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…
DJ Louise Chen’s Paris apartment designed to feel like a boat
Architect Cyrus Ardalan felt like he was “standing at the prow of a ship” on a visit to…
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…
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…
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…
Span Architecture restores NYC residence associated with Bob Dylan
New York studio Span Architecture has restored a historic townhouse on Gramercy Park in New York that appears…
Vladimir Radutny highlights “poetic relics” in Chicago loft renovation
US studio Vladimir Radutny Architects has renovated a loft inside a former car-part manufacturing building in Chicago, exposing…
Bruzkus Greenberg adds multifunctional “blue box” to apartment
Local practice Bruzkus Greenberg has redesigned a penthouse apartment in Berlin, adding a blue-stained wooden core that contains…