Manchester Building Refurbishment in Lisbon by Rar.Studio.When Rar.Studio initially viewed the forgotten interiors of Manchester Building, they were met with the decaying bones of a previously elegant structure. Intricate mouldings swirl across the ceiling while charming double doors frame...
Peach Hut Community Centre in China by ATELIER XI.ATELIER XI’s Peach Hut Community Centre is the first in a series of miniature pavilions that will bring cultural and art education to the Xiuwu Henan county in northeast China. Instead of designing one 300 square metre public building as...
Call out for Sydney Artists & Creatives to Revive the Laneways of our Pandemic Stricken City.City of Sydney is inviting artists and creatives to invigorate Sydney CBD laneways with temporary public art that reimagines and enlivens our pandemic stricken city. This project is part of City of Sydney and NSW Government’s $20 million...
Bureau de Change Designs Art Deco Interiors of The Gaslight in London.Bureau de Change have reimagined the interiors of The Gaslight in London's Fitzrovia, honouring the area's artisanal heritage with a design character that brings an element of the unexpected to a commercial property....
TaoCang Art Centre in Jiaxing, China by RoarcRenew.Like a phoenix about to take flight, TaoCang Art Centre in Jiaxing, China by Roarc Renew is a triumphant adaptive reuse of a pair of abandoned granaries. The architects, made very little disturbances to the existing structure – external...
Church of Beatified Restituta in Brno-Sever, Czech Republic by Atelier Štěpán.With minimal use of religious ornamentation, Atelier Štěpán’s Church of Beatified Restituta in the Czech Republic distils kaleidoscopic rainbow-colours into a brutalist scheme that also feels entirely heavenly. Regardless of whether...
KaDeWe’s Customer Service Area by Vanessa Heepen and Claire Wildenhues.Young Berlin-based multidisciplinary designer Vanessa Heepen straddles the worlds of creative direction, spatial design and event production, seeking to deliver spaces that are equally functional and laced with a singular atmosphere. Her...
Holy Fire Lit Place in China by URBANUS Architecture.Beijing & Shenzhen-based Architecture Practice URBANUS redesigned the former Xihoudu holy fire plaza for the 2019 Second China National Youth Games at the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces. Considered one of the most...
Yinka Ilori’s Colorama Skatepark Takes Over the 19thC Warehouse in Roubaix.British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori was commissioned by La Condition Publique cultural centre to design an indoor skatepark set within a 19th-century warehouse in Roubaix, France. The result is a colourful landscape that fuses culture...
