Tini Prefab Office by Ignacio de la Vega & Pilar Cano-Lasso of DelaVegaCanolasso.Nestled in the gap between the trees this brightly lit, rust-hued home office is a little oasis from the balancing act of work and home life. Soaked in light, with Corten steel framing and OSB Poplar wood interiors this prefabricated, low...
Breaking Away from Display-orientated Retail: J1M5 Boutique by Various Associates.Various Associates have designed the J1M5 fashion boutique in Qingdao around the idea of the suitcase – the interior combines movable, flexible features of a suitcase manifesting as a multi-brand retail interior. Ultimately, the store...
MO-NO-HA Shop, Cafe & Gallery in Seoul by Creative Studio Unravel.The minimalist interior of MO-NO-HA Shop, Cafe & Gallery in Seoul by Creative Studio Unravel is wrapped in various textures, allowing materials with shifting scales and aesthetics to act the main character of the design. The rough outer...
From a Clothing Brand to a Boutique Hotel: Octavia Casa in Condesa, Mexico by PPAA.Octavia Casa arises as a translation of the Octavia clothing brand into a new kind of boutique hotel that feels a lot like home. Brand values such as “natural, simple, clear and honest” are decoded and manifested as an architectural...
No Natural Light, No Worries: Le Grand Marais by Ubalt Architects.Ubalt Architects have transformed a former data centre set within a 1970s mixed-use building in Le Marais, Paris, into an apartment with no outside view and very little natural light. Instead of fighting its obvious shortcomings, the...
Community Empowerment via Urban Development: Presence in Hormuz 02, Iran by ZAV Architects.Tehran-based ZAV Architects’ multipurpose cultural residence comprises vibrant rammed earth domes that form part of a broader social and cultural initiative on Hormuz Island in Iran. Dubbed “Presence on Hormuz”, the series of...
Man Ray’s Le TĂ©moin Re-edition by Paradisoterrestre.Part of the historic and radical operation Ultramobile, conceived by Dino Gavina in 1971 to adapt surrealist object into everyday life, Le TĂ©moin by Man Ray is an eye that watches on insistently with an indiscreet presence. Once it’s...
Esperinos Hybrid Design Guesthouse in Athens.Take a little walk with us down the streets of Athens' Filapappou Hill where we find ourselves stepping into Stamos Michael’s Esperinos Guesthouse. Visitors are invited to appreciate colour blocking of olive and Mediterranean hues used...
Felix Meritis Building Interior Renovation in Amsterdam by i29.The Felix Meritis building in Amsterdam, built-in 1788, was the home of science, art, entrepreneurship, and critical thinking during The Enlightenment period. The immense amount of history embedded within its walls has been sensitively...
