SUSPENSION HOUSE: A MAGNIFICENT BALANCING ACT BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND NATURE
For thirty years, the Fougeron Architecture studio has been deploying its modernist vision to find the perfect alignment between architectural idea and built form. The Suspension House is an example of this vertiginous challenge. To look at it, it’s like a cross between Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and M.C. Escher’s Impossible Constructions. The redesigned home, […]
NOMAD HOUSE, A SERENE RETREAT IN THE ARIZONA DESERT
“Creativity and discovery flourish alongside expertise and experience” is one of the credos of Tucson, Arizona-based studio Rick Joy. For twenty years, this cooperative practice has been creating committed architecture that blends into its environment to become real scenes of everyday life. Respect for craftsmanship gives rise to designs and materials that respect the culture […]
FORMER USSR SOVIET BUS STOPS UNDER THE EYE OF CHRISTOPHER HERWIG
This Canadian image-hunter and filmmaker sublimates these underappreciated architectures in a photographic road trip through the former Soviet republics. “Bus stops disappear so quickly. If I come back in a year, they could be gone, demolished or rebuilt. These images may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them a kind […]
FENWICK’S DISCREET ARCHITECTURE BY EDITION OFFICE
Australian architecture firm Edition Office has designed Fenwick, a building with a raw silhouette that blends seamlessly into the surrounding vegetation. Edition Office has installed its latest project, Fenwick, on one of the banks of the Birrarung River, perched on an escarpment overlooking the river, not far from Yarra Bend Park in the Melbourne suburb […]
ARCHITECTURES IN MOTION
With the Curved Line and Ribbon projects, the Greek studio GNB Architects offers incredible, undulating, original and playful architectural line play in the heart of the Cyclades. For ten years, the GNB Architects studio has been exploring materiality, rural landscapes, urban environments, vernacular and contemporary architecture on Greek soil. While the island of Mykonos […]
ARCHITECTURE: DISCOVERING ITALIAN BRUTALISM
A singular movement in the history of architecture, Brutalism has charmed architects the world over, not least in Italy. Two transalpine photographers have chosen to capture these massive, unusual silhouettes in “Brutalist Italy”, published by FUEL. “Brutalist Italy” compiles a selection of over a hundred Italian Brutalist buildings, photographed in 146 images by Roberto […]
Cléo, Table intimiste
Nichée au cœur de l’hôtel et spa Le Narcisse Blanc, un luxueux 5 étoiles de la Rive gauche, en plein 7e arrondissement, Cléo, table gastronomique, nous offre un coin secret, un patio arboré et une cuisine délicate. Bruno Aubin, ex-Top Chef, formé chez Éric Fréchon au Bristol, y soigne ses assiettes. Jeux de textures, mélanges […]