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Naturehumaine places sculptural outdoor stairs on Montreal apartment addition

June 15, 2022 James Brillon 0
Louis Hebert building

Naturehumaine has completed six new apartments in a historic Montreal neighbourhood, renovating an existing volume and adding a similar building to an adjacent, vacant lot. The Louis-Hébert building was completed in 2021 as an extension of an existing apartment building from the 1920s. It is located in the historic Rosemont La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood. To respect the

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Skylights and exposed stone meet in renovated Mexican gallery by Miguel Concha

June 10, 2022 James Brillon 0
Carbonell Foundation stairway in double-height room with stone

Miguel Concha has renovated a historical building in the Mexican city of Querétaro to create new gallery spaces for the work of painter Santiago Carbonell. The original structure, which dates back to 1760, was converted into a museum by the Santiago Carbonell Foundation, an organisation dedicated to preserving and showcasing the work of Carbonell, a

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Nivek Remas renovates founder’s home to serve as its office space

June 6, 2022 James Brillon 0
Nivek Remas home studio with office in mirror

Toronto studio Nivek Remas has renovated its founder’s home to create an office for the studio based on changes in working conditions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Early in 2020, the Canadian interior design studio led by Kevin Chan and Samer Shaath was poised to lease new office space for its expanding business. However, these

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Citic teams up with local builders for gabled lakeside house in Chile

June 2, 2022 James Brillon 0
Lakeside house

Three gabled volumes connected by glazed walkways form this home overlooking Chile’s Rupanco Lake, completed as part of as a community-driven initiative with a local organisation. The project, called 3C2C, was designed by Team Citic in collaboration with Constructores de Rupanco (Rupanco Builders), a local organisation of builders whose goal is the sustainable development and

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Rea Studio references “blank canvas” for Mexican beach house

May 31, 2022 James Brillon 0
Casa Veronica

Muted tones and a courtyard pool feature in this home by Mexican firm Rea Architectural Studio, who envisioned the project as a flexible space for the future inhabitants. Casa Veronica is the fourth home Rea Architectural Studio has completed in Nuevo Vallarta, a development on Mexico’s Pacific coastline just north of Puerto Vallarta, in the

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Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos adds two bedrooms on top of Florianópolis home

May 27, 2022 James Brillon 0
Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos house Brazil

Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos has renovated this home in Florianópolis, Brazil adding add two bedrooms to the building and updating its finishes for a young family. Local architects Marcos Jobim and Silvana Carlevaro were tapped to renovate a two-storey home in the Lagoa da Conceição neighbourhood of Florianópolis, a coastal city in Brazil. At the onset

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Fentress Architects overhauls Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC

May 24, 2022 James Brillon 0

US studio Fentress Architects used copper and mass timber to reconfigure Norway’s embassy in Washington DC, which opened to the public this month. The project entailed a thorough renovation of Norway’s existing embassy, originally built in 1977. In addition to remodelling the building’s 30,000 square feet (2,787 square metres) of interior space, Fentress also added

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Set Ideas completes two modular home prototypes in Argentina

May 22, 2022 James Brillon 0
Modulos Set Ideas

Argentinian studio Set Ideas has completed two small cabins in Córdoba that aim to offer high-quality living spaces within a tight footprint. Encompassing only 40 square metres, the TINY_MOD cabins – which stands for Tiny Module – were completed in 2021. The small, black cabins are located in Córdoba, the capital of the eponymous province

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Light and Air updates Financial District apartment with open floor plan

May 20, 2022 James Brillon 0
Light and Air apartment

Brooklyn studio Light and Air has renovated a loft in New York City’s financial district by removing partitions to create an open, inviting space. Occupying the 12th storey of a converted commercial building in one of Manhattan’s historic neighbourhoods, the apartment has generous windows and floor area, but previously made poor use of these qualities

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Worrell Yeung refreshes Broadway Loft for a growing NYC family

February 3, 2022 James Brillon 0
Interior of an apartment by Worrell Yeung

A Manhattan family that needed more living space has commissioned New York studio Worrell Yeung to overhaul their apartment in a historic NoMad building. The growing family was committed to remaining in a 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) loft in Gilsey House that they had lived in for over a decade. Worrell Yeung therefore redesigned the Broadway Loft

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