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Friday, January 9, 2015, by Rachel B. Doyle


Slundre Hair Salon designed by Cohta Asano in Iwaki, Japan
The Japanese beauty industry is a... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Sunken Floors Hide This Concrete Dwelling from the World












Monday, October 27, 2014, by Spencer Peterson


Photo by Koji Fujii via Design Boom
Upon closer inspection, this seemingly simple 3-story concrete home by Japan’;s Takeshi Hosaka Architects reveals a delightfully expectation-thwarting design. But maybe “reveals” is... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: AMC"s Got Nothing On India"s Rad, Splashy Movie Theaters












Wednesday, October 1, 2014, by Spencer Peterson


Photo by Haubitz-Zoche via Design Boom
Like the Indian houses that inspired the neon insanity that is Memphis, many of India’;s movie theaters are downright phantasmagoric. They really make your average Megaplex seem, well, even... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: These Smurf-Blue Boxes House a Brazilian Alcohol Museum












Monday, September 29, 2014, by Spencer Peterson


Photo via Dezeen
The city of Salinas, Brazil, now has a Smurf-blue museum devoted entirely Cachaça, one of the most popular distilled spirits in Brazil, known as abre-coração (heart-opener), água-benta (holy water), and bafo-de-tigre (t... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Chile"s Bridge House Crosses Right Over a Stream












Thursday, August 21, 2014, by Spencer Peterson


Photo by Nico Saieh via Dezeen
In their telling, Aranguiz-Bunster Arquitectos chose to model this 2010 home on a bridge to “allow the project to be inserted into the forest without dramatically altering the major components of the... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Woodland Hallway House is Ultra Zen and a Tad Impractical












Thursday, August 14, 2014, by Lily di Costanzo


Photo via Dezeen
Formerly famous for building the “longest house in the world” on a hilltop in Thailand, the eccentric Japan-based Shinichi Ogawa & Associates are back to their old tricks with the elongated S Gallery and... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Japan"s "Rain Shelter House" is Like a Village Under a Tarp












Thursday, August 7, 2014, by Spencer Peterson


Photo via Design Boom
Aptly titled Rain Shelter House, this recently completed home by Japan’;s Y+M Design Office is comprised of a handful of gabled boxes organized beneath a canopy of folded steel. Taking the aversion to walls... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Sleek Australian Spread Loses Right to Call Itself a "Farmhouse"












Thursday, June 26, 2014, by Lily di Costanzo


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Ok, so even though this 6,781-square-foot manse finds itself on 26 acres of farmland in the hinterlands of Federal, Australia, the low-slung, all-white compound shares about as few... Learn more »

Read More : Globe Trotting: Enjoy a Rustic Vacation in This Cave-Like Renovated Stable














Photo via Dezeen
At first glance, this modest, abandoned stable certainly doesn’;t look like much of a holiday getaway spot, despite its location on the beautiful—and vacation home-packed— island of Tinos, Greece. Inside, though, Athens-based architect Ioannis Exarchou met... Learn more »