Westway Architects, in collaboration with Stefano Pavia, turned a railway workers housing building into a vertical loft in Milan. The exterior, which has been maintained, looks to be built sometime between 1920 and 1924, while the interior has dramatically changed. Inside, the building was gutted and had to be rebuilt, from the foundation, roof, attic,...
Modern Home With Angled Glazing Frames
Building on a narrow plot can be challenging because the architects need to solve the problem of a small footing and accommodating everything necessary there. Vandenborre and Sys created Abeel House for a narrow plot in an up-and-coming neighborhood of the city and successfully solved all these problems. This compact family house is conceived as...
Sculptural House With A Functional Structure And Unique Furniture
Dutch architect and designer Rolf Bruggink’s latest project, House of Rolf, is a renovated 19th century coach house with a modern interior made entirely out of reconstituted materials from a separate building on the same piece of land. The former coach house, originally built in 1895 in the back garden of a wealthy aristocrat’s home...
Modern Cedar-Clad House Divided By Courtyards
House-shaped blocks and courtyards make up this cedar-clad residence in Christchurch, New Zealand, which architect Case Ornsby designed to replace another destroyed in the 2011 earthquake. The property features four volumes of various sizes and proportions that each accommodate different functions. Set between them are a series of outdoor spaces designed to be used at...
Modern Home With Concrete Pool House
Designed by Grupo Urban, this two-storey house in the Argentinian city of Córdoba is surrounded by trees. Appropriately titled Casa del Bosque, the residence belongs to a family with a strong passion for art and design. The home’s footprint was partially determined by the site’s previously existing trees, many of which were spared rather than...
Black And White House With Two Amazing Terraces
A single piece of art from the homeowner’s collection provided the inspiration for this stylish Sydney renovation and extension by Amber Road Design. A parents’ retreat, facade and landscaping were created always with consideration of the interaction of internal and external spaces. Blurring boundaries between the inside and out was essential. By creating a louvered...
Modern Prairie Style House With Lots Of Natural Wood In Decor
The Du Tour Residence in Montréal, Canada is the result of a renovation project completed by Open Form Architecture in collaboration with interior design firm FX Studio. Initially designed by an architect in the ‘60s, the project features many of the time period’s distinctive architectural details preserved during the rehabilitation process. The main challenge was...
Cozy, Filled With Light Home With Mezzanine Level
The Blank residence is the latest interiors project by HAO design studio located in the city of Pingtung in Taiwan. The site occupies of corner plot where the old-style building still inherits a classic two and a half-storey floor plan design. The response by Hao Design studio sees a balance between space and lighting being...
LA House With 16ft Windows And A Skylight
Pulling into the gated driveway leading up to the newly constructed Cajrati Crivelli house in Bel-Air, designed by London-based architect Felicity Bell, the first thing you notice is the sheer vastness of the space around the property. Lush greenery surrounds the house on its 6,053 sq m site. A modernist southern Californian design influence is...
House That Features Interesting Wood Ceilings
The Nook Residence by MU Architecture is located in a quiet area of the Eastern Townships in Quebec, Canada. Turning its back to the street, it offers a virtually blind facade that encourages discovery and piques curiosity. Strategically located windows and a large opening in the white mass give a hint at the beautiful scenery...