S Victor Lofts in Porto Property
Design: A2OFFICE, architects. This architecture project is a rehabilitation of a 19th Century building with an unusual triangle-shaped planimetry. Despite an area of only 52sqm four lofts have been formed.
Courtyard Houses in Barking, East London
Design: Patel Taylor, architects. Sensitive but contemporary twist on the traditional English almshouse: a radical shake up of an established design typology, providing a series of spacious single-storey dwellings for elderly residents.
Balmain Apartment in Sydney
Design: Durbach Block Jaggers, architects. Inspired by Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habitation interiors, this design celebrates the intimacy and immediacy of the everyday. Functions overlap in this tiny renovated space.
John Roan School in Greenwich, Southeast London
Design: John McAslan + Partners, architects. Remodelling of Grade II listed building at Maze Hill to provide a new 7,600 sqm school and community building at Westcombe Park. The 1,400-pupil secondary school is split across two sites adjacent to Greenwich Park.
Silver Strand Beach House, Oxnard Home
Design: ROBERT KERR architecture design. This Californian beach house responds to extraordinary site conditions as a progressive revealing of a sculpted interior. Cantilevering on 3 sides, the top level is sculpted to express openings and exaggerate its weight.
Compton Street Apartments in Clerkenwell property
Design: Doone Silver Architects
A four-storey apartment building, replaces a two-storey electrical substation: the building adjoins a listed former public house and responds sensitively to the constraints of a conservation area.
Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter: Architects
Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects is a full-service firm of architects that works with development and planning, architecture and design. A committed staff of more than 100 employees transform knowledge, empathy and stance into good solutions.
Ben Jacks Architect’s Tour Book
Ben Jacks’ book The Architect’s Tour: Notes for the Design Traveler, by Culicidae Architectural Press: this publication records a lovely project, a wander through some of the most important European buildings of the last century.
Double View House in Bratislava property design
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý. A family home located on a steep, narrow slope in a densely built-up area. The house artfully fits into the hillside to fully utilize the possibilities of the space, offering panoramic views of the city.
Usine Restaurant in Stockholm
Design: Richard Lindvall. Interior for celebrated restaurateurs Tim Karlsson and Michael Andreasson. The building was used by the Swedish Tax Agency: a maze of tiny meeting rooms with low ceilings were stripped out, removing any trace of the old bureaucrats.
Cafe La Torta in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Design: NAN Arquitectos. This architectural interior was based around La Torta, a typical Galician sweet, as an area to buy or take away “La Torta”, as well as a space to accompany this product with a coffee or a soft drink.
Horizon Apartment in Valencia Property
Design: BAREA + PARTNERS, architects. A radical modification at the top of an apartment tower of the Levante coast creates a new space that turns to the sea: it immerses the flat in the aura of tranquility of the coast.
Water Tower For Los Angeles Fire Department
Design: Matt Gagnon. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs to create public art for the LA Fire Department’s Air Operations facility, this is a sculptural installation located at the Van Nuys Airport in California.
Hudson Woods House in Catskills Forest
Design: Lang Architecture. Encompassing 131 acres of lush Catskills forest this project features 26 architect-designed dwellings meticulously crafted from locally-sourced, sustainable materials. The two-story, 2,800-sqft model residence uses distinctive wood details throughout.