Studio AC renovates Toronto home to mimic owner’s former New York apartment

August 5, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Toronto firm Studio AC has transformed a cramped local residence into a light-filled, spacious interior with natural stone and pale wood throughout.  Richview Residence was designed by Studio AC for a family moving back to Toronto, after having lived in New York City for over 10 years. The family wanted to replicate their New York

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Vão Arquitetura organises São Paulo boutique around indoor garden

August 5, 2017 Alice Morby 0

An opening in the roof sheds light on this concrete-lined boutique in São Paulo, which Brazilian studio Vão Arquitetura has designed around a lush indoor garden. The Acolá store, located in the Pinheiros area of the city, is set inside a peculiarly shaped townhouse, which gets narrower towards its rear. Before their renovation, the Vão

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The study takes centre stage in bookshelf-lined apartment in Shanghai

August 5, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Atelier TAO+C has renovated a top-floor apartment in one of the earliest high-rise residential buildings in Shanghai, adding bookshelves all around its perimeter. The renovation sees the 95-square-metre, one-bedroom apartment turned into what the architects call one enormous “study room or home library”. The flat sits within the ISS Normandy Apartments, designed by the Hungarian-Slovak

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Sanja Premrn combines plywood and chevron-patterned tiling to create “light and bright” Spin Bar

August 4, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

Slovenia-based architect Sanja Premrn paired simple plywood panels with pale, chevron-patterned tiling to create the angular geometries of this cafe bar. Spin Bar is located within a new shopping centre in Kozina, Slovenia. Plywood panels cover the rear walls and were also used to build furniture elements, while ceramic tiles create a chevron pattern – a simplified version of herringbone – on the side walls

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Robert Hutchison Architecture Design A Courtyard House On A River

August 3, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Mark Woods   Robert Hutchison Architecture have designed a modern house that’s surrounded by a forest and clad in blackened Western red cedar.   The house is located on the banks of the White River in Greenwater, Washington, five miles from Mount Rainier. Photography by Mark Woods At the front of the house, there’s a small […]

Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier

August 2, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier has transformed an old house in Porto into five studio apartments that feature matching dark blue shutters and a facade patterned with blue and red tiles. The house on Rua Faria Guimarães had been added to several times over the 20th century but had been abandoned for decades. However, as the area’s gentrification accelerated, Fala

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