Tile-clad Japanese buildings inform self-designed office in Valencia
Architect Paloma Bau and creative director Ausiàs Pérez have collaborated on designing their shared office in Valencia, Spain,…
Raúl Sánchez splashes old sailor’s home with modern details
Spanish practice Raúl Sánchez Architects has renovated a home in Mataro, Spain, which belonged to a sailor in…
Nada Debs converts abandoned mosque into Uzbek crafts centre
Lebanese designer Nada Debs has turned the former Okhun Gozar Mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, into an exhibition space where the…
Japanese and modernist design informs Studio Hagen Hall house
Studio Hagen Hall has modernised a Georgian terraced house in north London, using a pared-back material palette including…
Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto
Kyoto‘s historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasing being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here,…
Copper elements shine in Mexico City fashion boutique Colima 162
Local architect Laura Vela Lasagabaster and designer Manu Bañó have used copper as an accent material inside a…
Pend transforms overlooked infill site into mews homes
Architecture studio Pend has completed a pair of light-filled mews homes organised around private courtyards on a compact…
SO-IL completes “precise, audacious” Issey Miyake store in NYC
Brooklyn architecture studio SO–IL has transformed a cavernous space inside the neo-gothic New York Life building into a…
Holzrausch designs Frankfurt penthouse as central “roof garden”
Munich-based architecture firm Holzrausch has completed a two-storey extension to a penthouse in Frankfurt, featuring open-plan living spaces…
Concrete staircase anchors Purple Brand studios by Scott & Scott Architects
A staircase of raw board-formed concrete curves up the centre of this workspace for denim fashion label Purple…