THE ART OF SLOW LIVING IN GREECE
“Awakening all the senses through authentic and timeless experiences” is the motto of Meraviglia Slow Living, a seven-suite luxury resort on the outskirts of Preveza, in northwestern Greece. The minimalist architecture of this new holiday and wellness destination, built by Mr Aris Tzimas, owner of the hotel, is in harmony with its surroundings. The signature […]
ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN REALISM AND IDEALISM
Egypt – Giza Badie Architects makes a difference with this house in Giza, Egypt, which looks like a giant sculpture without any parallel lines. Mohamed Badie, founder of Cairo-based Badie Architects, ignores established conventions in favor of a direct connection with the natural world. Timeless, organic, complex… These are the keywords of this design in […]
A CAMOUFLAGED HOUSE IN INDIA
India – Shoolagiri With Chuzhi House, located in the private community of Sanctity Farm in the heart of the picturesque town of Shoolagiri in India, the Wallmakers studio demonstrates that it is possible to build on difficult, strange, and not always favorable terrain. The credo of its founder Vinu Daniel? Camouflage architecture. Here, the structure […]
AN EXCEPTIONAL TEA HOUSE IN CHINA
China – Anji Anji is a city in the province of Zhejiang, famous for its bamboo. For some years now, China has been supporting local economic development of high ecological quality. Hatch Architects, based in London, has created a tea house and two pavilions using traditional materials from the region. Formerly a storage room, this […]
A FLOATING PAVILION BY THE SEA
China – Jiaodong The Trace Architecture office (TAO) in Beijing sees the art of designing spaces as “an evolving organism, a whole inseparable from its environment, rather than a simple formal object.” This seaside project is an example of this. The design team was inspired by a poetic scene: “An abandoned fishing boat has run […]