Tag Wood

12-10-2016

OFIS architects: Alpine barn tourist apartment in Bohinj, Slovenia

OFIS architects converted an old barn near Bohinj, Slovenia into a holiday rental apartment. The traditional construction of the hay barn and stables is maintained on the outside of the building, and converted on the inside to create a space suited for the dynamics of living today.

29-07-2016

Herbst Architects’ K Valley House: a refuge in New Zealand

A refuge on Coromandel peninsula in New Zealand, K Valley House is a holiday home that inherits the typological features of the farmhouse and the farm shed. Herbst Architects have designed a “glass house” surrounded by nature, made of wood, glass and rusted corrugated sheet metal.

24-06-2016

Bernard Khoury and the enigmatic NBK residence (2) in Beirut

Bernard Khoury designed the NBK residence (2) in Beirut, a penthouse on three levels that seems to be a separate body from the tower on which it rests, for himself and his family. In the NBK residence (2), a sort of alien home, Bernard Khoury makes contradictory choices representing the changing moods of Beirut.

08-06-2016

Torrejón Schellhorn: holiday home in Limache, Chile

Ricardo Torrejón Schellhorn designed a holiday home in Limache, on a sloping lot in the mountains of Chile. The layout of the Limache house consists of a series of separate nuclei which are physically and visually connected, taking into consideration both the need for privacy and the desire for sociability.

24-05-2016

Wood effect porcelain tiles: a natural vocation

Choosing Ariostea wood effect porcelain surfaces that means relying on the solidity of porcelain and the look of traditional varieties of oak. The effects of time, sun and rain become tactile and visual sensations for contemporary spaces of all kinds

30-03-2016

Elasticospa+3: The restoration of a country house in Salice

The country house in Sacile (Pordenone), designed by Elasticospa+3, is a restoration that bridges the past and present experiences of living on the Friuli plain. In the country house at Sacile, Elasticospa+3 works on creating a conscious disconnect between architectural shell and internal space.

08-02-2016

Archier’s Sawmill House: an alternative approach to design

Australian studio Archier designed a home in Yackandandah, between Melbourne and Canberra in Australia, using an unusual approach: designing the home while it was being built.

26-01-2016

Karaoke in Tel Aviv: Plug In by Yaron Tal

Israeli architect Yaron Tal designed the interiors of Plug In, a karaoke bar in Tel Aviv. The complex has 18 rooms of different sizes, each decorated differently and designed to contain 4 to 100 people. The theme of the bar is, of course, music.