Stairway House in Tokyo by Nendo.From the outside, nendo’s Stairway House in Tokyo sits like a clean white spaceship in the quiet residential area it landed in. The home’s regular, rectangular grid is intercepted with a monumental angled concrete staircase, the mere...
Sydney Architect Emili Fox’s Forever Home at Ballast Point.Emili Fox, the director of Sydney architectural practice Fox Johnston, has designed a contemporary, multi-generational home for her young family in Sydney’s inner west. A playground for experimentation and testing, the design team were...
Locke at Broken Wharf Hotel in London by Grzywinski+Pons.Grzywinski+Pons have reimagined an existing seven-story London office building into a 113 room hotel dubbed Locke at Broken Wharf. Instead of chucking a few newly upholstered armchairs in the centre of the space and calling it a day, they...
Grechka Lab Bakery in Moscow by Veter Design.Grechka Lab Bakery by Veter Design is a new hospitality venue in Moscow that fuses together nostalgic memories of a slow-paced past with the intensity of contemporary living. The original 1914 Soviet-era building stands as a distillation...
Lab-Inspired Office for a High-Tech Gas Company in Taoyuan, Taiwan by Waterfrom Design.Using science as the inspiration, Waterfrom Design has turned the new office for a high-tech gas company in Taoyuan, Taiwan, into a conceptual response that challenges the typical idea of the workplace. Using lab items like daily test...
Acid House Cultural Hub in Barcelona by Arquitectura-G.The two-part ex-factory building of Acid House Barcelona was painted out white by Arquitectura-G in order to unify the existing industrial shell. The flexible interior has a series of moveable furniture elements like mobile tables and...
#7 Southlands: 1930s Multipurpose Apartment Renovation in Mumbai by SquareWorks.SquareWorks revamped the charming 1930s Art Deco Apartment, No.7 Southlands in Mumbai, creating dynamic and multifunctional spaces while preserving its heritage attributes. The interior now caters to a residential workspace and studio...
PR Agency’s Moscow Office by Dvekati.With a limited budget, Dvekati use unexpected materials and vibrant colours to create a joyous and fun workplace for PR agency Rupor in Moscow. At just 45sqm, the compact layout feels a little like a uni share house, adding to the sense of...
Melt House in Osaka, Japan by SAI Studio.In order to create a sense of indoor-outdoor living with limited space, SAI Studio split Melt House into a north and south building with a full-height courtyard in between. Placing a roof over the courtyard meant it could still be utilized...