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Roquet Coffee Shop / NUA Arquitectures

February 4, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

This project is located in a place occupied for a long time by an accountancy office, transforming it into a cosy and bright space where you can enjoy signature cuisine. The space is a shop between party walls, with one facade that looks out onto the street and another wall that is partially occupied by an industrial building.

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Instalación Tres Esencias / Albor Arquitectos

February 4, 2020 Daniel Tapia 0

“Tres Esencias” is an intervention in the public space by Albor Arquitectos for the collective project “Mar Adentro”, an exhibition curated by the Contemporary Art Center Wilfredo Lam for the XIII Biennial of Havana whose main thematic axis was “The construction of the possible”. “Mar Adentro” participates within the official projects of the Biennial that, for the first time, expands outside the capital and coincidentally was located in the city of Cienfuegos in the celebrations for its bicentennial. The proposal of the curatorial team demanded as a first step to define an area of intervention and, as a result of an academic exercise carried out by our team*, the maritime front of the historic center was selected.

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Fundació Mies van der Rohe – 2020 Programme

February 4, 2020 Diego Hernández 0

This 2020 the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion is activated more than ever as a public platform to dissolve the boundaries between architectural research and the arts, promoting the dissemination of architecture in collaboration with an extensive and varied network of entities and people.

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Black facades contrast pale interiors in Lluvia house by PPAA

February 4, 2020 Jenna McKnight 0
Lluvia by PPAA

Courtyards and double-height spaces create a bright and airy atmosphere inside this black house in Mexico City, which was designed by architecture studio PPAA. Lluvia house is located in Jardines del Pedregal, an upscale residential district in the southern part of the city. The modernist architect Luis Barragán created the area’s master plan in the

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58 Mid Century Modern Furniture Selections to Help You Recapture the Era

February 4, 2020 HD Staff 0

Mid-century modern furniture is back and more prized than ever. While some iconic pieces have never left the design lexicon, the style itself is seeing a strong resurgence even among contemporary creatives. Fresh takes on mid-century modern design are everywhere – from young designers pushing boundaries with technology, to ubiquitous budget brands reimagining vintage styles […]

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Apartment in Largo do Carmo / Aurora Arquitectos

February 4, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

This apartment is part of a building that occupies the entire south limit of Largo do Carmo, in Lisbon. Following the principles of Pombaline architecture, it has the particularity to incorporate a small palace on the lower floors and luxury apartments on the upper floors. In spite of the different occupations in the last two centuries, its interior kept a big spatial, constructive and decorative quality.

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Powerhouse Company reveals floating off-grid office in Rotterdam

February 4, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Floating Office Rotterdam by Powerhouse Company

Dutch architects Powerhouse Company has designed a floating office in Rotterdam for the Global Center on Adaptation that will be carbon neutral and function off-grid. The Floating Office Rotterdam (FOR) is set to be moored at the Rijnhaven port on the Maas River, as an example of wha Powerhouse Company  called “climate-resilient office design”. If

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