Casa Malonic: Between Shelter and Landscape
On Mexico’s Pacific coast, HW Studio's Casa Malonic responds to a landscape of tropical vegetation and expansive sea views. Through curved concrete walls, a circular courtyard and carefully framed openings, the house moves gradually from enclosure to openness, allowing architecture and nature to exist in close relationship.
ACID P-Berg: Chestnut Against Raw Concrete
Madrid-based Plantea Estudio approaches each project through the character of the place it belongs to, which is why their two Berlin cafés for ACID look nothing alike. The first ACID café designed by the studio opened in Mitte, and the second is this one, on a corner in Prenzlauer Berg. Asked about the difference, the studio described them as two different Berliners, and the one they imagined here is modern, culturally sophisticated and drawn to Japanese culture.