Journal

Architecture is for Listeners

Bauhaus minimalism meets tasteful elegance. The Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld designs houses and hotels in style. On Weinfeld's 67th birthday we look at Brazilian writer and journalist Raul Jus...

Inside LRNCE's Moroccan Medina

Deep in the labyrinth of hidden passages inside the Medina of Marrakesh lies century-old leather crafters who have carved a global reputation for themselves through their expertise. This ancient ar...

The Touch - Spaces Designed for the Senses

Kinfolk, Norm Architects, and gestalten have come together to present architecture and interiors that are not only visually appealing but which engage all of the human senses. Exploring 25 differen...

Human Life In The Changing Face of Chongqing

In 1968, China embarked on a journey of reform that saw its once closed-off Communist society open-up to the rapidly globalizing world around it. This transformation of mentality, economics, and cu...

Experience Tadao Ando's Compound For Creativity

From Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, Casa Wabi is a sprawling compound in Mexico that feeds off the natural environment to fuel visiting artists and travelers. Nestled within ...

How Visual Citizens Are Rendering The Future

Digital realities are creations giving us an immersive glimpse of ways to design for our future surroundings. Visual Citizens are one of the design studio's offering a window into the limitations o...

The Swimming Pool That Dreams Are Made Of

As part of a photography project titled “Domestic Pools”, young French photographer Romain Laprade shot a pool dripping in seduction. Designed by architect Alain Capeillères for his summer home the...

Kitchens Are For More Than Feeding The Appetite

Mina Holland, Deputy Editor of Guardian Feast, beautifully articulates the role of our kitchens and how they are now symbolic spaces in the preface of Kitchen Living. From childhood culinary memori...

Six N. Five On Designing Realism And Its Imperfections

Six N. Five have been turning heads through their forward-thinking 3D work and aesthetic. Like a René Magritte painting, their work speaks to you. Director Ezequiel Pini talks us through the rise o...

Freddy Mamani And His Kaleidoscopic City In The Clouds

In the nicest possible way, Freddy Mamani makes buildings that look like Vegas slot machines. His jazzy designs are changing the face of his home city, La Paz and at the same time causing a bit of ...