief for...
Bricks Decoded: High-rise Brick & Masonry Architecture.Aaaaaand… we’re back with our content partnership with our pals from Brickworks Building Products. Our partnership sees us exploring the versatility, immense magic and the infinite possibilities of bricks, and today we're turning our...
House in Seville, Spain by Harald Schönegger & Inmaculada González.Architects Harald Schönegger and Inmaculada González restored a historical block in Seville as a contemporary family home for themselves, built around a central courtyard. An aged steel spiral staircase winds up across all four levels,...
Masa Bakery in Bogota, Colombia by Studio Cadena.Designed by New York-based Studio Cadena, Masa is an impressive café-bakery in Bogotá, Colombia. Dramatic, jagged triangular windows offer a peek inside the action-packed café, tempting patrons to head inside. Designed by New...
Going East Design a Smokin’ Co-Working Space in Brussels Inside a Brutalist Icon.Co-working spaces just keep upping the ante. Take Fosbury & Sons latest co-working venture, ‘The Office’. This is their second location designed by the Belgian interior architects Going East, located inside the iconic, modernist...
