Elliott Bay House in Seattle Property

Elliott Bay House Seattle

Design: FINNE Architects. This house is located on a narrow site facing Puget Sound. The architectural massing wraps around a south-facing courtyard containing a large reflecting pool with two “floating” basalt boulders.

Residence M in Melbourne

Residence M

Design: CHT Architects. Residence M sits on a small site, mandating an inventive approach that could maximise the yield. Unlike the customary introverted house surrounded by outdoor space.

Meteor Cinema in Guangzhou Shi

Meteor Cinema

Architects: One Plus Partnership Limited. A meteor is an astronomical observation where a bright trail of light appears in the night sky when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere. This beautiful scene only appears in the sky for a very brief moment, and then vanishes without leaving any trace behind.

House Miki 1 in Stuttgart Property

House Miki 1

Design: Alexander Brenner Architekten. From the street, the north façade appears largely solid, and gives the impression of a single, detached villa. But two individual city villas were built behind this shared façade, whose different floor plans correspond to the needs and lifestyles of the respective inhabitants.

Doncaster House in Melbourne

Doncaster House

Design: Steffen Welsch Architects. Like living in the 70s is a revival of a late modernist home in suburban Doncaster. Our practice viewed this project as ‘departure with the aim of continuity’, based on the paradigm that any new design is derived from a pre-existing condition.

Floating Home in Marinstaden

Floating Home

Specialists in floating construction Bluet Ltd and Marinetek Group collaborated to create a spectacular floating villa located in Marinstaden. As waterfront developments are becoming increasingly popular, this unique design provides a sustainable option without causing harm to the environment.

Residential Nasima in Kuwait contemporary home

Residential Nasima

Architects: Studio Madouh. As Kuwait City moves towards drastic and rapid modernization, the architectural values that should protect the culture, traditions of the city, and the individual are starting to disintegrate.

Mosman Residence in Sydney

Mosman Residence

Design: Rolf Ockert Architect. Seen from the street the house appears minimal. Set on a large block falling towards the harbour beach reserve many layers of living spaces are revealed as one progresses through the house.

Toronto Centre for the Arts Building

Toronto Centre for the Arts Building

Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects. The Main Stage Reconfiguration Project transforms the existing auditorium into two venues – the 580-seat proscenium Lyric Theatre with a new stage, and a 300-seat flexible ‘black box’.

Mecanoo Architecten, Dutch Architects Office

HUBB modular furniture collection

Architecture practice Mecanoo has teamed up with furniture manufacturer Gispen to create the learning environment of the future: one which is dynamic, open and people-oriented. The result is an innovative modular furniture collection called HUBB.

Casa Kwantes near Rotterdam: MVRDV

Casa Kwantes

Dutch architects MVRDV recently completed Casa Kwantes, a private residence west of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This 480 sqm property gives its residents the privacy they desire whilst at the same time opens up the house towards the garden and daylight.

Tiny Homes in America by Kasita, USA

Tiny Homes in America

Housing in America is broken. While the economy has changed, housing hasn’t. There’s a tremendous need for thinking differently to solve the problem. US designers Kasita is committed to solving the complexities of the housing crisis with an elegantly simple solution

Different ways to configure your staircase

Different Ways to Configure Your Staircase

Moving or altering your staircase might sound like a huge undertaking, but most staircases are simply pieces of joinery and they can often be adapted or replaced more easily than you might think.