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Architecture Architecture uses grey breeze blocks for Melbourne extension

October 10, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Hollow breeze-block walls were used to blend interior and exterior spaces in Sunday, a reimagining of a typical cottage in Melbourne, Australia, designed by local studio Architecture Architecture. The home, called Sunday, occupies a compact, 175-square-metre site in the suburb of Fitzroy. The renovation retained the house’s existing frontage and veranda due to heritage requirements.

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Apartamento Rodésia / Memola Estúdio + Vitor Penha

October 10, 2023 Susanna Moreira 0

Located in Vila Madalena, the 110m² apartment received a partial intervention focused on the social area. Developed for a couple, she is French and he is Brazilian, with two small children, the property gained a farmhouse proposal, with historical memories of architecture and decoration, in addition to conveying a cozy, tranquil sensation that this rustic style transmits. 

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“Giant of radical thinking” Andrea Branzi dies aged 84

October 10, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian architect and designer Andrea Branzi, who was one of the founders of influential studio Archizoom Associati and the Domus Academy, has died aged 84. Over a six-decade career, Branzi created numerous avant-garde designs along with his work as an educator, first at the Domus Academy and then at the School of Interior Design at

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What to Know About Curtains and Drapes (40 photos)

October 10, 2023 Julie Sheer 0

Curtains and drapes are soft window treatments that perform the same duties as the cousins they’re often paired with — shades, blinds and shutters — by providing privacy and light control and being a crucial part of a room’s design. But the wide varie…

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WilkinsonEyre set to open London’s secret world war two tunnels to the public

October 10, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled designs to turn London’s Kingsway Exchange Tunnels into an experience centre, revealing their wartime history as a secret government communications exchange. Located 40 metres below the street of High Holborn in central London, the passageways were built in the 1940s to provide shelter from the Blitz during world war two. After

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