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A Light-filled Home Lies Behind This Monolithic Facade
In designing this home, Davidov Architects embraced a refined and restrained aesthetic, with raw elements contrasted with period furniture and warm details
Classic Chinese Architecture is Renewed in the Dajia Project
Lacime Architects re-envisions historic courtyard living for a new housing development in Suzhou
A Mid-Century Melbourne Icon
This apartment by Sir Roy Grounds is a study in Australian Modernism
This Fashion Boutique Doubles as a Playground
A Tokyo-based architecture firm has transformed a fashion store into a fun-filled space
Meet the Team behind Oasia Hotel Downtown
The second instalment of our series on sustainable design is a conversation with Phua Hong Wei, director at WOHA Architects
A Sprawling Vacation Home with a View
SAOTA’s first project in Bali blends traditional and contemporary sensibilities in a unique response to vacation home typology
The Meaning of Being Human: An Interview with Takaharu Tezuka
The Japanese architect communicates how refreshingly simple yet resoundingly important his ideas are in the creation of truly beneficial spaces
The Qujiang Creative Cultural Centre Opens in Xi'an
Designed by The Oval Partnership, the centre is a subterranean cultural venue that reinterprets classic Chinese architecture through a fresh, futuristic lens
This Lakehouse Pays Tribute to its Location’s Rugged Landscape
Architecture firm CollectiveProject explores the tension between seemingly opposing elements in a weekend home that celebrates Hyderabad’s natural beauty
A Glistening Jewel in Chiang Mai
In Thailand’s cultural capital, local and traditional vernacular are reimagined at Little Shelter hotel
Heritage and Design Meet at The Gage
Designed by local firm 4N design architects, this restored apartment building in Hong Kong retains its historic charm
A New Lease on Life
Brcar Morony Architecture brought this petite Sydney home to life with contemporary additions to its existing structure
The Sound of Architecture
For this musician’s home in Bali, architect Alexis Dornier attempted to evoke the feeling of living inside an instrument
The Neri&Hu-designed Aranya Art Center opens in Qinhuangdao
The holistic resort’s new art space is an exploration into the relationship between architecture, art, community and nature
Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu on Change, Balance and Humility
At Salone del Mobile last month, the founders of Neri&Hu gave us a candid insight into the workings of their distinguished design firm
nendo Designs a New Lifestyle Complex in Tokyo
Forget conventional shopping malls: a series of boxes – with glass facades, sunlit interiors and leafy roof terraces – takes centre stage at Kashiyama Daikanyama
Nurturing Nature: The Principles and Practice of Sou Fujimoto
The Japanese architect’s one-size-fits-all approach to architectural briefs has paradoxically resulted in some of the design world’s most boundary-breaking structures
Quad House, Beijing
Architect Nolan Chao and the ARCHISTRY design&research office team documented their transformation of a century-old Hutong in Beijing’s Qianmen district into a slick speakeasy
A Family Home Connected to Nature
Far from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects designed this Los Angeles home for a half-Taiwanese, half-Chinese family seeking rest and peace
For the Love of Books
The Book House is a whimsical children’s library tucked away in a small minority village in China’s Hunan province