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Ten bright and bold interiors that make use of colour theory

May 15, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Colour theory lookbook

For our latest lookbook we’ve selected ten examples of interiors enlivened by contrasting or analogous hues and colour-blocked walls. The chosen projects all make use of colour theory, some by using analogous colours – colours that are close or next to each other on the colour wheel – while others use complementary colours, which are

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RSAAW adds double-height library during Vancouver home renovation

May 14, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Berkley House by RSAAW

Canadian studio RSAAW has renovated a mid-century house in Vancouver to include a double-height library, all-white interiors and a treehouse in the garden. The project, called Berkley House, is a two-storey house with a dark facade surrounded by trees in North Vancouver. Local firm RSAAW transformed the family home into a bright and airy space by

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RSAAW adds double-height library during Vancouver home renovation

May 14, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Berkley House by RSAAW

Canadian studio RSAAW has renovated a mid-century house in Vancouver to include a double-height library, all-white interiors and a treehouse in the garden. The project, called Berkley House, is a two-storey house with a dark facade surrounded by trees in North Vancouver. Local firm RSAAW transformed the family home into a bright and airy space by

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MIT Senseable City Lab maps Brazilian favela with handheld 3D-scanners

May 11, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Favelas 4D by MIT Senseable City Lab

Researchers at digital laboratory MIT Senseable City Lab have used handheld 3D-scanning technology to analyse the architecture of Rocinha, Brazil’s largest favela. Called Favelas 4D, the project uses point cloud data from handheld Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) scans in order to study the form of Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. The low-income

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The Independent by Rhode Partners is Austin’s tallest skyscraper

May 5, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
The Independent by Rhode Partners

Texas architecture firm Rhode Partners has built a 58-storey residential skyscraper in Austin that features irregularly stacked blocks cantilevering at different levels. Called The Independent, the 688-feet (212-metre) tower is now the tallest in the booming city, overtaking The Austonian, a 56-storey residential tower that completed in the Texan capital in 2010. The amenity deck at

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Fábrica de Espacios strings “big hammock” between two floors of Casa Bosque Sereno

April 30, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture office Fábrica de Espacios has designed Casa Bosque Sereno, a Mexican house featuring painted brick walls and a large net hammock that forms one of its floors. Local firm Fábrica de Espacios built the house in Bosque Sereno, a housing complex in the city of Aguascalientes in Mexico. Pared-back in its design, the house

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Aesthetic Lab adds pops of colour to all-white classroom in Taiwan

April 29, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Aesthetic Lab by CloudForm Laboratory

Architecture studio CloudForm Laboratory has transformed a classroom in a secondary school in Taiwan into a “blank canvas” for creative education. Called Aesthetic Lab, the multipurpose classroom was redesigned for New Taipei Municipal Xintai Junior High School in the capital city Taipei. Local studio CloudForm Laboratory turned a traditional schoolroom with wooden workbenches and a

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Park Ex House in Montreal has voids that flood its basement with light

April 28, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Park Ex House by Nicholas Francoeur and Joel Fontaine Lortie

Architecture graduates Nicholas Francoeur and Joel Fontaine Lortie have renovated a steel-clad house in Montreal to include two cut-outs in its floors that fill the basement with sunlight. Called Park Ex House, the dwelling is positioned on a corner in the Park Extension neighbourhood of Montreal, known by locals as Park Ex. Current architecture interns

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Snøhetta designs research facility for Ford on its Dearborn campus

April 27, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Central Campus Building by Snøhetta

Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled the design of the curved glass Central Campus Building for American car company Ford in Michigan. Called Central Campus Building, the new development is an extension of Ford’s existing Research & Engineering (R&E) Campus in the city of Dearborn, where the company has its headquarters. The building is designed to provide

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David Rockwell’s “intimate and grand” Oscars set recalls glamour of early ceremonies

April 26, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
David Rockwell designed the set

Architect David Rockwell designed the sets for last night’s Oscars ceremony within LA’s art deco Union Station to reflect the feeling of past Academy Awards nights. Rockwell transformed Union Station’s main ticket hall into the venue for the 91st Academy Awards main ceremony, which was delayed by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The architect, who

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