Australian firm Street & Garden Furniture Co. have renovated their office, an ex-warehouse space in Brisbane creating “A great place to hand out”. Considerations included where to place games tables, sound system, bar and balconies for Fridays afternoons and entertaining clients. The play of light though voids, derived from classic computer games, cherry blossoms and dappled light, […]
RCR Arquitectes designed, with a very appropriate use of materials, Les Cols Restaurant and Pavilions in Olot, Girona, Spain. The interior distribution was organized by defining two main axes set perpendicularly to each other. The longitudinal axis is the long, narrow dining area flanked by other small private dining areas and bathrooms, the cross axis which holds the […]
Somewhere in Sweden floats this sweet little floating retreat that a couple escape to on weekends. Totally off-grid, far from anywhere, with a little motor on the back and a flip-up steering wheel on the roof to move the cabin. Originally Posted On Coolboom
The house, designed by Murado & Elvira, is like a box wrapped in white metal lines with rounded corners. The client desire to simultaneous contemplate the fire and the sunset, turning nature into a domestic object of affection. Sliding doors of pine wood act as shutters and are configured as a protective skin. In the living […]
The Super Sense Spa, designed by architecture and design studio KUU, is three level spa located in Shanghai. An additional floor in steel was added and the staircase leading up lands at several platforms which are for the spa’s complementary purposes such as consultation, beauty treatment, manicure or pedicure. Originally Posted On Coolboom
Sandell Sandberg projected the Ygne summer house situated on the island of Gotland, one of Sweden most popular summer holiday spots. The house was build to recess into the natural environment. Floor to ceiling windows wrap the house from the entry facade into the inner courtyard, allowing the wooded exterior to become part of the interior […]
Jacobo García-Germán redesigned an old apartment of the XIX century located in Madrid, Spain. After demolish almost every interior wall of the apartment, they got an lineal space limited by two diaphanous rooms with multiple uses connected through a large corridor around two patios. Inside this rooms everything happens, like in daily life were objects, things, […]
The Osler House designed by Marcio Kogan, located in Brasilia, is composed by two volumes and a small pool and garden that organize the entire program. On the ground floor we find the rooms that open to the outside using rotating wooden panels, and a small lobby that connects the second floor with a delicate staircase. […]
Located in a small town of Shiogama, Japan, with a view of the Pacific Ocean, Atelier Hitoshi Abe designed a private art museum intended to permanently display eight sculptures owned by the client. Rather than a white cube able to accommodate any type of exhibition, they aimed to design a unique landscape, and specific places for exhibiting […]
The North Wall, designed by Haworth Tompkins, is a new arts center for St. Edwards School in Oxford that incorporates a visual arts gallery, dance studio and theatre. The buildings, which forms part of the boundary between the school campus and the street, comprises a flexible 250 seat courtyard theatre, a fully equipped drama studio, a […]
