SISKA LYSSENS

Dark and glossy wenge wood floors ground the living spaces. In the living room, a travertine fireplace is flanked by a hidden bar, its rounded door panelled with corrugated walnut. A metal ‘Yin Yang’ coffee table by Willy Rizzo from 1970 satisfies the eye with more curves.

Dark and glossy wenge wood floors ground the living spaces. In the living room, a travertine fireplace is flanked by a hidden bar, its rounded door panelled with corrugated walnut. A metal ‘Yin Yang’ coffee table by Willy Rizzo from 1970 satisfies the eye with more curves.

Halfway down Malibu Road, a small but perfectly formed architectural jewel had been hiding in plain sight for years. The modernist beach house, built in 1957, and designed by revered modernist architect Craig Ellwood, is both intensely private and outward-looking.

Halls of Perception

Utile designs the expansion of Autodesk Boston’s flagship Meeting and Event Center.

Halls of Perception

Utile designs the expansion of Autodesk Boston’s flagship Meeting and Event Center.

Halls of Perception

Utile designs the expansion of Autodesk Boston’s flagship Meeting and Event Center.

Halls of Perception

Utile designs the expansion of Autodesk Boston’s flagship Meeting and Event Center.

Halls of Perception

Utile designs the expansion of Autodesk Boston’s flagship Meeting and Event Center.

Halls of Perception

Utile designs the expansion of Autodesk Boston’s flagship Meeting and Event Center.

Rand Elliott’s Oklahoma Contemporary draws on the region’s light and sky.

Clad in an innovative and multi-functional recycled aluminum skin and enhanced by unusually angled volumes and interior galleries, the new Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center by Rand Elliott Architects completes.

Traditional and modern are in perfect balance at Roger Ferris’ Grove House

A cluster of minimalist structures in rural Bridgehampton makes up Grove House, a tailor-made, harmonious and modern family home by Connecticut-based architecture firm Roger Ferris + Partners

A mish-mash of buildings, in one of the last pockets of Old Austin, has been transformed into The Carpenter Hotel by local and New York-based architecture firm Specht Architects.

Newly completed 565 Broome by Renzo Piano is SoHo’s tallest residential building

Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s latest residential tower in New York may be SoHo’s tallest, but it remains refined and understated thanks to the Italian architect’s masterful design.

A perfectly balanced Low Countries home by Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen.

A perfectly balanced Low Countries home by Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen.

A perfectly balanced Low Countries home by Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen.

Inside Kanaal: Axel Vervoordt’s new ‘city’ outside Antwerp

New York’s architecture film festival kicks off with an ode to Bauhaus visionary Moholy-Nagy.

The five-day Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to New York City for its 11th edition, bringing its design-focused lens to the silver screen.

Malin + Goetz have always asked us for simple responses,” principal Andrew Bernheimer explained of the brand’s new San Francisco outpost.

In memoriam: Juliaan Lampens (1926-2019)

At the age of 93, Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens, a masterful builder in concrete, wood and glass, has passed away in Ghent.

A series of villas in Cabo Verde synergise local craft and contemporary design

On the island of São Vicente, near the former colonial capital of Mindelo, another tour de force of creation is taking place – this time of architectural proportions.

My interview and feature with the fascinating Belgian architect Constantin Brodzki, creator of the fantastic modernist CBR building in Brussels that houses Belgian capital's first Fosbury & Sons outpost.

Marmol Radziner sprinkles SoCal style onto Brooklyn high rise Quay Tower

Abutting Brooklyn Bridge Park, the 30-storey Quay Tower offers unrivalled family-friendly spaces and sweeping views on the East River that encompass the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.

KAAN Architecten’s Belgian crematorium encourages introspection

With the completion of Crematorium Siesegem, a project led by Vincent Panhuysen, KAAN Architecten can count another thoughtful structure as part of their portfolio.

Life work: Glenn Sestig brings balance to the home of Luc Tuymans and Carla Arocha

Life work: Glenn Sestig brings balance to the home of Luc Tuymans and Carla Arocha

Life work: Glenn Sestig brings balance to the home of Luc Tuymans and Carla Arocha

The designer's ranch in Santa Fe, designed by Tadao Ando, wins the Loves Vote for Siska Lyssens

Lease on life: a renovation revitalises Richard Neutra’s Josef Kun House #1

Located between West Hollywood and Laurel Canyon, just around the corner from the legendary Chateau Marmont, Richard Neutra’s Josef Kun House #1 is one of the modernist architect’s iconic landmarks in Los Angeles. 

Celebrating the old: La Boverie breathes new life to Liège’s Fine Arts Museum