A space that encourages a sense of ‘slow’ and connection. That is Coota, the lovingly revived 1960′s beach house of Rhiannon and Matt Orr, founders of Design Orr Build. Despite its original near uninhabitable state, Rhiannon and Matt saw potential … Continue reading
Shortcut to a new interior? You might consider your thoughts when returning from bed and breakfast Suites 95, a hidden design stay in the vast polders of Lissewege, Belgium. A place where the inspiration connects with every detail and piece … Continue reading
Isern Serra transformed the ground floor of a Barcelona building into a creative workspace for Ezequiel Pini and his visualisation Studio Six N. Five. The multifunctional studio operates as an office space and showroom where monochromatic and earth-toned colours are … Continue reading
Interior design studio Mistovia converted a compact apartment in a 1970′s block of flats in Katowice, Poland. A superbe eclectic aesthetic of vintage charm and modernist gusto. With an interior where contemporary colors and textures are telling the story. Combining … Continue reading
Hotel de Milliano in Breskens pays tribute to the phenomenal modernism of the sixties. Located on a dune top between the North Sea and the Polders, just across the Dutch border. Without frills architect Piet Götzen has designed a four-star … Continue reading
__ Questioning the purpose of architecture and its relationship with the natural world. Casa Acton -located in the Hobart suburb of Acton Park- is about balance, technical practice and the creation of meaningful spaces. Sitting on the edge of arural … Continue reading
Biarritz – Where a museum is dedicated to the ocean. And the design is based on the dual concept of being under the sky and the sea. Exploring both explores both surf and sea and their role upon our leisure, … Continue reading
Ludwig Godefroy’s brutalist Casa Mérida in Mexico. Concealed concrete courtyards and cool garden rooms make for a contemplative hideaway. Most of the building seems to be open to the outdoors, with few fully enclosed spaces. The project’s defining feature, though, … Continue reading
Kennedy Nolan architects restored and re-imagined an existing Melbourne house. Adding a marvellous pavilion which is separated from the original building by an internal and stylish courtyard containing a swimming pool to blink your eyes more than once. This rather conventional … Continue reading
A beach house that uses the landscape to influence the design, rather than trying to impose a design upon the landscape. That is Castle Rock Beach House, designed by Herbst Architects. Every house has its surroundings, its features. Both a … Continue reading
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca I Mexico. Casa Altanera by Venezuelan Architect Alberto Calleja combines brutalism and traditional Mexican craftmanship. The house is designed to interact with the exterior through various terraces, large openings and ares in the palapa – an open-sided construction … Continue reading
Oslo-based architect Knut Hjeltnes unveils a home-away-from-home, located on its own Island. Titled Sildholmen, located off the coast of Remøya in Norway, this private house sits atop a rock foundation which takes up residence to replace a warehouse that was washed away … Continue reading
Wooden shutters wrap around this downtown Miami home, which looks onto the surrounding palm trees. Architects Melissa and Jacob Brillhart set out to design their Brillhart house, inspired by Florida’s modernism and the dogtrot model to create a tropical oasis … Continue reading
Cabo Verde. Charming with an archipelago that stands out for its unique moon landscape with craters, bumps and rocks as far as the eye can see. Where respect for the surrounding landscape is essential. Embraced by both Belgian Polo Architects … Continue reading
Located on the wild Atlantic coastline of Eleuthera and perched on a cliff overlooking a private beach, this hideaway cabin in the Bahama’s is designed for owners Mark and Kate Ingraham. The Thatch House is both an eco-resort and surf … Continue reading
Casa Morgana, a hidden gem settled in a lush garden in Northern Germany. Although you might consider it somewhere else, as the surrounding nature simulates quite a subtropical oasis. A minimalist architectural project, designed by Berlin-based architecture studio J. Mayer H. The … Continue reading
In a mountainous village nearby Southern China’s Jingdezhen, AZL Architects have designed a porcelain production site that revitalises an ancient craft. At its core is an egg-shaped wood kiln, built with age-old, regional know-how only four or five people today … Continue reading
Casa Zicatela, Mexico. At the top of a hill, looking across an agave plantation towards the mountains in the east, and to the celebrated surf-spot, Playa Zicatela, in the West. Designed as a weekend escape. Drawing from the architecture of … Continue reading
The CorTen Steel House in Northern California. If ever there was a design for a home that was informed almost exclusively by its setting, it’s the one studio Faulkner Architects has created for a wooded site just outside of San … Continue reading
Settle down and connect with the landscape. House A in Alphington Australia is one of those suburban homes you can’t ignore when walking by. From the street it looks like a house with no windows. The dark, radially sawn timber … Continue reading
“You can hear the waves, but what you see are trees, plants, and the Sierra Mountains in the distance. It’s about connecting to the outdoors.” Casa Tiny, Mexico. The feet in the sand and the head in the trees, an exclusive … Continue reading
On the south coast of the island of Formentera, a sophisticated and thoughtful designed house blends into an oneiric view stands. Bosc d’en Pep Ferrer is a project by Marià Castelló Architecture, focused on the duality between the telluric and the … Continue reading
Hidden in the rainforest of waiheke island, New Zealand. Architect Chris Tate created the A-frame Tent House as his own studio and retreat. Eventually the cabin turned into a holiday home where all of us can hide and blend with … Continue reading
No doubt this shelter is one to experience sublime natural beauty. Overlooking the Baltic Sea and the stunning views on Stockholm Archipelago. Claesson Koivisto Rune architects combined natural materials with a minimalist look to gently fit the structure into the stunning … Continue reading
Ricardo Bofill remains at the forefront of the urban design and architectural professions. In 1963 he created a place where the traditional is not conceived. La Fábrica. Centralizing his own team of sociologists, philosophers, mathematicians, painters and writers in a … Continue reading
Observing the waves crashing onto the shore. Nature’s golden silence might overcome you, when staying at the boat house by WE Architecture. Build with no windows to keep the clean lines of the building intact. WE Architecture is a young … Continue reading
Collaborating with the best Danish and internationally acclaimed architects to reform your IKEA kitchen with great design? Danish company Reform will redesign or hack your kitchen by joining forces with some top Danish architects. BIG, Henning Larsen Architects and Norm Architects. As Reform says: … Continue reading
Redesigning a house is about pushing your limits. Often with a strong desire to get rid of a mash of styles set up by the previous owners. The concrete Bellarine Peninsula house by Auhaus Architecture is the perfect example of … Continue reading
Where to build your house? Where to create your comfort zone? Let’s call it one of those -live your life- questions we all have to deal with! You don’t know the answer yet? Then it might be time to have … Continue reading
The SODAE-House is the house of architect Don Murphy, co-founder and director of the Dutch VMX Architects. In a nature area close to Amsterdam, he designed the 500m2 house for himself and his family. Displaying some exceptional contemporary Dutch architecture! The … Continue reading