Shophouse

December 3rd, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

I present you Amy Long and TQ Shang’s shophouse, located in a suburb of Singapore. The house was built around 1950. During the years the facade was well-maintained, but the whole interior has been redesign. Here we can see the living area with the garden, [...]

Airstream

December 1st, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

A trip to a deserted ranch in the Salinas Valley, an exchange of cash in an old barn, and a harrowing towing adventure up Highway 101 netted Andreas Stavroupolos’s current abode‚Äîa 1959 Airstream travel trailer. The Airstream is tucked into the back garden, with chickens [...]

Tree House

November 28th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Architecture

When a 40-year-old pine tree fell over at the rear of a Brentwood estate in Los Angeles, the owner decided to honor its resilience by incorporating it into a 172-square-foot office / guest house.

Phat Knits

September 24th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Design

The giant threads, some knitted and some not are produced industrially. The process of knitting these ‘threads’ together requires a team of up to 4 people and PVC needles up to 13 feet long. Phat Knits is a series of brilliantly over scaled furniture pieces, [...]

Ecological Children Center

September 19th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

The 6 star hotel resort Soneva Kiri is located on Koh Kood, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. At this unique site, 24H-architecture designed a series of ecological icons to contribute to Six Senses’ high ambitions in design and ecology. Most prominent is The [...]

Fashion Institute of Design

March 12th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Orange County campus, sought an exuberant architecture which would support and enhance the learning experience. In addition to accommodating 200 hundred students and 50 staff, the school possesses a large collection of valuable books, garments and fabrics.

Living in Art

March 12th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

Karen Santry has a 500-square-foot studio at Westbeth, the storied artists’ housing complex in the far West Village.

Furniture by Imaginary Office

March 4th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Design

Pleats-Pleats is a sofa where precision steel meets handicrafts. Take a seat in a weave of clothed polyurethane foam, that wraps around a white powder coated steel pipe frame in a macramé style. Design: Daniel Hedner, Imaginary Office 2009.

Lord Of The Rings

February 25th, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

This interesting a 3,500-square-foot multilevel home was built in 1975 by Ian Morrison, who took inspiration for the design from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” The house is set atop a hill in Barbados, which is an independent continental island in the western Atlantic Ocean. [...]

East Village Apartment

February 21st, 2009  |  by Fifi  |  published in Interiors

Koray Duman is an architect from Turkey, who recently renovated the East Village apartment he bought in January of 2007. The space is really clean and stylish. The 600-square-foot apartment, with its tangle of tiny rooms, had six windows, three exposures and an unusual floor [...]