Studios

Davidson Rafailidis turns 1920s garage in Buffalo into combined home and workshop

August 6, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

US architecture studio Davidson Rafailidis has retained peeling paintwork, uneven concrete flooring and rough wooden beams while converting a garage in Buffalo, New York, into a live-work space. Local architects Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis were enlisted by a couple to convert the outbuilding, located in a residential area in the Upstate New York city,

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Cutler Anderson designs Studio/Bunkhouse for dad’s work and daughter’s sleepovers

July 17, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

A principal at US firm Cutler Anderson Architects has created a small outbuilding at his residence overlooking the Puget Sound, which serves as both his studio and a place for his daughter to bring friends. Architect James Cutler of Cutler Anderson Architects created the Studio/Bunkhouse for his home on an island near Seattle. The goal

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Anna Karlin turns fire-damaged print shop into her “imperfect” New York studio and gallery

July 8, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

New York designer Anna Karlin has given a print shop in the city, which was ruined in a fire, a new life as her studio and gallery, decorated with rough plasterwork, Shaker-style furniture and bulbous lamps. Karlin runs a small design team – working across a range of disciplines like furniture, lighting and jewellery –

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Timber-clad painting studio by Open Kaart wraps around an old brick shed

June 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch architecture studio Open Kaart has transformed an old shed in the city of Woerden into a painting studio by enveloping the existing brick structure in a larger timber shell. The Rotterdam-based practice was tasked with repurposing a simple shed after completing the renovation of the main house and its garden. The clients wanted a

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Geoffrey von Oeyen designs jagged-roof office addition for Malibu home

June 26, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American designer Geoffrey von Oeyen has created a home office in southern California that features wooden exterior walls and a highly abstracted sawtooth roof. The project, called Case Room, entailed creating a home office for a pair of attorneys living in a two-storey, late-1980s dwelling in the beach city of Malibu. The couple wanted a

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Minimal photography studio in Montreal has plenty of children’s play spaces

June 16, 2018 James Brillon 0

A padded playroom for children features in this photography studio in Montreal, designed by local practice Alain Carle Architecte to look more like a minimal home than a workplace. Studio Bluecerigo is located on the first floor of a mixed-use building in the Mile End neighbourhood, an area of the city known for its art scene,

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Kanye West’s stripped-back Yeezy Studio is based on brutalist aesthetics

June 6, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Kanye West’s Yeezy design brand has moved into a new studio in Calabasas, California, which local designer Willo Perron has given a bare aesthetic celebrating “utilitarianism and brutalism”. Yeezy Studio comprises design studios, prototyping and sampling spaces, and fabric resource libraries for the rapper’s fashion label Yeezy. There is also a music studio, a library,

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Ryuji Kajino converts simple shed into studio for flower craft

June 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Ryuji Kajino converted an 80-year-old barn in Kurashiki, Japan, to create Tiny Atelier, a studio for a designer who makes accessories from dried flowers. The small building is located on a hillside site that also contains the owner’s house and a warehouse, which faces out over a valley towards Japan’s Seto Inland Sea. Kajino’s studio

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Trout Lake Residence by Olson Kundig opens onto Washington landscape

May 26, 2018 James Brillon 0

Massive bi-folding doors allow this artist’s retreat in Washington by architecture firm Olson Kundig to open to the outdoors and accommodate large pieces of art. Situated in the rural area of Trout Lake, the compound is made up of four buildings arranged in two clusters. The clients, an artist couple, wanted studio spaces that would

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Jeff Svitak builds blackened Redwood House with private studio for himself in Southern California

May 25, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

American architect Jeff Svitak has designed a house for himself nestled into a hillside in San Diego, complete with various outdoor spaces and an office for his practice. Spanning three storeys and clad in blackened wood, Redwood House has a varied construction comprising cuboid volumes and outdoor walkways.   The house measures 2,000 square feet (186

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