Berlin-based, Danish architect Sigurd Larsen always looks to counterbalance the uniformity of ever-pervasive modernism with vernacularity: the climate, history, and material culture of a specific location. For him, the relationship between the constructed environment and… Read More »The Meraki Studios Emerges from the Olive Grove Hills of Southern Crete
Water’s unique properties make it different from every substance on our planet – a precious, life-giving substance, filling gurgling streams, underwater lakes, and our own blood vessels. Not satisfied with sustaining us and everything we… Read More »Sandscape Lighting by Studio Haran Breathes Water Into Wood
Encino Home sits on the north slope of the Santa Monica Mountains, in a part of the San Fernando Valley where mid-century architects – Quincy Jones, Richard Dorman, Martin Gelber – built post-and-beam houses among… Read More »Lidan Sfadia’s Encino Home Is Built on Restraint + Rounded Marble
If there’s one drink that belongs to New York City, it’s the Manhattan. Equal parts ritual and history, the cocktail has long been synonymous with the city’s nightlife, immigrant distilling traditions, and enduring relationship with… Read More »This Glassware Collection Cheers to NYC – One Manhattan at a Time
The Willow Play Cafe, in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood, is a hybrid of sophistication and whimsy. Local practices Denizens of Design and DS Studio transformed a dive bar into a warm, inviting coffee spot – with… Read More »Grown-Up Café Meets Kids’ Play Space at The Willow
What makes an icon? Is it longevity, quality, timelessness of design – or a mix of the three? As the true meaning is hard to define, we do know it when we see it. Designed… Read More »Fritz Hansen’s Fresh Series 7, Tailored For A New Era