Lilypad: A Solar-Powered Villa Afloat on Sydney Harbour
Moored off exclusive Palm Beach, Lilypad blends solar engineering with resort-level comfort for a quietly luxurious escape on water.
The Dip Pavilion: A Sculptural Roof, A Garden Dialogue
The Dip Pavilion by andblack design studio folds pool, garden and interior into one continuous architectural gesture.
In Puglia, Massimo Iosa Ghini reimagines the contemporary masseria
Among ancient olive trees, pergolas and patios frame a set of bespoke interiors. In Southern Italy, this “contemporary masseria” reinterprets vernacular architecture against the backdrop of the Mediterranean countryside.
Mold Architects Steps Perma Serifos Retreat to the Aegean Sea
In Greece, Perma Serifos combines excavated stone and cast concrete with terraces that open onto uninterrupted views of the sea.
House Eleven by DAAA Haus: Precision, Concrete and Light
In Malta, House Eleven pairs raw materiality with restraint across its connected levels — an architecture and design project shaped for a new, “more aware” generation of clients.
Fran Silvestre’s ‘House on the Cliff’ embraces the Mediterranean with formal purity
In Spain, House On the Cliff combines white minimalism with a single-level volume perched on a slope and a pool that visually draws the sea closer.
HW Studio’s peaceful stone house in Mexico reinforces deep contact with the elements
HW Studio creates a peaceful stone house in perfect dialogue with the unique natural landscape of the Guanajuato region.
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos’ Alamo House idly floats over Madrid
“We envisioned the Alamo House as a solid mass, from which carved-out openings create a dynamic narrative.”
Jean Verville’s MEV cabin borrows geometries and colours from the Memphis Group
Curving geometries and kaleidoscopic interiors define MEV Cabine, the eclectic refuge in the woods that Studio Jean Verville has created for ‘two admirable eccentrics’.
Claesson Koivisto Rune completes the beach ‘House of Many Courtyards’
The Swedish Studio has sliced and dislocated the building to ’double’ its volume. The ‘House of Many Courtyards’ has the appearance of a series of individual boxes; in reality, it is one interior connected via a 40-metre-long, end-to-end, central corridor overlooking multiple courtyards.
Fran Silvestre’s House of The Sun embraces the Mediterranean horizon in Marbella
Located on a slope overlooking the sea, House of The Sun concept-villa by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos was conceived as a threshold opening the door to infinite space.
Bird-friendly ‘Mirror Houses’ by Peter Pichler Architecture
Peter Pichler Architecture’s Mirror Houses completely disappear in the landscape while providing breakthrough views on the South Tyrolean Dolomites. The floating building’s reflective surfaces are laminated with an UV coating preventing birds collision.
2019 best interiors: 8 stunning places where you would love to live, work, shop and dine
2019 Best Interiors: an underground restaurant in Norway, a moody and verdant Brazilian penthouse and a millennials-driven working space in the Netherlands. Check our round up featuring some of the best interior design of the year!
Bourgeois/Lechasseur complete sCenter Est-Nord-Est artists’ residence in Québec
Center Est-Nord-Est house by Bourgeois/Lechasseur architects shines a light on Québec villages. The structure’s monolithic volume combines the studio’s intimate knowledge of local rural landscapes with its modern-day vision.
The Twine house twists and peels up a continuous concrete slab
The Twine conceptual house by Antony Gibbon sits under a wave-like piece of concrete reflecting the hills surrounding as a “series of organic forms”.
Fran Silvestre’s CDN House features a ‘floating roof’ and glass walls maximising the view on the surrounding landscape
Minimalistic interiors made in stone and wood, and a gravity defying roof characterize Fran Silvestre’s CDN House in Spain.
Pinterest: explore Palm Springs’ famed Desert Modernism in our dedicated gallery!
Neat volumes with sharp contrasts, soft hues framed by dry rocky landscapes dotted with forked cacti, concrete patios and vintage interiors… Our Pinterest gallery dedicated to Palm Springs’ Desert Modernism makes you wish to sip a cocktail by the pool.
Modernism Week 2019: 12 not-to-be-missed events and exhibitions in Palm Springs
Modernism Week 2019 takes over Palm Springs with a focus on interior design. Join guided tours in iconic private homes generally close to the public, 1960’s psychedelic-themed parties, an architectural theatre play, a mid-century modern film festival and a vintage trailer show.
Marià Castelló’s Island Mirage villa in Formentera merges nature and design
Contrast of materials, light-filled spaces and contemporary interiors. The Island Mirage villa by Marià Castelló Architecture blends with Formentera natural landscape.
Frank Lloyd Wright 150th Anniversary: a celebration through movies
From Blade Runner to Game of Thrones, but also Mulholland Drive, North by Northwest and The Big Lebowsky. Archipanic celebrates Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th Anniversary featuring 12 iconic movies filmed or inspired by the American Architect’s masterpieces.
Wooden shelving spans from floor to ceiling in Sao Paulo penthouse by Studio MK27
Studio MK27 designs the interiors of a Sao Paulo penthouse featuring a giant wooden shelving, Brazilian, Scandinavian and Italian furniture… and a panoramic view on the city.
Besonias Almeida nests a concrete family house in an Argentinian forest by the sea
A concrete pergola creating a pattern of light and shadow welcomes guests to a summer family house by Besonias Almeida Arquitectos. An open air courtyard and sober interiors are hidden by the Nature of Argentinian Northern coast.
Luciano Kruk stacks concrete and glass volumes for Golf House panoramic villa
Can a building be light, transparent and luminous but also provide privacy and offer a 180° panorama? Golf House by Luciano Kruk achieves that by overlapping concrete volumes with glass walls.
Casa Bahia Azul by Felipe Assadi
Felipe Assadi designed a concrete house and a painter’s atelier partially submerged by a sloping landscape on the Chilean coast.
From Caracas to Miami: Rossella Colombari brings Gio Ponti to Florida and beyond
ArchiPanic met Milan gallerist Rossella Colombari who brings the flavour of a Gio Ponti designed villa in Caracas and the heritage of Italian design to the open minded melting pot of DesignMiami/.
Casa Brutale by OPA merges into Greek cliffside
OPA studio designed Casa Brutale, a conceptual architecture completely immersed into the cliffside of the Aegean cost. Concrete, glass, wood and a pool-roof integrate with the natural landscape paying homage to pure brutalism as well.
Pitsou Kedem: Float House for an Architect
Pistou Kedem’s family house in Israel features a floating ceiling, raw materials and modernist features to blend in the neighbourhood discretely, yet architecturally.
The Balint House
Near Valencia, Fran Silvestre arquitectos designed the Balint house, an aerodynamic and ellipiptical villa facing a crescent-shaped pool.
Battersea Power Station
In London, the iconic Battersea Power Station reaches out international epicenters showing the upcoming cutting edge district designed by architecture masters together with upcoming talents.
El Espinar House: Architecture video
Architect and photographer Miguel de Guzmán with his own studio Imagen Subliminal realized the El Espinar House project and presented it with an eclectic architecture video that takes inspiration by Red Riding Hood story and Michel Gondry’s style with a dark dash of David Lynch.