A corrugated-metal roof supported by turquoise-coloured steelwork declares the renovation of this public pool house in the Czech Republic, completed by local studio Mjölk Architekti and architect Marie Vondráková. Known as Lesní Koupaliště or Forest… Read More »Mjölk Architekti and Marie Vondráková rebuild fire-ravaged Forest Pool in Liberec
From a privacy-conscious home in Japan to a vaulted greenhouse in Chile, this roundup spotlights buildings from around the world that are brightened by luminous glass bricks and blocks. Popularised in the 1930s, glass bricks… Read More »Eight buildings bejewelled with glass bricks and blocks
French designer Philippe Starck has renovated a 1920s building on Madrid‘s Gran Via into a hotel that conjures the spirit of Grand Cafés and the Generation of ’27. The 57-room hotel was designed to feel… Read More »Philippe Starck fills Brach Madrid hotel with “an infinite number of surprising and mysterious objects”
Calfornia-based Studio Ahead has turned a former San Francisco music cafe into the Side A restaurant and vinyl bar, which includes a custom aluminium DJ stand. When the former Universal Cafe in Mission Creek closed after… Read More »San Francisco bistro by Studio Ahead includes aluminium DJ booth
Irish practice Fuinneamh Workshop Architects has completed an events space for the Tramore Valley Park in Cork, creating a “deliberately rudimentary” shelter of rammed earth, timber and thatch. The KinShip EcoLab – dubbed by the… Read More »Fuinneamh Workshop Architects adds rammed-earth shelter to Irish park
Our latest lookbook explores homes where kitchen cabinets divide up the floor plan, neatly organising the living spaces into different zones. Using kitchen units as partition walls is a clever trick for creating more space-efficient… Read More »Eight homes with kitchens that double as partition walls