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Direccion brings sense of tranquility to Casa Tres Árboles in Valle de Bravo

January 29, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The designers at Mexican studio Direccion had “monastic sanctuary” in mind when revamping this weekend retreat in Valle de Bravo. The two-storey Casa Tres Árboles is designed to celebrate light and shadow contrasts, natural materials and calming colour tones. “The goal of this project was to create a space in natural and warm tones, to convey

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Carlos Castanheira brings order to abandonded caretaker’s cottage in Braga

January 27, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Portuguese architect Carlos Castanheira has transformed an ageing stone cottage into a modern upside-down house. Located on a farm in Famalicão, in Portugal’s Braga region, the previously abandoned caretaker’s cottage is now São Cosme House, a two-storey family home. Castanheira’s renovation uncovers the original timber roof structure, adds a bedroom wing and gives the building

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Lucas y Hernández-Gil uses extreme colour blocking in Naked and Famous bar

January 22, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Madrid-based studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil has used reflective materials, neon lighting and sunset colours to create intense interiors for a bar in Seville. Called Naked and Famous, the bar contains a series of rooms that explore extremely different moods, thanks to varying colours, materials and lighting conditions. According to architect Cristina Domínguez Lucas, co-founder of

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Ursula Schulz-Dornburg’s photographs reveal “junkology” architecture built by children

January 20, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

A radical playground in 1960s Amsterdam is revealed in a series of previously unseen images by German photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg. Here, she picks out her favourite shots. Located on an island that was only accessible by rowing boat, Jongensland was one of several “junk playgrounds” established after the second world war. The aim was to foster independent thinking among

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Rambla Climate-House shows how suburban homes can support biodiversity

January 13, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Spanish architects Andrés Jaque and Miguel Mesa del Castillo have built a climate-conscious house that restores the drought-tolerant ecology of a site on the outskirts of Murcia. Rambla Climate-House is raised up on stilts above a wild landscape, designed to preserve the site’s soil humidity and rejuvenate its biodiversity. The fissured topography is modelled on the ravines –

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MVRDV and GRAS Reynés reference Camper shoes for Project Gomila buildings

January 13, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

A colourful collection of buildings in Palma de Mallorca have been designed by architecture studios MVRDV and GRAS Reynés Arquitectos to echo the playful style of Camper shoes. The architecture studios were commissioned by the Fluxà family, owners of the Mallorca-based brand Camper, to add seven mixed-use buildings around a plaza in the southwest of

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Space Popular reinterprets Aldo Rossi’s architectural theories for the metaverse

January 6, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture and design studio Space Popular has unveiled Search History, an exhibition at the MAXXI museum in Rome that applies the writings of Italian architect Aldo Rossi to virtual worlds. The installation features bold and colourful images envisioning a metaverse city, with doorways that appear to be gateways between different virtual spaces. The aim of

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Andrés Jaque designs Reggio School “to become a multiverse”

January 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Spanish architect Andrés Jaque’s Office for Political Innovation has completed a school near Madrid that aims to be as colourful and playful as a child’s imagination. Located in Encinar de los Reyes, on the northern outskirts of the Spanish capital, Reggio School is a six-storey building featuring cork walls, concrete arches, porthole windows and zigzagging

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Atelier Fréderic Louis adds new curves to art-deco house in Antwerp

January 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The rounded details of an art-deco-style facade are repeated throughout the interior of this house in Antwerp, which has been renovated by Atelier Fréderic Louis. Belgian architect Fréderic Louis has modernised the layout of House Mellinet, replacing the previously separate kitchen and living room with a large, open family room that opens out to the rear

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Cast House extension by EBBA features brown concrete and vaulted ceiling

January 2, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

EBBA Architects has completed a house extension in east London that combines brutalist-style materials with details inspired by a classic Roman villa. The project, called Cast House, is a rear extension to a Victorian terraced house, creating an enlarged room incorporating a kitchen, a dining space and a conservatory. EBBA’s design features a number of distinct

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