The Helle Coffee Table Bowen Liu combines elegance with contemporary brutalism, showcasing clarity and intricate craftsmanship.
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A contemporary guesthouse in Ukraine reimagines the traditional hata mazanka with light, transparency, and a sculptural roof.
A mixed use cultural hotel in Guangzhou that reinterprets traditional Qi Lou architecture through colonnades red concrete and river facing guest rooms at Aranya Jiulong Lake.
A concrete wing shaped house on São Miguel Island blends landscape, light, and material into an essential architecture for slow and thoughtful living
Located in Nagpur, near the geographic centre of India, Cielo is a residential project by Sanjay Puri Architects that translates extreme climatic conditions into architectural form. Conceived as a vertical sequence of single apartments, the building integrates cross ventilation, layered balconies, and curved screening elements to reduce heat gain and enhance passive cooling. The project reflects a contemporary interpretation of regional architectural traditions, embedding environmental performance and spatial clarity within a compact urban footprint.
This interview with Partogi Pandiangan, Associate of RAD+AR, examines the design philosophy behind Sanctuary Tunnel Garden. Through discussions on light, landscape, phenomenology, and restraint, the conversation explores how sacred architecture can emerge from lived experience, environmental integration, and spatial procession within a tropical context.
La Maison Pliée is a folded timber house in southern France exploring passive and low tech domestic architecture.
An in depth essay on Hiroshi Sugimoto’s glass staircase at Go’o Shrine, exploring time, perception, light, and architectural experience.
This longform essay examines the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the lens of impermanence, beginning with Valley Curtain and tracing their use of fabric, scale, and process to redefine art as a temporary experience rather than a permanent object. Exploring their philosophy of artistic freedom, self-funded practice, and engagement with landscape and public space, the article reflects on how disappearance, rather than endurance, became the defining force of their legacy.
An in depth essay on Daxing Jizi Design and how light based installations reshape emotional experience in contemporary Chinese cities.
