architecture

basic pleasures

Overlooking the wooded waterfront of Howe Sound and adjacent to a protected, forested waterway and private cove, the secluded home is only accessible via the water. Nestled into the rugged bush, the remote and difficult access drove the design solutions. The Gambier Island House by Canadian architecture and design studio MGB is a weekend home for young Vancouver couple with two children, peacefully perched...

Costa Rica lookout

A young family purchased a plot overlooking Santa Teresa Beach, Costa Rica with two breath-taking views: towards the ocean and into the jungle. Benjamin Garcia Architects decided to rest the house against the back of the steep hill of the site in order to stabilize the soil and protect the house from falling debris. The house then transitions from a more...

Grand but understated

I love Paris apartments! It’s hard to step wrong with their classic proportions, chevron parquet flooring and fireplaces. The Parisians are known for sacrificing nothing in the pursuit of style. This Paris apartment by Emma Donnerberg is no exception which takes cues from the French attention to detail while still reflecting the occupants deepest desires and most powerful...

The Breezy Life

With a brief to create a family home that would accommodate a young, busy family and allow them to live, entertain and relax in style, Melbourne-based interior designer Sally Caroline set about creating a home that springboards from a calm foundation into fun pops of colour and spacious rooms. Located on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, the program involved...

Eaves House

The ultra cool Eaves House is characterized by the positioning of the eaves and the style of roofing. Located in Hamamatsu Japan, the space beneath the eaves is the point where the indoor space meets the outdoor space. It is a space that defines where the inside ends and outside begins. Designed by mA-style architects, the framework creates a...

triangles and quadrangles

Japanese practice Kochi Architect’s Studio refurbished what was once a typical two-story apartment block in a suburban area of Tokyo, Japan.  More than half of the units of the old wooden apartment block were empty shells and the owner wanted to demolish it to build a new single-family house. However, the architect proposed to renovate the existing building into a...

The simple life

Colombo and Serboli Architecture transformed a neglected and poorly distributed apartment into a simple purist holiday home. The apartment is located on the sixth floor of an art nouveau building in Barcelona, Spain. In order to meet the brief, spaces had to be re-thought completely and all existing partitions had to be demolished. The terrace that had been closed for many years with a...

Raucous Rowhouse

This 1850’s Italianate townhouse by legendary architect James Renwick Jr. and whose previous occupants include Hollywood turned fashion royalty - Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy is the stunning home of Laure Heriard Dubreuil, her husband Aaron Young and their young son. Dubreuil, who herself is in the fashion game and from a notable French cognac family enlisted the help of

XL VILLA

Family Villa XL is located on the outskirts of a new residential area in Slovenia, designed for a large family of seven. The area is dominated by typical Slovenian urban and rural landscape which is paraphrased into the architectural elements. Designed by SoNo Architects the house is conceptually formed from two mutually parallel volumes and one connecting volume, which is placed perpendicularly to the...

single space Beach House

This vacation beach house located near Cape Town South Africa, has been carefully crafted to respond to the client brief, to create an extraordinary living experience, conceptually capture the client’s brief to create a single space vacation house and fully embrace the remarkable seaside location. Capitalizing on its unique context with panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean, the house is conceived as a minimal steel-framed glass...