Ballsbridge is an affluent Dublin neighbourhood in Ireland filled with tree-lined avenues and beautiful Victorian red-brick estates, and Cinnamon Restaurant which is the city’s third venue of the eponymous brand. Local based interior design studio Kingston Lafferty Design have made the most of the property’s small footprint to create a multifunctional, engaging environment that is best described as playful and...
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Transforming in perspective – Boston
Oblique Figures apartment, located in Boston, United States, inherits an empty cubic space and inserts a stair as a fulcrum, pivoting new spatial and perceptual relationships around a central curving figure. Connecting three orientations of space, the stair differentiates and domesticates its context by transforming in perspective, appearing as a domestically scaled slim figure of single radius from the kitchen, scaled grand stair from the entrance...
Italian Pavilion – Adelaide
The design of the Pavilion was to create a secondary entertaining space for a large family, removed from the main house, nestled within the existing gardens and pool area. Located in Adelaide, Australia, Georgie Shepherd Interior Design took the client’s love of rustic Italy and interpreting it within the architecture, the studio have created a bespoke and personal connection to...
Back to life – Brooklyn Townhouse
A historic Brooklyn townhouse was transformed for modern living by local studio OAD Interiors. Greenpoint Townhouse sits on a tree-lined street in the heart of Greenpoint's Historic District, surrounded by churches dating back to the 19th century. It was the studio’s mission to bring the rich colouring, history, and warmth of the heritage neighbourhood into the home.
The studio transformed the...
The Garden House – Poland
"From The Garden House" is an unusual project. The owner had established the garden in advanced prior to engaging KWK Promes architects. Something that at first seemed to be a ridiculous to the architects, but once it was explained, it became absolutely logical. The client wanted to be able to enjoy the garden to its full extent immediately after the...
Engaging with the urban realm – Melbourne
Pop-up House attempts to counter the status quo of a new family home in a predominantly heritage setting. A common approach with new homes is to occupy majority of the site whilst retaining minimal front setback with a fortified sheer built form that shuts itself off from the public realm interface. FIGR Architecture & Design approach was to...
Cave living within a skyscraper
Mazanka is an apartment in a Kyiv skyscraper in Ukraine with a view of the Dnipro river, where ancient construction technologies were used. In the Ukrainian Mmazanka means a small village house built of wood, clay, and reeds. The name comes from the word mazaty — to cover something with a layer of clay.
Mazanka apartment is a dialogue of the past and modern Ukrainian design...
The Vault – Canada
Batay-Csorba Architects believe In the chaos of life today, a home needs to be a place of refuge, a solitude for the homeowners to retreat to. High Park Residence was created for an Italian couple, the design pays homage both to the clients' Italian heritage and that of the Toronto residential building fabric, while ensuring a sensitivity towards wellbeing, mobility,...
More than a granny flat – Newcastle
An exercise in affordable housing, Waratah Secondary house is shaped by simple underlying principles; minimise costs through maximum efficiency. Designed by Anthrosite, the use of high performance, prefabricated materials create the simple, box form expediting construction times and keeping costs low.
Located in Newcastle, Australia, due to flood mitigation controls, the primary living level is elevated 1.2m above natural ground. Hard and soft landscaping including stairs,...
Functions of daily life – United Kingdom
Set within a leafy secluded suburban area of Bearsden, Glasgow , United Kingdom, the ER Residence was developed as a simple one to two storey four bedroom house within a former vacant plot. Previously a domestic tennis court, the confines of the site are strongly defined by a perimeter of mature Scots pine trees. The project was conceptually conceived as a brick house that masters...