Gallery Post // Jardins House by CR2 Arquitetura in SĂŁo Paulo.CR2 Arquitetura designed Jardins House for a middle-aged couple and their daughter in SĂŁo Paulo. The project arose from the idea of creating a private sanctuary in the dense urban landscape of Brazil's busiest city. The large concrete box...
‘Ito Weather’ Minimalist Cafe by Japanese Studio Ninkipen!'Ito Weather' is a minimalist cafe in Osaka, Japan, designed by Japanese studio Ninkipen! The architect wanted to create a space that has a strong connection with the nature outside, thus creating a small garden that is visible from the...
Cut Paw Paw by Andrew Maynard Architects // Seddon, Victoria.Cut Paw Paw is a renovation and extension to a double fronted weatherboard home that has been left deliberately incomplete. The owners asked that the house be “ridiculously inside-out”. To accomplish this, not only did Andrew Maynard...
Miller House by Eero Saarinen, Alexander Girard and Daniel Kiley // Columbus, Indiana.Designed by the rockstar architect Eero Saarinen for industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller and his family in 1957, the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana is a poster-girl for Midcentury Modernism. The reason I love this place so...
Stories on Design // Outdoor Rooms.In case you thought today's post is about "styling" your Verandas and Backyard Pergolas with a bit of lattice action, I'm afraid you're in for a huge dose of disappointment. Sorry / not sorry. If you're, however, in the market for amazing...
Gallery Post // Minna no ie by Mamm Design.This two-and-a-half storey dwelling is situated on a 4.5m wide by 12m long plot, wedged between houses in every direction. The design seeks to provide a space that seemingly expands beyond it's borders by inserting a six meter-high garden...
Tree House in London by 6a Architects.London studio 6a Architects has extended the home of architecture critic Rowan Moore and his family by adding a timber structure that curves around a tree. The extension was designed to provide a new ground-floor bedroom and bathroom for...
Video // Bureau Betak Covers Musée Rodin in Orchid Wall for Dior Autumn-Winter 2014/15 Show.Oh my, oh my! In the gardens of the Musée Rodin, the world awaited within the immense white pavilion simply marked with the letters Dior. Consistent with the floral theme of previous shows (see here and here) Paris based creative agency...
PC Garden House in Japan by Kengo Kuma.Who feels like a cool drink of water? I felt like I’d had one after looking at Mitsumasa Fujitsuka’s photos of this beautiful Kengo Kuma house. It’s a littler, newer, Katsura. Spare Japanese perfection, just enough brush strokes to...
