In the place you can least expect architecture to flourish, an astonishing project has emerged. Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop designed a building that for the traditional Indian society might seem atypical. The 6 story building, destined for one big family, has 3 apartments, each of them on two levels. Each apartment was specially designed for different members of the family: an older couple and two young couples with children. As mentioned by the architects, every space was specially ...

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_009-PORTADA__CBI_©_SGGB_2014 SGBB Arquitectos, meaning Sebastian Guevara and Guillermo Bustos, gathered a great team that delivered another astonishing project in Chile, Puerto Varas. For those who appreciate and know their work they will observe here, once more, their affinity for black wood constructions. _007__CBI_©_SGGB_2014 _005__CBI_©_SGGB_2014 _008__CBI_©_SGGB_2014 The house was built on a 5000 m2 terrain, in a region with a lot of vegetation and optimal conditions for daylight to ...

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Ridge Road Residence by Studio Four The project we present you today is a Melbourne country house. Of course, when you hear country house you might imagine some sort of ranch or traditional design ideas. The project, delivered by Studio Four, is located inside a golf in Mornington Peninsula, surrounded by vegetation and has nothing to do with old or traditional architecture. The house is partially constructed on a hill, since the terrain is unleveled. On the lowest level of the terrain there ...

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Chakra Cafe – Jerusalem OPA is a Studio located in Jaffra Noga QTR in Tel Aviv and is specialized in Architecture and Interior Design. The team, founded by Gilad Zaafrany and Lotan Singer offers service for private dwellings but also for public and commercial spaces. What we chose to show you today is a Café from Jerusalem that will make you want to travel to Israel. You can find here old objects and fading colors next to modern details and popup colors. Old barbershop chairs, 70’s tables ...

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Hotel Rural Can Casi – Regencos, Spain From time to time we all need to turn off our daily routine and disappear from the chaotic lifestyle most of us have. We want to leave on vacations but most of the times we found ourselves again in crowded, hectic places, since apparently everyone takes time off in the same region. Therefore, we gladly present you a quiet, small place where you can enjoy intimacy with someone dear to your heart. This special Bed and Breakfast is located in Spain, close ...

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Torcuato House by BAK arquitectos Architects: BAK arquitectos; Location: Malvinas Argentinas Partido – Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; Area: 273.0 sqm; Year: 2013; Design And Project Management: Maria Victoria Besonias, Guillermo de Almeida, Luciano Kruk. Collaborator: Enzo Vitali. This place is a lot in a Country Club founded in 1950, to which the years have added the incalculable value of a splendid forestation. A combination of different species of trees and bushes provide scenic value ...

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1 Designer: Leisure Concepts Last year was the official opening of the Surf Bay restaurant and bar at Perran Sands Holiday Park in Cornwall, UK. 2 Located in a place where the dunes make ideal sunbathing spots and with views over the cliffs and those magnificent Atlantic Ocean breakers. 3 The restaurant has a relaxed layout and atmosphere with a friendly team on hand to serve you. This place is an escape from urban environment and stresses of every day life. That’s why they can boast that ...

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Project details Year: 2014 Client: Void & Adidas Originals Visual Arts: Surface Project Design by Tavares Duayer Rio de Janeiro – Brazil The space housed multiple functions during the World Cup Football Brazil 2014 - restaurant and nightclub. The prevailing colour in decoration is the same as the colour of the brand – blue, but the project proposal was to create, a changeable wooden box (Surface Project art) wich would turn every week from new textures and layout arrangements. The walls are ...

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MY SECRET BUCHAREST One of the most beautiful videos about Bucharest was performed by Andreea Popa and Alexandru Costin. They present you a 3-minute declaration of the “weird love” they have for Bucharest. Andreea said on her blog: “While I was making this, I had this big surprise. That kind of quiet, wonderful surprise that makes you smile. Although we met for the first time on the morning of the shoot, my partner in crime was super professional, easy to work with and his input was ...

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53e9ba50c07a80388e0001b6_city-block-center-pablo-dellatorre_pablo_dellatorre_fotos_de_arq_gonzalo_viramonte_047 Twelve studios / residences of 42m2 and 10m2 terrace constitute ”City Block Center”, a building in the center of the block, located in Barrio Guemes, Cordoba, Argentina. 53e9ba66c07a8009620001b8_city-block-center-pablo-dellatorre_pablo_dellatorre_fotos_de_arq_gonzalo_viramonte_048 ...

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perspective-4 Artist Zaria Forman is using pastel to recreate the pictures taken by her mother years ago in remote places. For many of us today, her childhood seems a perfect one, travelling with her family in spectacular places where her mother was taking photos every summer. Her work might seem surreal if you think that everything is handmade, each detail, shadow and color is carefully chosen. She talks with much love about her art and she wants to make a difference in the world, even ...

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30 STUNNING SHOTS OF BURNING MAN 2014 Galen Oakes, a world renowned photographer LA-based with an extensive background in live event photography brings upfront surreal photographs of Burning Man 2015 capturing Black Rock Desert, have caught the essence of the human spirit, embodiment of our imagination, after unexpected rainy Sundays. Through the freedom belonging to the act of creation, works of art tell the stories of artists endeavour, incredible buildings as though they were brought from ...

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The architect Mjölk talks generally about the financial problem with owing a house in a beautiful place near to the center or very near to its developed infrastructure. How to achieve the best value ratio it’s a relative matter, compromises are inevitable when coming to obtain reasonable things for good money. Sometimes the plot is a steep hill which normally no one would buy or the design of the house is so narrow that it remains of noodle where you can barely turn around. The evolution is ...

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The Cliff House There is a house in Australia with a design and a concept that for sure you have never seen before. This is a house that requires some courage to live in. The building is constructed on five levels, hanging on a cliff, with nothing underneath it but the ocean. It was designed by Modscape for a couple that wanted a holiday house on the Australian coast, southwest of Victoria. The building is designed to be an extension of the cliff, not an addition to the landscape. They ...

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Estar Móveis SuperLimão Studio (37) the vandallist Super Limao Studio created a remarkable space for Estar Moveis, this store that houses everything related to interior design. The architects reimagined a building situated on the corner of a street in Sao Paolo and completely changed its appearance. Estar Móveis SuperLimão Studio (36) the vandallist Estar Móveis SuperLimão Studio (35) the vandallist Estar Móveis SuperLimão Studio (34) the vandallist Because there were only ten small windows ...

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Alpine Cabins The building assembly is placed in a vill of Enneberg at a height of 1,200 meters and it refers to the building tradition of the “viles”. The local couple court type includes the two staggered buildings with their deliberate insertion into the hillside. Elements such as saddle roof, loggia and wood façade and regional design details unfold in a minimal, roomy, light-kissed interior. The use of some special materials from the surroundings (dolomite rock for the exposed concrete, ...

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540670d7c07a801b0400003a_lake-cabin-fam-architekti-feilden-mawson__w0a0151_f Architects: FAM Architekti, Feilden+Mawson Location: Máchovo jezero, Doksy, Czech Republic Area: 43.0 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Tomas Balej 5406720fc07a803713000044_lake-cabin-fam-architekti-feilden-mawson__w0a9988 540671fac07a803713000043_lake-cabin-fam-architekti-feilden-mawson__w0a9963 54066f98c07a80ae2200004b_lake-cabin-fam-architekti-feilden-mawson__w0a0038_ The alternative of an aged cabin on a lake shore in ...

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Renovated Factory by Grzegorz Layer Architekt Grzegorz Layer Architekt turned an abandoned textile factory located in Polish city of Katowice into a tailor’s showroom and workshop. An old and abandoned textile factory gained a new life after several months of extensive renovations. One part of the building was adopted to became a tailor’s workshop and a showroom of Poszetka.com. The design’s idea was to tidy-up the insides after previous reconstructions. Originally there were five separate ...

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Alt Shift // Lama Arhitectura ALT SHIFT - BERLIN 2o14 | bucuresti | restaurant | 180mp Str. Constantin Mille 4 Photo: Bucuresti Optimist

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The summer is over and so is vacation for most of us. However, there are some great places you might want to check next year and you can start making plans already. There is a wonderful place in Lebanon which might be the next great trip for the adventurers. This amazing place was discovered by French bio-speleologist, Henri Coiffait in 1952. Since then, this became one of the most picturesque places, not only in Lebanon. The name might be explanatory enough, before knowing how it looks. ...

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If you are looking for a special place, far away from civilization, noise and pollution we have a perfect option for you. It might be far, but who knows, it’s worth trying. This cabin is located in the woods, more exactly in the Redwoods, in Cazadero, California. The retreat is perfect for 2 people, not very far away from San Francisco (another city worthwhile visiting) and many other beautiful landscapes. This is a cozy little house where you have a wood-burning stove and other small ...

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944731-1_l Donny’s Bar co-owner Matt Clifton puts his inspiration brought by his international adventures into a space with the atmosphere of a home. Influenced by New York loft-style bars he frequented while spending the last few years in Manhattan, Clifton’s bar in Manly, NSW, turns the local beachside vernacular on its head. 370071-donny-s The light fittings (designed by Southern Lights Electric) illuminates the wooden ceiling to the copper bar top – a glistening monolith in a space built ...

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Krakow Lofts, an Anglo-Polish company, intends to build apartments in an old mill which was originally built in 1919 in Krakow’s Zablocie district. The investment, which will be launched in March, is expected to take two years to complete. According to the preliminary plans, the 6,000 m², five-storey structure will contain lofts varying in size from 45 m² to 200 m². Prices will range from PLN 12,000 to PLN 20,000 (€3,400-5,680) per m². “The popularity of loft apartments together with the ...

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pop_up_1_10 The Pop Up restaurant is an interesting concept that has been popular in Britain since the 2000s. They are an underground alternative to classic restaurants that first appeared in Cuba and today the popularity increases because they want to promote gastronomy as a cultural experience. Bar BBQ on Ice, Broadgate The Pop Up that we’ve discovered is located in London, next to the Broadgate Ice Rink, in Exchange Square, Broadgate. Even though these restaurants are opened for a short ...

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Where to spend a fine time Bocca Lupo The recently opened restaurant , Bocca Lupo is quite an ensemble of everyday-life inspired pieces put toghether into an eclectic space, the architect Bianca Beis has managed to unfold an industrial, western, yet classy design. Even from the entry, the door latch is a rolling pin, kicking in an original look. The pizza is prepared in this Fiat 850( from the 60’) where afterwards is taken to the oven. The establishment was realized by the architect Corvin ...

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If you didn’t hear about Beautiful Dreams before, now it’s the time. This is a boutique and art space that supports unique and original creations based on concepts like integrity, authenticity and craftsmanship. The boutique, owned by April Hughes and Marina Burini is located on Wythe Avenue, in Brooklyn. In this area, as well, lives one of the owners, Marina Burini, whose apartment we’re presenting you. Just like her boutique, the space she lives in is very representative for her ...

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Beaches come in far more different shapes and colors than some of us might have expected. Looks like it's from another planet, these beaches are as strange as they are beautiful. Here are 16 beaches that, in one way or another, might not be anything like the beaches you’re used to. Enjoy our list of the most unusual beaches: 1. Unique Glass Beach in California unusual-beaches-wcth01 unusual-beaches-wcth02 2. Hidden beach in Marieta, Mexico unusual-beaches-wcth04 unusual-beaches-wcth03 3. ...

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The Zitec HQ The Zitec HQ is a cool and relaxed place with generous open space offices, fun zones and an inspiring theme that helps us focus and improve our productivity. First Rule is Work With Style! They looked for a solution that would include open space offices, but no corporate-style cubicles and definitely not factory-style aligned desks, comfortable chairs and generous desks (a must have); some cool relaxing and fun zones and – of course – a theme that represents us. Sounds pretty ...

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Le Prado Residence, Marseille I think you could agree that France is one of the most beautiful countries when it comes to history, beautiful houses, traditional villages and well preserved monuments. Nevertheless, French people are generally considered classy and elegant, with a refined taste for beauty. This house is no exception. It was renovated during several years and the design is signed by Maurice Padovani. Simple and elegant at a first glance, it actually hides more complexity than ...

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The Commune Social by Neri&Hu The Commune Social is a different kind of restaurant you might enjoy. Inspired by the Spanish cuisine, this restaurant reinterprets the classical tapas and offers a fresh and modern version. The restaurant located in Shanghai is the creation of an entire team that thought about the tiniest detail. The Commune Social emphasizes the concept of the food through the design of the space. Raw materials (iron, wood, concrete, bricks) clean and large spaces, they are ...

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