Angelot Patisserie in Hangzhou, China by Say Architects.From the street, Angelot patisserie in Hangzhou, China presents more as a high fashion store than a place for coffee and pastry. Local multidisciplinary studio Say Architects overcame a series of multiple disadvantages presented by the...
Powell Street House in South Yarra by Robert Simeoni Architects.A compact site in South Yarra with an unassuming 1930’s brick duplex yields a distinctly layered home that reveres restraint and respects quietness. Powell Street House is the home of architecture and design writer Stephen Crafti, his...
Sierra FrĂa House in Mexico City by Esrawe Studio.From the outside, Esrawe Studio’s Casa Sierra FrĂa House in Mexico City seems impenetrable and solid. Its monolithic brick form not exactly welcoming outsiders with open arms. However, upon entering, spaces unfold with a softer tone....
Masquerade Photography Studio in Beijing by 123 architects.123 Architects’ Masquerade Photography Studio in Beijing defies conventional studio design. A futuristic playground was created in place of another typical white atelier. The colourless, rigid walls which once made up studio space now...
Buenos Aires Showroom & Office for a Textile Company by Ana Smud, Camila Jalife & Sasha Molczadzki.The façade of Ana Smud, Camila Jalife and Sasha Molczadski’s warehouse conversion in Buenos Aires asserts its contemporary identity while also aligning itself with the proportions of neighbouring buildings. The building simultaneously...
Brick Vault House in Valencia, Spain by Space Popular.Arched ceilings and vibrant green steel frames make up the Brick Vault House in the suburb of New Santa Barbara in Valencia, Spain. This is the first residential project by UK studio Space Popular and it is a quirky, geometric intervention...
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...
Potato Head Studios Resort in Bali by OMA.There’s no place like Bali. This tropical paradise is beloved for its natural beauty, hospitable people, the convergence of cultures and more recently, the latest kick-arse architecture thanks to OMA and the Potato Head Group. Enter...
Stairway House in Tokyo by Nendo.From the outside, nendo’s Stairway House in Tokyo sits like a clean white spaceship in the quiet residential area it landed in. The home’s regular, rectangular grid is intercepted with a monumental angled concrete staircase, the mere...
