Tag: architecture
AD at Home Is Architectural Digest’s Nine-Pound Argument That Personality Beats...
AD at Home is a better argument than it is a manual. Amy Astley's 496-page hardcover shows that personality makes a room memorable. Yet...
The Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses Holds 400 Homes and One...
Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses is the best browsing book on this style I own and the worst book for actually studying a single...
Tiago Sousa’s New House in Caminha Is 123 Square Meters of...
Casa Âncora sits on a stretch of coastline in Vila Praia de Âncora, near Caminha, where the land breaks into rock before it reaches...
The Rivo Alto Villa by SAOTA Borrows Miami’s Art Deco Curves...
The Rivo Alto Villa quotes Miami's Art Deco through shape and skips the ornament. SAOTA, the Cape Town studio, sets a curved roof over...
Architecture Against Architecture Puts the Whole Profession on Trial, Starting With...
Architecture Against Architecture opens with a confession, not a compliment. Reinier de Graaf, a partner at OMA for three decades, makes that clear on...
SAOTA’s Flood-Resilient Miami Home Proves Waterfront Design Doesn’t Have to Look...
Many flood-resilient houses in Miami give away their engineering the moment you see them. Blank concrete ground floors. Homes lifted on stilts that look...
How a 1941 Doctor’s House in Valencia Became a Case Study...
The Doctor's House isn't a flip. It isn't a gut job either. It's a 345-square-meter argument, built in brick and steel, that old houses...
Luxury Home Design Doesn’t Need More Rooms. It Needs Less Noise.
After thirty years in practice, design studio ARRCC has watched luxury home design move away from size and accumulation and toward ease. Clients no...
What Mid-Century Modern Design Can Teach Every Designer Working Right Now
Why Does Mid-Century Modern Design Still Win Every Argument About Good Taste?
Mid-century modern design keeps winning because it never tried to impress anyone. That's...
With Casa Verde, M2 Senos Arquitectos Turned a Palheiro Cabin Into...
Costa Nova do Prado does not need another striped wooden house. It already has hundreds of them, and every postcard from the region proves...
What Makes Son Martorell One of Menorca’s Most Honest Renovations?
Menorca has a building type most people outside Spain have never heard of, and it's called a lloc. Not a villa. Not a farmhouse...
What Is Mid-Century Modern Design? The Complete History, Icons, and Comeback...
Mid-century modern design refuses to stay in the past. Walk into any furniture showroom right now, from IKEA's mainline collections to boutique studios charging...
