Luxurious homes are the order of the day for Paris firm Jouin Manku, which was commissioned along with architecture firm YTL Design Group to take on this large-scale integrated architectural and interior design project. This modern and luxurious home was the first of Jouin Manku’s architectural designs to be built, and talk about first impressions! Located in Kuala Lampur, place says a lot abou...
This ethereal creation is composed entirely of concrete. StaticQuarry– designed by Japanese based architecture firm Ikimono Architects – is a multi-family residence with a multitude of openings to encourage interaction between the residents. The building sits atop a 625-square-meter site and includes a rooftop terrace, an amazing bamboo garden, and a total of eight living units.
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The white box trend. It’s stark, but functional and highly receptive to light and reflection. Love it or hate it?
Frederico Zanelato, Architect
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Here is yet another example of pictures not doing a design justice. The view from this incredible set of cantilevered constructions must be breathtaking. Angles jut out from the core structure of the house and seem to hover in space. JCB architects took their inspiration for this twisting, turning, and thrusting form from a fallen log with its branches. The experience of moving through this hom...
San Francisco – the city by the Bay where the price of a dream is as lofty as the clouds. The interior in this design is upstaged only by the view. Appropriated with beautiful wood and urbanesque ambition, this groovy pad is the epic entertaining spot. Whether one fancies hosting a hippie relic from the Haight-Ashbury or a sophisticated foursome returning from Napa, this cosmopolitan jewe...
Surfer’s Paradise in Queensland, Australia. Whether tasty waves or cracked crab and lobster tickle your fancy, this location will deliver. Ultra crisp with prolific geometrical angles, this abode is perfect for Beethoven in C minor or a rousing Journey tribute. The cliche oft exercised, “It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at,” surely had thes...