Responding to limited street access and a cliffside site, architecturew designed the residence making the most of its unique site. The house has a top floor living area, cantilevered over the entry. The north and south facade is enclosed by sliding glass walls that allow the space to open to the sun, breezes and distant […]
NORTH is a team of designers, writers, creative directors, film and music makers that asked Skylab Architecture to help them to create a space that is not an office. The design responds to alternative social interactions that inspire creative work. Workstations are replaced with modular structures, furniture and equipment defined around activity. Pine paneling, raw […]
This unusual house, designed by NRJA, is located in the Latvia on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It is a new family house build inside the 19th century ruins of a traditional Latvian barn. The architects used the idea of contrast where wind from the sea is opposed to the warmth of the family, […]
The old cafeteria of the Wettingen School was too small, due to constantly raising pupil number, so :mlzd projected the new cafeteria according to the typology of the existing buildings. The new cafeteria has a rural character and part of a the conceptual and formal analogy with the traditional farm, which makes the volume, types […]
Bevk Perovic Architekti designed this cottage that combines a contemporary style inspired by traditional forms with the typical alpine house. The house has an external wooden skin with sliding panels that reveal large and small openings to maximize the entry of natural light. The minimal white interior has a central staircase that connects the three […]
Kubota Architect Atelier designed this unusual house with a front facade so precise that it looks almost fake. Every detail of the house seems exact, getting to the point where you can’t tell is a photograph or a rendering. The interior is as pristine and intriguing as the exterior with its perfectly smooth concrete. Originally […]
The WakuWaku Restaurant, designed by ippolito fleitz group, is located in Hamburg’s city center. The long, narrow space stretches back almost 17 meters has a glass roof in the rear half that admits daylight. The space is divided into two main zones: the dinning area and the service area with an order counter, kitchen and […]
To create the new agency for TBWA/Hakuhodo, Klein Dytham Architecture transformed an old bowling alley in a large 8 story amusement complex in downtown Tokyo. A central park runs through the middle of the space and a series of shelters for meeting rooms, project rooms and director’s offices generate a small townscape in the space, […]
Nominated for the Detail Prize 2009, the Prayer and Meditation Pavilion designed by TAMarchitettura is known for its platonic exterior and dramatic interior space. The pavilion is basically two cubes, tangent to each other on one face and shifted from each other about the distance of the half of one side. Slots and peeling away […]
Bak Gordon Arquitectos designed this two level house located in Pousos, Portugal. The house, constructed on an inclined terrain facing the city, welcomes the visitors with only four volumes welded together with a full straight lower level. This operation allows to diminish the impact of the 700 square meter constructed area, and contributes to the […]
