A black pearl enhances the grounds of a golf course in Melbourne, Australia. Ridge Road Residence is a rural house located on a sloping site full of trees and stones. Its dark silhouette emerges from this green blanket as a form of manifest, almost claiming the necessary attention for its mysterious presence. Continue reading →

A minimal house in Hokkaido, Japan demonstrates the infinite power of simplicity to achieve beauty in architecture. Northern Nautilus testifies another inspirational journey through natural elements to obtain a unique design for a house on a town hill. Its unusual name results from its spiral shape that responds to a desired view over the surrounding park. Continue reading →

A small white rectangular box is firmly erected in the mountains of Pernink, Czech Republic. Its unique character seems to hypnotize… Its bright volume is ingeniously interrupted by a dynamic composition of different glazed openings. The windows of Mountain House have multiple sizes and are positioned in order to attain the best views of the surrounding context, as well as letting sunlight inside. Continue reading →

Building a house should be easy and pleasurable, however that’s not always the case… Unless you have a Mini House! This Swedish creation is so powerful for its capacity of taking full advantage of three contemporary premises: prefabrication, flat-pack delivery and weekend-long build-up. Continue reading →

The common definition of a wall takes to the most basic principles of architecture: a vertical structure that defines space and areas. There are – conventionally speaking – three types of structural walls: building walls, exterior boundary walls and retaining walls. In Chiang Mai, Thailand, there´s an enigmatic fourth type that is now revealed to the world: a wonder wall. Continue reading →

A crystalline architecture has been erected in the dense urban fabric of Hiroshima, Japan. Its main purpose is to create a house for privacy and tranquility on a bustling main road filled with cars and trams. Glass Optical House is a three-story building with a dynamic glass block facade, revealing its material ability to be both translucent and visible varying on light conditions. Standing above the ground level garage, this giant glass wall seems to transform itself from appearing as an over-sized Shoji screen to a transparent layer that reveals the trees behind it. Continue reading →

Don´t be mistaken by the name of this project…We’re talking about a private house in Tochigi, Japan. Modern simplicity plays a decisive role in every detail of this building, from its formal shape to the palette of materials that compose its silhouette. Continue reading →

Lake Maggiore is a famous large lake located on the south side of the Italian Alps. This natural wonder is now enriched by an astonishing prefab house called Micro Compact Home 016. The most impressive detail about this tiny standard building resides on its ability to gather – In a 2.6 meter cube – a considerable amount of functions. Continue reading →

Sometimes architecture establishes a close relation with the universe of fashion…Casa K in Sao Paulo, Brazil testifies this special type of connection. Fashion often refers to a distinct trend in the style with which a person dresses. Well, the client was a stylist and a built structure was already erected. The conceptual approach to this project was quite obvious: to dress an existing body. Continue reading →

Here’s something a bit different – a new take on food, photography and design, that is both wonderful and refreshing. It was created by the Stockholm-based Art Director of PJADAD, Petter Johansson, for Atelier Food. Continue reading →