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MVRDV completes yellow office retrofit with zigzagging outdoor staircase

December 1, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled Haus 1, a bright yellow workplace adapted from a 1990s office building in Berlin with local studio Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten. Located south of Tempelhof Field, it is the second project completed for Atelier Gardens – the redevelopment of a 23,800-metre-square film and media campus into a hub for social entrepreneurship

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Eight sculptural wooden staircases that bring warmth to the home

November 4, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Our latest lookbook features eight sculptural staircases made of wood that make a statement and bring warmth to apartments from Hong Kong to Boston. Often the organizing principle in the planning of any space, a staircase can either blend in or stand out. The eight gathered in this lookbook lean into the latter – showcasing

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Linehouse adds tactile textures and warm tones to coastal home in Hong Kong

October 23, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Linehouse has designed the interiors of Cape Drive Residence in Hong Kong to respond to the surrounding coastal views. Located on the south side of Hong Kong Island, the three-floor home is a short walk from the beaches of Stanley and Chung Hom Kok and has panoramic ocean views to the east and west

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Figure and Studio J Jih perform “stair gymnastics” inside Boston rowhouse

October 22, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

American firms Studio J Jih and Figure have overhauled a historic house in Boston, which now revolves around a sculptural “hairpin” staircase influenced by the twists and turns of mountain roads. Locally based Studio J Jih and San Francisco studio Figure collaborated on the transformation of the four-storey rowhouse in the city’s South End. The

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in “bold yet friendly” Vancouver house

September 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project is in Hastings-Sunrise, a residential neighbourhood in East Vancouver, a mixed residential and industrial area that borders the city’s harbour. The home replaces a “tired, 1950s bungalow” that did not accommodate

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Bindloss Dawes maximises light and space in London mews house

July 12, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Architecture firm Bindloss Dawes has reorganised a mews house in Chelsea, adding a full-height lightwell with a dramatic oak-and-steel staircase to forge “a sense of volume and theatre”. The client initially commissioned Bindloss Dawes to simply create a more spacious kitchen and living area on the lower ground floor of this typical London property and

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Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for “sculptural relief” in San Francisco renovation

May 26, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighbourhood. Dumican Mosey completed the 3,300-square foot (300-square metre) house, named the Red Stair House, in 2022. The completed residence preserved the original building footprint but expanded the living space by excavating a

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