We ask a lot of kitchen islands. The more storage and function you can pack into an island, the lighter and airier the rest of your kitchen becomes. That’s why designers try to make every square inch count. Take the end of the island. Depending on wha…
Avella Taller de Arquitectura has reconstructed a recreational summer camp in Venezuela, including solid brick buttresses that draw on a nearby Spanish colonial fortification. Two Cabins in Yaracuy is located in the Massif de Nirgua, a mountainous region not far from the Caribbean coast. The children’s camp originally consisted of cabins built from wattle and
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A dramatic timber ceiling unfolds out from a capacious living zone to shade the northern facade of this family home. The facade is angled to take in the best garden views and solar aspect. The house is designed to endure as the family grows. It utilizes tough materials like Australian hardwood and the structural concrete floor slab is exposed. Adjacent the main living area is a screened-off playroom, and beyond this are four bedrooms and plenty of utility space.
Photography by Luke Hayes Architectural and design firm Mizzi Studio, together with artisan Italian café operators, Colicci, have recently completed the Serpentine Coffee House in London, England. Located between the Serpentine Galleries, with views across the Serpentine Lake and out towards the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, the coffee house provides an immersive architectural resting, refreshment, […]
Originally built in 1908, this neighborhood home had been owned by one family for four generations.
Álvaro Siza Viera explains how he created the swooped concrete roof of the pavilion he designed for the 1998 Expo in Lisbon in this exclusive movie. Located at the mouth of the Tagus River in the Portuguese city, the Expo’98 Portuguese National Pavilion was built to form the main entrance to the World Exposition, which took place
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The house was implanted in an area of 900 m2 with a view of the golf course and old trees on the plot. The main idea was to identify and differentiate the children’s sector. Taking the tree houses as an inspiration, a wood-clad volume with a gable roof emerged from this starting point, also serving to redesign the architectural typology of the neighbouring houses.
White decor isn’t just about getting back to basics, or avoiding the minefield of dodgy colour choices to be made despite painting half a room with tiny paint pot samples. White decor can be used to make small spaces feel comfortably larger and less crowded. Pure white paint can be used against a darker colour […]
A white volume with its oblique outer boundaries defines the openings of the dwelling on both floors, and wherein one corner of the house glazing is directed towards a privileged view.
In New York, activists and professionals have been working for many years to try to save 10 decommissioned tanks, from demolition by putting forward alternative usage of these structures. Partnering with STUDIO V, an architectural firm and landscape architects Ken Smith Workshop, they came up with an inventive proposal that reimagines these industrial relics as a 21st-century park, a novelty in the traditional definition and configuration of public spaces.
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