Minimal Interventions for Maximum Effect: Apartment in Double Bay by Architect George.Nestled within heritage-listed gardens in Sydneyâs Double Bay, this late 70s, early 80s apartment for clients who have owned it since inception has retained much of its original character. Design approach focused on preserving the...
Sunlit Sanctuary: A Ranch-style Home in Santa Barbara by Corinne Mathern.This 1980s ranch-style estate with a rambling ranch-style layout, is nestled deep inside the Santa Ynez Valley in California. It was set on acres and acres of land and dotted with olive trees, horses and emus. Just a 3-hour drive from Los...
From Two Apartments to a Family Home: House Y&A in Mortsel by Memo Architectuur.Spacious enough to hold a growing family of four, House Y&A has generous living spaces and a very homely connection to the rear garden. Yet, many of its spaces seem like they could be pulled out of a magazine under its âsmall footprint...
Lighter than Light: A Country Villa by Grain Designoffice.If there's one thing that definesâand unitesâspaces by Grain Designoffice, it's an enduring sense of weightlessness. Walls the colour of sunlight. Furniture in amorphous shapes. Rooms that flow into each other like slow, meandering...
A Kaleidoscope of Styles: Apartment in Vilnius by Plazma Architecture Studio.A derelict apartment in Lithuaniaâs capital has been given a major revamp by Plazma Architecture Studio. Located in a 1914 building with early modernist details, the compact apartment has been adapted to the needs of its inhabitants with...
Le Marais: A Luminous Apartment in Paris by Studio Haddou-DuFourcq.âLe maraisâ, in French, literally translates to âswampâ, but there's nothing remotely swamp-like about Le Marais, the apartment in Paris recently redesigned by Studio Haddou-DuFourcq. Mind you, the same canât be said about its...
A Creative Resurgence: Watertower Loft Apartment by Studio Noakes.Housed in an early 1900s shoe factory that manufactured boots for the Australian Army during the two World Wars, this Redfern apartment retained much of the historical attributes of its industrial era. However, prior alterations had...
Back to Basics: 16th Century Venice Apartment by Ilaria Di Carlo.This Venice apartment sounded like a dream on paper. Located on the top floor of a sixteenth century palace in San Polo with the Grand Canal at its doorstep, the home has views out to the water and several Venetian landmarks. And yet it...
Let There Be Light: Domingo in Barcelona by AramĂŠ Studio.In the Catelonian capital of Barcelona, sunshine follows you everywhere. Indoors and outdoors. Through summer and winter. From daybreak to dusk. Sometimes, even beyond. But as architects Andrea Arriola Fiol and AdriĂĄn Mellado MuĂąoz of...
