Liminal Space: East Side Gallery Berlin Hotel by Grzywinski+Pons.A new hotel has opened at the heart of the East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin’s Friedrichshain neighbourhood. Honouring the place's history, Grzywinski+Pons conceived the hotel and its multipurpose public domain as a liminal space—a...
Lawson Flats Perth Members Club by Finespun Architecture and Ohlo Studio.Lawson Flats has had many lives—from an Art Deco apartment block in late 1930s to the Karrakatta Club women’s club in 1980s. In 2022, the trifecta of floors was reborn yet again, this time as a swish members-only club in Perth for...
Casa Liquida: Annex for a Sao Paulo Artistic Residency by Luiz Pataro.Casa Liquida (Liquid House) is an artistic residency in SĂŁo Paulo conceived by Julia Feldens. Since 2015, Julia and her two children have shared their home with artists who use the space for experimentation and communal living. The...
A Theatrical Sequence: CĂ Select Multifunctional Space in Venice by Marcante-Testa.The history of the Venetian spritz brand, Select, holds close ties to the city. Torino-based architecture practice, Marcante-Testa, were tasked with crafting a multifunctional home for the aperitif brand as a place for cultural events open...
Spazio Pesca’s Creative Space in Milan by Greta Cevenini.Creative agency Studio Pesca has opened a multifunctional space in the heart of Milan. Designed by Greta Cenenini, the interior captures the city’s contemporary soul through a distinct aesthetic balanced with an almost blank...
Rich in Subtleties: One Three Photography Studio in Beijing by Nothing Design.Conscious of materiality and subtleties, Nothing Design implements a delicate thread between vintage and contemporary elements laced with Chinese culture, within One Three Photography Studio in Beijing. An interior that resembles an...
Celebration of Subtleties: Zacharitsa Live-Work Apartment in Athens by Molonglo & Royffe Flynn.Zacharista is one in a series of Athens apartments designed by the Greek-Australian development company Molonglo. Small and flexible, the home-work-shop hybrid, housed within a typical post-war polykatoikia, was developed in collaboration...
Folklore Meets Contemporary: Verbena Lounge by HANGHAR and Estudio DIIR.Hanghar collaborated with Estudio DIIR on the Guest Lounge at the ARCO Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid. The two local practices blended Spanish folklore with the contemporary in a bold installation. With a large red marquee overhead, the...
Ester Bruzkus Architekten Design a Berlin Bank as a Community Living Room.A bank isn’t the first thing you would expect to see with a cutting edge new design. You’d more likely be expect it to be closing down—like that one down the road from you. Yet Ester Bruzkus Architekten have done just that,...
