Trial Without Error
Hernán Cortes
The architect Hernán Cortés has begun to take on his own renovation projects where he manages all their different stages: from the acquisition of a space to its complete refurbishment.
Taking in the View
Introducing Issue Nº16
In this issue of Openhouse, “view” seems to appear over and over: 10AM Lofts scan a multi-millennial horizon, while Fondation Maeght’s view is closely focused through the lens of objects.
A Hymn to Freedom
Weekend Max Mara
In this house, which played host to huge concerts in the 50s, 60s and 70s, today you can hear only birdsong.
Huis Sonneveld
More Than a Machine to Live In
Sonneveld built it in accordance with Le Corbusier's statement 'A house is a machine to live in', a style that considered ornamentation to be 'criminal'.
In the Mood for Cask
Expormim & Norm Architects
Norm Architects wanted to strengthen the iconic presence of each piece so they together will stand as one collection but would be also free as singular icons.
Une folie entre deux
SHON MOTT
The Mediterranean sea, the greenish blue hues born from the dialogue of colour between the water and the sky, its misty humidity and northern wind, are part of the creative journey of SHON MOTT.
Casa de Vidro
The house of Brazil’s “civilizing architect” Lina Bo Bardi
It makes it difficult to imagine that when architect Lina Bo Bardi bought this piece of land back in 1950, it was then a shaved ground lot from a tea estate, free of any type of tree or construction for miles around and without access to water, gas or electricity networks.
Visiting the Louise Amstrong House Museum
January 18, 2021
The empty rooms are quietly composed; still, soundless. In the elegant living room, modernist geometries of furnishings. Luxuriously silver-threaded draperies organize proportions of gracious repose.
