KLOOF 119A: Private Residence, Cape Town – South Afric
Architect Greg Truen, director at the Cape Town-based SAOTA talked with The Cool Hunter about KLOOF 119A, a residence SAOTA designed for a client he ...
26-11-2018 21:21
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Bob the Robot Office by Studio Joanna Laajisto, Helsinki, Fi
We love it when designers flex their creative muscles in the transformation of spaces from one use to another. New and shiny is great, but there?s al...
13-11-2018 21:21
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Pool and Cabana, San Juan de Alima, Mexico
In the case of a holiday residence project named SAJ III in Mexico, many things went right, both by plan and serendipitously, and incredible beauty r...
25-10-2018 21:21
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Kennedy Apartment, Paris, France
We are seeing arches everywhere. In newly built spaces, in restored hybrids and, of course, in a historical context.
Even more surprising, at least t...
16-09-2018 21:21
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Sant Martí House, Catalonia, Spain
The Sant Martí house may have started its life a long time ago as a fairly ordinary, sturdy three-story farmhouse built of local stone and situated i...
12-09-2018 21:21
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Casa C3, Marina Lancheros, Ancon, Peru
The sublime Casa C3 is located in Marina Lancheros in Ancon, a popular beach resort in the northern Lima province, Peru.
After nearly three years of ...
06-09-2018 21:23
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MRBL Apartment, Yaroslavl, Russia
A professional Russian couple who have a crash pad in Moscow was looking for a main residence in Yaroslavl, Russia, a city located 250 kilometres (16...
28-08-2018 21:20
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Cube Law firm office, Antwerp, Belgium
There?s nothing new about dark wood, marble and leather-topped desks in lawyers? offices, but even the traditional approach does not need to be stuff...
07-08-2018 21:25
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City Loft G, Antwerp, Belgium
A city crash pad for a busy internationally travelling bachelor. It could be tempting for a designer to go overboard with an opportunity such as this...
07-08-2018 21:25
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Benguela Cove Residence, Overberg, South Africa
This sublime residence is located above the luxurious Benguela Cove Wine Estate in the Overberg region of the Western Cape in South Africa.
The house...
31-07-2018 21:21
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Retro Minimalist house, Cupertino, California
An impossible site in the steep hills over Cupertino. Deemed unbuildable for generations. Â It would have been built on if it were possible.
The sit...
11-05-2018 21:22
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Boston House, Steven Harris Architects
Steven Harris Architects, the multiple award winning architectural firm established in 1985 and based in Tribeca New York, has been involved in numero...
19-04-2018 21:20
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Le Cabanon Vacation Residence by Rick Joy Architects, Provid
Already in its second year of existence, Le Cabanon is looking more elegant than ever. Designed by the Tucson, Arizona-based Rick Joy Architects, the...
17-04-2018 21:21
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Ideas Lab, Shanghai, China
The Ideas Lab in Shanghai, China, is yet another bold project by architect-designer Li Xiang, founder of X+Living. Her team for this project included...
09-04-2018 21:21
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Patom Organic Living, Bangkok, Thailand
Unlike many pretentious and forced ?lifestyle? store concepts that attempt to combine products and services that do not feel natural together and/or ...
29-03-2018 21:25
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Mongolian Apartment
Young designers, Zhang Yufan and Ha Da, who established their interior design studio, NA-DECOÂ in Nanjing City, China, in 2015, took on a tough chall...
01-03-2018 21:24
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Marble House – Tuscany, Italy
This four decades-old private summer villa has been transformed into an elegant expression of its location, Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany, Italy.
The re...
26-02-2018 21:22
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Ring House, Agia Galini, Crete, Greece
Between 2012-2013 Athens, Greece-based decaACHITECTUREÂ designed the concept and master plan for a stunning three-building compound, Galinis Gorges, ...
12-02-2018 21:23
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De Waterhond, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Offices are so last decade. Everyone is a free agent now ? especially in the so-called creative fields ? and telecommutes, works from home, at cafes ...
08-02-2018 21:22
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Central Park Duplex, New York
Manhattan?s Upper East Side with a view of Central Park ? these are not the typical location descriptions of a home for a family of five.
Unless you ...
15-12-2017 21:19
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Stone Residence in Urbino, Italy
Architects Alice Gardini and Nicola Gibertini of Rimini, Italy-based GGA Gardini Gibertini Architetti have created an elegant single-family home tha...
29-11-2017 21:19
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Telegraf 7 – Office Building, Vienna, Austria
As banking has become just another online function, banks are no longer needed to house money or bankers. When postage stamps and telegrams have beco...
25-11-2017 22:17
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Residence Remodel, Ascona, Switzerland
The town of Ascona by Lake Maggiore in Ticino in southern Switzerland is rich in Roman and medieval, and even prehistoric, history. Its architecture i...
24-11-2017 22:18
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Summer Cave House, Santorini, Greece
Images of high cliffs rising from the blindingly blue sea with white-washed villages clinging to the edges ? these are the typical visions that come ...
13-09-2017 22:23
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Flower Cage House, Bangkok, Thailand
Located in the Ladprao neighbourhood in the northern part of Bangkok, Thailand, where housing prices are about half of those in the downtown area, th...
11-09-2017 22:22
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Miner Road House, Orinda, California
We are not quite ready to announce that weathering steel is the new wood, but we are flirting with the idea.
We are suddenly noticing examples of wea...
07-09-2017 22:17
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Figueras Polo Club at El Yacaré, Greater Buenos Aires, Argen
In the 1990s, supermodels did not wake up for less than $10,000 per day. A few zeros have been added to that fee since, and the lifestyle of a superm...
06-09-2017 22:21
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Luxury Residence And Private Hotel, Haitang Bay, China
It is tough not to end up elbow-deep in clichés as we attempt to describe this residence that feels like a work of art itself.
Located in Haitang Bay...
30-08-2017 22:20
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A Sweeping Glass Pavilion, Park Groot Vijversburg, The Nethe
A large swath of sweeping parkland, a protected heritage building, a beloved cultural and outdoor destination of locals. These characteristics ? plus...
29-08-2017 22:16
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The New Work Project Co-working Space, Brooklyn – NYC
We find it slightly surprising that co-working spaces are still popping up all around the globe. But perhaps we should not feel that way. After all, ...
10-08-2017 22:16
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A Northern California Dream Home
Three features attracted us to this multi-generational Northern California home. First we noticed the harmonious interplay of subtle patterns and tex...
07-08-2017 22:15
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A Duplex With Scandinavian Mood In Manhattan
An interior design project of a massive duplex space in Manhattan, just steps from the Hudson River, with a price tag we guesstimate to be somewhere ...
04-08-2017 22:17
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Holiday Residence in Tuscany, Italy
The soon 60 year-old Gonzaga-born, Milan-educated Italian designer and architect, Vincenzo De Cotiis, is a master of the kind of balance we love.
We ...
28-07-2017 22:17
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Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
The incredible work of Dublin-based O?Donnell & Tuomey Architects  for the Central European University can be fully appreciated only by first viewing...
07-07-2017 22:15
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Louise Liljencrantz Design, Stockholm, Sweden
Scandinavian, mid-century modernist, minimalist. The style of Stockholm-based interior designer Louise Liljencrantz is all of these. As is the style ...
04-07-2017 22:20
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A Residence as Buddhist Spiritual Retreat in Tangshan, China
A private residence that reads like a Buddhist spiritual retreat. Not an easy synthesis to achieve as the clutter and noise of daily life tends to ta...
31-05-2017 22:15
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Office of 1978 Cultural Creative Park, Guangzhou, Guangdong,
Even in the best of circumstances, transforming a large former factory into a functional and appealing office space is a tough prospect.
We have all ...
25-05-2017 22:17
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Atelier Tristan Auer Residence Renovation, Saint Cloud, Pari
Recently, Paris-based interior designer Tristan Auer completed his first design commission since Atelier Tristan Auer became part of the Dallas-based ...
16-05-2017 22:16
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B30 Governmental Offices, The Hague, The Netherlands
KAAN Architecten, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has recently completed a large-scale re-imagining of a historic governmental building in The H...
16-05-2017 22:16
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Leaf House, Melbourne, Australia
In this residential reconfiguration project in Melbourne, many restricting factors could have discouraged the home owner and the architect.
The site ...
16-05-2017 22:16
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56 Leonard Street, Tribeca, New York
The 60-storey residential tower at 56 Leonard Street in the Tribeca neighbourhood of New York has drawn attention from the very start.
The construct...
16-05-2017 22:16
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MK House, Antwerp, Belgium
MK house is a recently renovated heritage-listed townhouse from the early 1800?s located in the historic centre of Antwerp.
Brussels-based Nicolas Sc...
16-05-2017 22:16
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Wieden + Kennedy, Shanghai Office
Like so many other firms, Wieden + Kennedy has re-considered its office environments to meet the changing needs and desires of its team members.
In s...
16-05-2017 22:16
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Spring Place, New York
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Spring Place takes up three floors in the decidedly cool, former Verizon building in Manhattan?s Tribeca.
It is the same building where Spring Pla...
16-05-2017 22:16
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Casa Kwantes – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
We love projects ? buildings, interiors, products, events, experiences, stores ? that combine well considered elements in a surprising way.
We are not...
16-05-2017 22:16
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Avenue Montaigne Apartment By Joseph Dirand
In long-ago times, artists, sculptors, designers, architects ? if they were supremely lucky ? gained a benefactor, a royal patron, a life-saver and c...
16-05-2017 22:16
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The Farm in Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
A young couple with small children wants to build a holiday home that feels like a home but at the same time can accommodate up to thirty family membe...
16-05-2017 22:16
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