1+ week, 4+ day ago   (66+ words) Vietnamese architects Exutoire make a case for never demolishing wallpaper.com Exutoire’s intervention is surgical. The staircase moves from the middle to the rear; transverse partitions disappear; rooms open up so air and light can travel. The front façade keeps…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (111+ words) Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (61+ words) wallpaper.com The plan remains compact but spatially generous: a bathroom, a main room and a tatami room, gathered beneath an umbrella-like timber roof rising to 4m. A bamboo screen divides living and dining areas, while fusuma sliding doors with gold-leaf…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (232+ words) Focusing on ecologically sensitive architectural design, Syn Architects was founded in 2018 by Saudi architects Sara Alissa and Nojoud Alsudairi. The creative duo looks to create buildings that are contextually aware. Each project’s aesthetics are extracted from nature, and express the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (67+ words) wallpaper.com Othmane Bengebara Studio has completed residential, cultural and exhibition projects across Morocco and internationally, including the scenography for the Uzbekistan Pavilion presented at the 2024 Venice Biennale. The Casablanca/Paris- based studio is currently planning a private aviation facility…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (155+ words) Tour a tiny Japanese house hidden behind a minimalist wooden fence wallpaper.com Having worked for a large general contractor for almost 30 years, Nagasaka longed for more freedom and ‘the opportunity to pursue more creative work in an environment where…...