Retail Store With an Indoor Garden in São Paulo, Brazil by Vão Arquitetura.Retail spaces for fashion are about negotiating existing visual references in the form of an aesthetic that celebrates the brand as well as its customers. In a world of competing pop-up stores and online shopping, the approach to retail is...
Huik House and B&B in Antwerp, Belgium by Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu.Composed like a series of Tetris blocks, this transformation of an existing residence in Antwerp by the talented De Vylder Vinck Taillieu architects squeezes a relatively big program into a tiny city site. Renovating Huik House into a...
Taringa Treehouse in Brisbane Backyard by Phorm architecture + design.There’s so much to say about this little project, it’s hard to know where to start. The obvious reference is to the long forgotten childhood joy of treehouses. For who among us doesn’t secretly long for that escape far above the...
Little Parndon in East Melbourne Transformed by Templeton Architecture.I don’t quite know how to describe what this handsome home made me feel the moment I saw it. An experience of sheer visual ecstasy? For sure. Envy that she isn’t mine? Standard. A sense of allure and a thirst to know more? You betcha....
Álvarez-Nuovo Atelier in Paraguay by Nicolás Berger & Giacomo Favilli.It’s half house, half artist’s studio/workshop. Álvarez-Nuovo Atelier was designed by b|f|a architects in Paraguay. The residence is connected to the garden via large glass sliding doors, the view of the garden and the pool unfettered...
Architecture of Hope: Maggie’s Cancer Centre in Oldham, UK by dRMM.Since 1996, the Maggie organisation has been teaming up with world renowned Architects to create spaces that seek to use design to uplift those living through the turmoil and pain of cancer. The central idea and goal of Maggie organisation...
1930s Villa Kaplansky in Antwerp, Belgium Restored by B-Architecten.Sometimes you just have to gut the place and start again. Pull out all the windows and demolish the inside. It’s not pretty, but if the job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. B-architecten, the architectural studio behind this...
The Layered Gallery in London by Gianni Botsford Architects.The Layered Gallery is aptly named, for layered it most certainly is. It is an unlikely blend of Moroccan inspired architectural screens and other layers of steel framing. Located in central London, the gallery houses a private collection...
As Good as Gold: Au79 Café in Abbotsford, Melbourne by Mim Design.A former auto repair garage has been transformed by Mim Design into a contemporary hospitality space in the guise of a sprawling indoor botanical...
