January 30th, 2012 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
If you go to Vienna, probably you will spot a dazzling penthouse by Delugan Meissl has boldly inserted itself between traditional rooftops of the city’s Wieden district like a recently landed alien intruder.
December 6th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
A lake house, after purchuasing it and then designed by American architect Richard Meier, a retired couple launches into the home’s second renovation in 35 years.
August 9th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Neighbours are few out here in the high desert of Nevada, where Fabrizio Rondolino, an Italian journalist, built his dream home. There was a fellow one lot over who, after reportedly hearing instructions from above, built a chapel. But possibly the voice subsequently hollered down, “Just [...]
June 27th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat, two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo, is “an arresting concept,” photographer Dean Kaufman says, who documented the singular refuge in the Chichibu mountain range. “It’s finely balanced between rustic camping and feeling like the Farnsworth House.”
May 16th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Interiors
This is a spectacular house with a small beauty shop on the first floor, a space for a family of four: the young couple running the shop, their 3 year-old girl, and their newborn. The site, surrounded by neighboring houses in 3 directions, is in [...]
April 11th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
This quirky building is one of the latest project by Frank Gehry and is supported by Keep Memory Alive, planned to become a national resource for the most current research and scientific information for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington ‘s Diseases, and ALS (Lou [...]
April 6th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
By the japanese coast, this building includes a private museum, a guest house and a resort. It is thought as a wide free organic space in which rooms can be closed or in continuity to each other around a patio. The round shape is the [...]
April 5th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
“Operation Rainbow” expands at the entrance to the neighborhood of Grand Park, corner of Portmann Huyard street and Emile Counord Avenue in Bordeaux, France. The building, unusual in the neighborhood by its curved shape and colorful facade comprises of forty homes and offices.
March 25th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Fogo Island lies outside of Newfoundland, Canada and is home to a gentle, independent people who have lived for centuries between wind and waves in pursuit of fish. Fogo Islanders live in the untamed landscape of the North Atlantic. The people are subtle and unpretentious [...]
March 17th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Architecture
Imagine a place surrounded by nature with pure air and sounds of birds…. every morning blessed with a sun ray. A vision of a hut everyday. There’s something about the proportions that make it appear heavenly. The hut is the butterfly-roof-adorned tea and meditation structure [...]
