North of San Francisco, in Glen Ellen, a less populated part of the California wine country, the culture has been based on agriculture and was named for an original winery. Jack London made this his permanent home here in the early 1900s. Drawn by the land, London believed in the redemptive qualities of rural life. Less than an hour from the City,...
Project name
Tack Barn
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Glen Ellen, Sonoma, California, USA
Photography
Joe Fletcher Photography, Faulkner Architects, Hammond and Company
One of the UK's first purpose built climbing centres. The brief was to improve an area of disused sports fields which were prone to flooding. The client was a local charity with a desire to bring significant benefit to the local town which had long missed out on investment.
Project name
Avon River Climbing Centre
Architecture firm
Artel31
Location
Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Photography
Pete Helme, Paul Twomey @ TCA
The glazed reinforced concrete house at Rašovka with a Portuguese cork façade looks down from the Ještěd ridge on the Bohemian Paradise and generously opens onto the local meadows and the unique mountain climate.
Project name
Family House at Rašovka on the Ještěd Ridge
Architecture firm
atelier SAD
Location
Na Rašovce 70, 463 12 Šimonovice, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice
For more than a year, the concrete structure of the Hôtel Mile End has been part of the everyday urban landscape of Montreal. Passersby were taken by surprise when their usual scenery was enhanced with the addition of the ephemeral piece by artist Nancy Guilmette
Project name
Room 202, Mile End Hôtel, Montreal, Canada
Location
Mile End Hôtel under construction, 175 Laurier Avenue West, Montreal, Canada
Photography
Olivier Ruel. Video design: Émile Bédard
With artificial intelligence, how will you act against intercultural development? Will there be tacitly reserved rights? What will happen to intellectual property? Will it give less or more value to NFTs? How will misinformation be dealt with? Design from non-design?
Project name
Ai Experimental Archangel Laboratory
Architecture firm
Studio Kevin Abanto
Location
Fictional
Tools used
Midjourney, Adobe Photoshop
Renovation of an early 1900’s apartment in a tenement house. We tailored this renovation of an apartment from the turn of the 19th century in Prague’s Bubeneč district to young clients with two, perhaps three little creatures. The clients, together with the space and place as such, were the primary source of inspiration – their requirements, lifest...
Project name
E07 Apartment
Architecture firm
Malfinio
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice
New upcoming turnkey project managing not only interior design but also the architecture of a unique home located in the magnificent town of Santa Ponça, southwest of Mallorca. This house sublimates the energy of the Mediterranean climate and style with outdoor spaces that are inviting to be enjoyed throughout the year, in constant dialogue with pr...
Project name
Illa Espalmador
Architecture firm
CSE Arquitectura
Location
Santa Ponça, Islas Baleares, Spain
The initial premise of this residential project was that it be located in the highest part of the lot, to make the most of the views towards the western mountains. With a positive slope of more than 35%, it was necessary to generate a ramp for vehicular access, this ramp crosses the front of the lot diagonally.
Project name
Casa PLC
Architecture firm
Federico Urfer Arquitecto
Location
La Cuesta, La Calera, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
The possibilities of architecture are limited only by imagination. While the vast majority of homes follow a fairly basic structure and pattern in spite of their aesthetic and stylistic differences, there’s no rule that says every home has to follow suit. Just look at these creative homes designed by some of the most avant-garde rulebreakers in the...
Written by
Helen Back
Photography
Nautilus House (Jaime Jacott, Francisco Lubbert, Senosiain)

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