Displaying posts from October, 2014

A trifle, a trinket, a gem of a studio apartment by Marianne Evennou… chez Duncan… 25m²… Paris. Bigger is not always better.

Mystical, magical, green. A house for its human occupants and a house for the trees. More importantly a house that gives to the city as well. The design for the award winning House for Trees in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam aims to address the overwhelming lack of vegetation in this urban centre as well as providing a connection to nature and a means to alleviate flash flooding from storm water run off. Each building is a giant planter box. Monolithic at ground level, ethereal above. By Vo Trong Nghia Architects.

In keeping with the theme of white, here are a few really cool projects by Brooklyn architecture/design firm SABO project. Attention to detail? Check! Creativity? Check! Liveable? Check! 

I have a thing for repurposed work benches. Do you? By Donald Lococo Architects.

It’s hump day. Slap bang in the middle of the week, a mountain of work to do and the weekend  like a mirage on the horizon. Time for a fantasy escape. A luxury safari getaway to Segera Retreat on the Laikipia Plateau in Kenya. Ahhh! I’m feeling better already.