YI+MU's renovations of the Blue Lake-Lakeside Teahouse spanned the tumultuous pandemic from 2021 to 2023 and is now finally unveiled to the public as one of the best teahouses ranked on social media. After thorough research, YI+MU came up with a way to marry both old and new when it came to teahouse renovation: injecting simplicity and liberality i...
Project name
Blue Lake-Lakeside Teahouse
Interior design
YI+MU Design Office
Photography
YI+MU Design Office
Principal designer
Yi Chen, Muchen Zhang
Design team
Wujie Li, Zhiqiang Yang, Yi Xiao, Yanrong Yang, Xu Zhang, Wei Zeng
Built area
Indoor 340 m². Outdoor170 m²
Completion year
March 2023
Collaborators
Copywriting: Narjeeling. Project Planning: Le Brand Strategy Agency
Architecture firm
Luca Nichetto
Material
White Oak, White Oak Flooring, Wood Grille, Bamboo Wood Flooring, Texture Paint, Black Steel, Grey Tile, Grey Slate, Grey Gravel
Contractor
Beijing Huitengjiansheng Decoration Engineering Co. ,Ltd
Client
Beijing Blue Lake Catering Management Company
Typology
Hospitality › Teahouse
Weaving tradition and a contemporary focus on living connectedly, Towoomba draws from the existing eclecticism of Sydney’s architectural landscape. Behind the restored and preserved streetscape frontage, an additional upper level is added, neatly concealed from the streetscape.
Architecture firm
Sandbox Studio
Location
Tempe, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Dain McClure-Thomas
Interior design
Sandbox Studio
Structural engineer
BMY Building Consultants
Environmental & MEP
Ryan Jones Building Company
Material
Concrete slab, timber frame, steel frame, lightweight cladding
Typology
Residential › House
Many factors determine the success of a project. In this case, the clients were able to define their needs, but left freedom to the architects from Tissu Architecture, who were responsible for the interior design. Using a whole range of materials, textures, furniture and details, they created a cohesive composition that offers an authentic experien...
Project name
Perfect by nature
Architecture firm
Tissu Architecture
Location
Mokotów, Warsaw, Poland
Photography
Marcin Grabowiecki
Principal architect
Agnieszka Zaremba, Magdalena Kostrzewa-Świątek, Katarzyna Dąbek
Design team
Agnieszka Zaremba, Magdalena Kostrzewa-Świątek, Katarzyna Dąbek
Collaborators
Styling: Kamila Jakubowska - Szmyd
Interior design
Agnieszka Zaremba, Magdalena Kostrzewa-Świątek, Katarzyna Dąbek
Lighting
Xal, sotto luce, chors, flos
Material
Natural stone, wood, tiles, fabrics, concrete
Typology
Residential › House
The client of Kvadrat Architects bought not just an apartment, but the opportunity to become part of an iconic place in the southern capital of Kazakhstan and share its lifestyle. Therefore, the special atmosphere of the space is integrated into the image and landscape of the neighborhood equally and naturally.
Project name
Calm solidity of an apartment in the status center of Almaty
Architecture firm
Kvadrat Architects
Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Rustam Minnekhanov, Sergey Bekmukhanbetov
Design team
Kvadrat Architects
Collaborators
Davide Groppi, Poliform, FLUA, CEA, INALCO, DD HOME, Living Divani; Text: Ekaterina Parichyk
Visualization
Kvadrat architects
Typology
Residential › Apartment
It is a three-storey terraced house with a semi-closed basement, with a front garden and rear garden, and a view from the upper floors far out into the landscape of the mountain Bílá Hora (where a famous battle took place). The massive staircase therefore forms the backbone of the house in all respects.
Architecture firm
No Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Studio Flusser
Principal architect
Jakub Filip Novák, Daniela Baráčková, Petra Doudová, Barbora Jelínek
Collaborators
Joinery: Truhlářství Duspiva
Built area
Built-up Area 110 m²; Gross Floor Area 318 m²; Usable Floor Area 238 m²
Construction
V.O.G.I. systém
Material
Ceramic tiles. Concrete screed. Oak floors. Lacquered mdf, oak veneer and solid wood – joinery products
Typology
Residential › House
Located adjacent to Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, White Crane Lake covers an area of 10 square kilometers and boasts panoramic views of the horizon, bamboo forests on its shores, calm waters, and a vast blue sky above, creating a tranquil and poetic atmosphere for visitors there.
The Visitor Center is the centerpiece of a comprehensive developm...
Project name
White Crane Lake Visitor Center
Architecture firm
Archperience Design
Location
White Crane Lake, Yingtan, Jiangxi Province, China
Principal architect
Jin’ang Yang
Design team
Chuanhui Huang, Zhendong Wang, Zheng Zhang, Huijuan Wang
Collaborators
Design Institution: Archperience (Beijing) Design and Consulting Co.; Developer: Jiangxi Guogui Culture & Tourism Development Co.
Interior design
Archperience (Beijing) Design and Consulting Co.
Landscape
Jiangxi General Institute of Architectural Design and Research
Lighting
Jiangxi Zhongye Landscape Engineering Co.
Material
Materials and Brands: Metal alloy (Special surface-treated with bamboo texture). Glass curtain wall. Dark grey aluminium plate.
Elliptical House is the result of an idea based on a geometric shape and a volume sculpted by the landscape. A balance was sought between fullness and emptiness, weight and airiness, light and shade, or the object and its image. It is a relationship between the real and the imagined, between physical and virtual spaces which are guessed at, to com...
Project name
Casa Elíptica (Elliptical House)
Architecture firm
Mário Martins Atelier
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Photography
Principal architect
Mário Martins
Design team
Sónia Fialho, Rui Duarte, Nuno Colaço, Sara Silva, Rui Santos
Collaborators
Window Glasses: Guardia; Window Frames: Cortizo; Sanitary Ware: Catalano, Sanindusa, Grohe; Kitchen: J.Dias; Carpentry: Eduardo Martins&filho, Lda.
Structural engineer
Raiz Engenharia, Lda.
Construction
Ilha&Ilha, Lda
Typology
Residential › House
House C25 is a conceptual design for a residence situated in Cape Town, South Africa, nestled on a steep terrain. The main concept underpinning this design is the embodiment of unity and flow. A single, uninterrupted line elegantly connects the ground floor to the roof, seamlessly merging all four levels into a continuous and harmonious form.
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Location
Cape town, South Africa
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
