From converted garages to compact new-builds, we have rounded up eight studios that provide retreat and solitude for their owners in their own back gardens. Featuring reclaimed materials, charred-timber facades and pared-back interiors, this list… Read More »Eight compact studios embedded into residential gardens
Romanian studio Modul 28 has updated and extended the rectory of a church in Transylvania, transforming it into a guesthouse that “balances preservation with innovation”. Located in the village of Curciu, the building was renovated… Read More »Modul 28 transforms fortified church in Transylvania into guesthouse
Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea. Slated for competition by 2029, the performing arts centre will join a… Read More »3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke “dancer’s pointed toe”
A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as “a reminder of the precariousness of our existence” at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the… Read More »Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. Ye‘s transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping… Read More »“Kan-ye not?” asks commenter
A mint-green lounge pit and custard-yellow home office are among several colourful set pieces installed by designer Sabine Marcelis on the top floor of Vitra‘s Herzog & de Meuron-designed flagship store in Weil am Rhein,… Read More »Sabine Marcelis creates colour-blocked scenography for VitraHaus loft