Everyone has daily encounters with doors. We touch different styles of door handles throughout the day and few of them leave an impression. It is not the case of these built-in handles from Albed.  These knob free doors have built-in handles that look amazing and…

Renovating an old house turned out to be an inspired choice for a young couple from Alingsås, Sweden. Resting on a  65sqm lot on the shores of  lake Gärdsken, the Aluminum House used to be a small wooden two storey house with a basement in…

This building of segmental housing, called Villa Saitan, was designed by EASTERN Design Office. It contains 11 housing units but was designed with the appearance of one compact and concealed house. The geometric architecture of the house is covered by a concrete wall with decoupages,…

Overlooking the hills of Kyoto, the t-house by Atelier Boronski prides on a clean and rationalist design. In spite of the playful approach on the protruding windows and staggered walls which allow more light, the architecture of the t-house maintains a modern appearance of logical…

This wall mounted clock from Studio Ve has a unique way of showing the time: the two hands of the clock are connected to form a manifold with a continuous 3D movement that tells time: “At any given moment the manifold is located in a…

Another stunning example of how a church can be transformed into a home for mere mortals, this reconversion by Zecc Architects and Thomas Haukes is called Woonkerk XL and used to be an 1870 Gothic church. As with all churches, especially Gothic ones, the greater…

This marvellous eco-friendly hotel in the desert is an uncommon project of Parisian designer Matali Crasset. Located at th edge of the Sahara desert in Tunisia and overlooking a palm tree oasis, this retreat for relaxation and re-juvenation was designed with ecological conscience and oriental…

Studio Henny van Nistelrooy created an interesting  textile pendant light which they named the Fabricate Lamp. The peculiar design allows the lamp to fully explore its potential. A wire frame holds the 3D woven fabric. Using a specific manufacturing process that eliminates any need for…

Dune is an innovative and artistic solution for urban furniture. Based on the technology of 3d deformed fiber cement, the Dune chair prides a support capacity of around 900 kg. Rainer Mutsch has designed this “highly modular and indefinitely expandable” piece taking a variety of…

The Momentary City is a delicate sequence in the anonymously ever-chaning cityscape of Hefei, China. Beijing-based Vector Architects have designed this structure to convey a glimpse of sky and an instance of tranquility, filtering dust and noise, retaining light and shadow, plants, delicate phenomena in…