Hanamurasaki: How a 125-Year-Old Ryokan Absorbs Contemporary Design
Hanamurasaki renews a 125-year ryokan tradition through phased interiors, low furniture, art and material craft without erasing its rituals.
Author: ArchUp Reviewer
ArchUp Editorial Reviewer delivers critical, balanced, and insightful commentary on architectural articles, enhancing content quality and depth through professional editorial reviews.
Surf Road House: Turning Coastal Elevation Into an Arrival Sequence
Coughlin Scheel Architects expands a Fire Island house that survived Hurricane Sandy, using elevation, cedar screens and layered circulation as design tools.
820 Ebony/Jet: When Workplace Identity Was Built Into Every Floor
Inside Chicago’s former Ebony and Jet headquarters, colour, pattern and circulation formed an eleven-floor workplace identity now preserved through photography.
The Yard Theatre: Making a Temporary Venue Permanent Without Erasing Its Past
Takero Shimazaki Architects expands The Yard Theatre through retained brickwork, a curved 224-seat auditorium and visibly reused materials.
A Glass Kitchen and Curved Cabinetry Reorganise a Turin Apartment
A Turin apartment separates cooking with glass, conceals circulation within curved cabinetry and turns bedroom furniture into technical infrastructure.
Piedra Bay House: Thresholds Between Shade, Pool and Coast
Piedra Bay House uses a protected entrance, planted thresholds and a pool court to organise privacy, shade and movement in an arid Caribbean setting.
The Nora Hotel: Light, Wood and the Shift from Gathering to Retreat
How the Nora Hotel distinguishes social spaces from guest rooms through changing light, timber enclosure and furniture, with shade organising its rooftop.
Nara Prison Hotel: Changing the Rooms, Keeping the Radial Plan
At HOSHINOYA Nara Prison, connected cells become suites while radial wings, circulation and brickwork remain legible. A study of selective architectural adaptation.
Kalbornia House: Colour, Built-In Furniture and Everyday Use
At Kalbornia Lake & Pool House in Poland, patterned floors and built-in furniture connect arrival, dining and bedrooms without making every room the same.
Sfumato Pavilion: A Reflective Skin, an Unchanged Boundary
At ITESO in Guadalajara, a mirrored acrylic skin changes how an existing cube is seen, while its frame, entrance and open-air chamber remain tangible.
Calm Haven House: Levels, Light and the Space Around the Stair
How a planted stair void, raised kitchen and filtered openings organize shared life and retreat inside a house in Can Tho.
HP’s Vancouver Research Building: A Folded Roof for Light and Services
A research building in a former quarry connects its folded timber roof to daylight, service coordination and a carefully qualified record of wood sourcing.
Laois House: Deep Brick Edges Between Family Life and the Trees
A family house in County Laois uses recessed glazing, a service core and projecting garden walls to balance shared life, privacy and the wooded landscape.
Humm New York: Small Dining Territories Beneath a Painted Ceiling
Red partitions, layered lighting and a painted ceiling organize Humm’s tall dining rooms into smaller places to sit.
Lion Green Road: Housing Shaped Around Shared Ground
Five brick-clad blocks accommodate 157 homes at Lion Green Road. A reading of the paths, planted edges and shared ground that connect the development.
CCLM 280: A Weekend House with Two Rhythms of Use
A weekend house separates everyday occupation from guest stays while its stair and covered edges keep the garden in view.
The Lens: Daylight Without an Open View from the Street
The Lens in Montreal separates daylight, outlook and access through curved glass bricks, an open garden elevation and a separate approach to a flexible workspace.
A Clinton Hill Brownstone Reorganized Around Gathering and Retreat
A Clinton Hill brownstone uses a central kitchen table, contrasting shared rooms and retained plasterwork to balance gathering, art and privacy.
Concrete Flakes: A Lasting Frame for a Changing Workplace
Concrete Flakes in Hanoi separates a lasting concrete structure, a patterned metal screen and shared workplace facilities to accommodate everyday use and later change.
Linden House: A Corridor Becomes a Gathering Room
Schemata Architects turns the connection between two existing buildings into a shared room at Linden House, within an Irish forest regeneration project.
Hostafrancs House: When Interior Renovation Begins with the Roof
A Barcelona apartment renovation connects roof repair, spatial continuity and privacy through exposed timber, openings and fitted joinery.
