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Architecture / Interiors
Peninsula House, São Paulo, Brazil
Peninsula House, a weekend home in a coastal city close to São Paulo, is composed of three stacked abstract volumes which have been delicately positioned on a steep slope overlooking the Atlantic Ocean for minimum topographic impact.
Link Farm House, Stanford, New York
Set on a bucolic 220 acre farm in Dutchess County NY, this private home manifests the duality of living on this site: The desire for transparency and engagement with the landscape vs the desire for privacy.
Rombo IV, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
A private space with three houses and a studio, in a central and tree-lined area of Mexico City called Bosques de las Lomas.
Mantab Workplace, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Comprising a complete internal overhaul of an existing bungalow—the team was required to re-examine the office/workspace typology in a Southeast Asian climate and locality for a local property development company.
Patio House, Karpathos, Greece
House on a dramatic plot of land with open views of the Aegean Sea and direct views of the windsurfers on the beach of Afiarti, by OOAK Architects.
Neblina House, São Paulo, Brazil
Uses its cubed form to conform to nature by FGMF architects.
Casa VN, Alella, Spain
Transitions between a landscape before the 20th century to the current century by Guillem Carrera.
Heyshop, Shanghai, China
A new type of collection store, driven by big data, merging online with offline by Daylab Studio.
Santa Casa Da Misericórdia’s Elderly Care Centre, Ponte De Sor, Portugal
A health care residence for elderly people, with 10 double rooms and 4 individual rooms by Nuno Piedade Alexandre.
Bluebird Townhouses, Barwon Heads, Australia
Duplex development in Barwon Heads on the lovely Bellerine Peninsula.
Gafarim House, Ponte De Lima, Portugal
This is a space of great transparence, relating through a generous glass wall with the plot and the wide Minho views, by Tiago do Vale Arquitectos.
Tranquil House, Shiga, Japan
The sequence of spaces, which are unrolled along the axis, generates comfortable tranquility that gives exquisite aesthetics to daily life, by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects.
Zil Pasyon Private Island Resort Villas, Seychelles
Designed and built by Studio RHE, to settle discreetly among the Seychelles’ existing granite outcrops.
Dos Maderos House, Medellín, Colombia
The permeability of the visuals, the contiguity in the interior spaces, the constant search for shade, the total absence of glass elements, the cross ventilation, and the implementation of ancestral textures were values and constant concerns in the architectural approach and throughout the design process of the project.
Resources Publicis, Moscow, Russia
The new office of the media holding department by VOX Architects.
Beefbar, Paris, France
Beefbar was conceived to break the traditional codes of rigid & high end cuisine.
Sunyata Hotel Meili, Meili, China
A successful homage to the Japanese philosophy.
A Hotel at High Altitude, Italy
With the renovation and expansion of the Zallinger Refuge at the Seiser Alm/ Alpe di Siusi, a new model of hospitality was born and serving as a good example of responsible tourism.
A House in Dong Tao, Vietnam
This house, designed by i.House Architecture and Construction, is located on the outskirts of Hung Yen province.
Jb House, Nakornchaisri, Thailand
A small house in Thailand by IDIN Architects.
Ucca Dune Art Museum, China
On a quiet beach along the coast of northern China’s Bohai Bay, the UCCA Dune Art Museum is carved into the sand, where it gently disappears.
Ms House, Fazenda Boa Vista, Brazil
Summer house near São Paulo by Studio Arthur Casas.
Bacatete House, Mexico City, Mexico
Concrete and nature intertwined by Rima Arquitectura.
Kloof 119A Residence, Cape Town, South Africa
A home on one of the most prominent roads in Cape Town.
Home by Taller De Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo, Mexico City, Mexico
New home in Mexico City by Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo & Iturbide Studio.
Casa LLU, Los Ríos, Chile
A vacation home for a family designed by Santiago-based Cazu Zegers.
Lochside House, West Highlands, Scotland
Designed by Haysom Ward Miller Architects, winner of a 2018 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Award.
Parallel House, Kea Kithnos, Greece
A summer residence situated within a secluded natural area of a Greek Cycladic Island by En Route Architects.
Collector's Nook, Franca, Brazil
Characterized by simple features, purity of forms, integration with nature and use of natural materials with a color palette of earthy tones, the touch of fabrics, the heat of the wood, the nobility of the marble, the rusticity of the stone and the concrete.
Cabins in the Woods, Barcelona, Spain
The house rises in three interrelated levels through a green patio and is organized by two strips by Antonio Maciá Mateu and WOHA arquitectura.
The Battery, San Francisco, California
Designed to give the area's innovators a place to meet and mingle in private.
Gaga Chef Restaurant, Shenzhen, China
A unique dining concept calling for an innovative design approach, interiors balance natural elements with cutting-edge contemporary, and relaxed elegance with outright luxury.
Wendell Castle's Upstate New York Home
Wendell Castle (1932-2018) created unique pieces of handmade sculpture and furniture for over four decades.
Penthouse at 520 West 28th, New York
New York residential building designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
Morning Dew Guesthouse, Busan, South Korea
Urban guest house is a new purpose for tourism revitalization and rebirth of original downtown by Architects Group RAUM.
Claus Porto, New York City
Conceived by Tacklebox Architecture under the direction of Jeremy Barbour, the design pays homage to Portuguese architecture and craftsmanship.
Casa Tacuri, Ecuador
Single family house in the Ecuador capital’s Tacuri neighborhood by Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos.
Peny Hsieh Interiors, Taiwan
Wood, concrete, marble and lots of natural light.
Oslo House, Alicante, Spain
The Oslo House is placed on a mountainside, in a residential state surrounded by pine trees and vegetation, designed by Ramon Esteve Estudio.