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Blushing Bondi

An ode to the Art Deco architecture of Bondi, this renovation transformed a tired brick apartment into a contemporary beach abode that blended old with new.
Unique joinery pieces and a pastel colour palette feature in this beachside apartment, which seamlessly connect the kitchen and living areas. To create a greater sense of space within the narrow apartment, a range of space-saving measures were used such as a...

An abundance of open spaces

Private or public, hidden or visible, classic or modern, local or international? This new luxury apartment designed by k.o.t architects in the heart of a developing Israeli city, is treading on the tension between parallel lines that seemingly never meet, but maintain an intimate, warm and harmonious relationship in one sophisticated space.
Already in the first meeting with the clients, the challenge before the...

Elizabeth Bay IV – minimalist retreat

Elizabeth Bay IV apartment is the second apartment fit-out Brooke Aitken Design have undertaken in this building in the a harbourside suburb dubbed Libby Bay in eastern Sydney. The client contacted the studio from London after purchasing the property and they worked with her remotely to create a minimalist retreat for her family's use when visiting Sydney....

Jewel Box – Main Beach

Inspired by the client’s art collection, Studio Yugen’s Jewel Box revises the traditional washed-out coastal palette in favour of a deeper, rich-coloured modesty testament to personal taste and a well-travelled history.
Located in a newly built tower in a quiet beachside suburb of Queensland’s Gold Coast exists a homely celebration of colour and weightlessness, presenting a welcoming sub-penthouse...

Pergola House

Formally, a classic gable-roofed house in a quiet residential street north of Potsdamer Chaussee Berlin , Germany . Recently reinterpreted by rundzwei Architekten BDA, the roof surfaces as well as the facades are covered on all four sides by a delicate, light-coloured wooden cladding made of silver fir. With the exception of a few purposefully placed façade...

Natural & Harmonious in the City

Situated at the core district of Kowloon, the original 2-room apartment is modified into an open planned studio apartment, so as to redefine the spaces to create a home that can allow the owner to cleanse her mind & enhance the energy of mindfulness.
In order to make the highest efficiency of the limited spaces to encounter different kinds of activities, spatial arrangements were...

Kew courtyard house

Located in the leafy Melbourne suburb Kew, is a forever home for a creative couple. The house supports their mutual love of entertaining, art, gardening and mid century architecture. The site was a previously subdivided in to a narrow and challenging plot being only 7m wide yet over 45m long with north following the long side of the site.
The brief was to create...

Flood Zone house

Located on the banks of the River Loddon, a tributary of the Thames near Wargrave in Berkshire, the house sits within Flood Zone with a potential flood depth of 1.17m in the worst-case scenario. In order to plan for such a scenario, John Pardey Architects placed the house on stilts which raises the house by 2.2m above...

Driving a dialogue with human intimacy

Within the folding hills of its hinterland site of Federal, a village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. The Federal House acts as both experiential containers for this place and as a conditioning object, consciously aware of its outsider status within the traditional ownership and legacy of this landscape. The project was considered as a vehicle for a relationship between...

Monumental forms

Megabudka Architects believes one of the most important issues of modern architecture in Russia is the lack of identity. Nowadays, Russian architects often imitate contemporary colleagues from other countries. As a result, national identity is completely absent in the newly created environment.
The studio carried out research and, as a result, developed their own vision of what they...

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