Architecture

An IKEA desk and SKI wooden provide working accommodations in the study, overlooking the main living space.

If they can’t leave a used bookstore without copping at least three paperbacks at $1 apiece, we’ve got a gift for them.

Studio Adjective's new residential project for a lovely couple with a new born child at Dragon's Range, Hong Kong. With a spectacular view of natural greens, we hope to blend in the interior naturally with it and extend the natural lights further into the apartment. The corridor, bedrooms and foyer are rearranged to enhance the flow of space. www.adj.com.hk @studioadjective

A view of the home by night, beneath the clear and starry desert sky.

By day, the home's rectilinear windows cast an artful composition of linear shadow and light.

A series of narrow, vertical window openings punctuate the thick-walled facade of the structure, which is optimized for passive solar gains (left). A consistent application of surface materials throughout the interior and courtyard bridge the connection between indoors and out (right).

Openstudio worked with local builders, using a palette of regional materials: patterned brick, white ceramic tiles, and roughcast lime-washed plaster.

Soaring ceilings and a fireplace mark the home's main living area.

London-based firm Openstudio Architects designed a retreat on the outskirts of Prince Albert, a town that sits near a pass of the Swartberg mountain range in South Africa.

The bean–shaped pool and small grassy area gives you the chance to enjoy the Southern California climate year-round.

The house has four bedrooms and two updated bathrooms. Nothing is far from the outdoor living spaces.

The kitchen is spacious and includes plenty of counter space to cook and entertain. Throughout the house, original radiant floor heating is still operable to this day. The surface has been updated with newer VCT flooring.