Rafael Cunha, Author at DESIGNARCUS MAGAZINE

Lachlan Seegers Architect reinterprets sawtooth roof for Lane Cove House

Located in Sydney, Lane Cove House by Lachlan Seegers Architect draws from the area’s industrial heritage to reinterpret the sawtooth roof as a contemporary device for light and spatial experience. The house integrates deeply with its garden setting through courtyards, framed views, and layered thresholds, dissolving the boundary between interior and landscape. A restrained material palette and carefully calibrated daylight create a domestic environment attuned to seasonal change, positioning the project as a nuanced architectural response to context, memory, and climate.

STORIES6 months ago

Donald Judd redefines architecture through permanent installations in Marfa

This essay examines Donald Judd’s radical approach to space through his work in Marfa, where art, architecture, and landscape converge into a permanent system. Moving beyond minimalism, it reveals a discipline rooted in precision, material clarity, and the refusal of neutral space.

ARCHITECTURE6 months ago

Timber volumes and soft green tones define a music classroom extension beneath a plane tree

A timber classroom extension uses natural materials, green tones, and light to connect architecture with its landscape.

INTERIOR6 months ago

Studio Vapore renovates Western Academy of Beijing music classrooms with colour-coded interiors and acoustic design

A Beijing school renovation where colour, acoustics and layout redefine how music is taught and experienced.

ARCHITECTURE6 months ago

Glasshouse Theatre redefines the civic edge of Queensland’s cultural landscape

A new theatre in Brisbane merges transparency, performance, and public life through a rippling glass facade and adaptive interior design.

INTERIOR7 months ago

Colbo Next Door extends a fashion label into a hybrid space of retail, sound, and hospitality in New York

Colbo Next Door opens on Orchard Street as a hybrid retail space, vinyl listening room and wine bar, designed by Of Enso to host community and sound.

ARCHITECTURE7 months ago

Qasr AlHokm metro station in Riyadh features reflective canopy and underground garden

Snøhetta’s Qasr AlHokm station in Riyadh combines a reflective canopy, glass tube platforms, and a subterranean garden to redefine public transport as civic space.

INTERIOR7 months ago

MO Studio creates Hennessy retail space in Ningbo centred on time and memory

A compact retail space by MO Studio transforms Cognac culture into an immersive journey of time, material and sensory perception

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DESIGN7 months ago

Moulding the Arc installation uses circular plywood discs to map early human settlements

Moulding the Arc is conceived as a spatial meditation on the origins of human settlement. Drawing from prehistoric modes of living, the installation reflects on the moment when nomadic existence began to give way to collective inhabitation. It approaches this transition not through literal reconstruction, but through an abstract language of geometry, material, and relational space.

INTERVIEW7 months ago

Arina Krisanova reinterprets Kikutake’s Metabolist vision in a transformable Moscow apartment

Arina Krisanova reinterprets Metabolist principles in a 72 m² Moscow apartment, using modular elements, mirrors, and custom furniture to create a transformable living environment that expands perception beyond physical limits.