Shelter

Studio Bua's Converted Barn: The Art of Adaptive Reuse

On the stunning West Coast of Iceland is a unique home unlike any other. This converted barn is a beautiful blend of architecture, art, and family history, created by the talented artist Gudrun Kristjansdottir and her husband Ævar Kristjánsson, a well-known broadcaster. The story of this home begins with a

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Urgent Desires: Paulo Mendes da Rocha

"Architecture is about fulfilling desires, sometimes urgent, and meeting the needs of others, of society." - PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA Lift your spirits this week with It's All a Plan - a beautiful film about the life of Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021), a renowned Brazilian architect. When Mendes da

Rice House

Rice House: Not for the Faint-Hearted

"They were small homes, small cheap houses for people - returned soldiers and their families or whoever that were looking for something perhaps a little more creative." - Doug Evans Rice House is a unique mid-century home designed by Australian architect Kevin Borland that might just take your breath away.

Houses Magazine

Curation by Alexa Kempton, Editor of Houses

It's a pleasure to bring you this distinctly Australian curation by Alexa Kempton, editor of Houses - a magazine that adorned our coffee table long before we dreamed of creating Shelter. A big thank you to Alexa and the team at Houses for this inspirational curation. Camille, Team Shelter A

Mies van der Rohe

A Neglected Chapter: Mies in Krefeld

"How could this happen? Even then, Krefeld was provincial. How did this collaboration happen here with an architect of this calibre?" CHRISTIANE LANGE, ART HISTORIAN Imagine your neighbours laughing with pity because you had the poor taste to be living in a house designed by Mies van der Rohe: "They

the Anahuacalli Museum

Mauricio Rocha: to be Unnoticed, You Need to be Brave

To tell the story of the Anahuacalli Museum and its recent expansion I need to take you back to the 1940s. The City of the Arts Muralist Diego Rivera and iconic painter Frida Kahlo had moved their volatile relationship to Mexico City. They'd packed their suitcases with utopian dreams, such

Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas and the Art of Reinvention

Poverty and hunger were unwelcome companions in the post-war childhood of Pritzker Prize winner Rem Koolhaas, star of this weeks film. Born in Rotterdam, 1944, the aftermath of the second world war left a lasting impression on Koolhaas. "The situation after the war was chaotic, but the tropics were even

The Teopanzolco Cultural Center

Design Can Be Risky

The contemporary vibe of the Teopanzolco Cultural Center in Mexico City brings new life to neighbouring Aztec ruins. "The challenge was producing a dialogue with this archaeological site, without competing with it," reflects Abel Perles, one of the four partners at Productora. Architect Isaac Broid collaborated with Productora to design

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This Kind of Beauty Will Save the World

"I want to tell you a story that I've always liked. Roberto Rossellini (an Italian film director) who filmed in the Pompidou when we were finishing it, he came a lot to film and saw that I was anxious, worried, because I was thinking about how the building would be

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MEXITY: First Look at Our New Original Series

Scarcity. Population density. Disaster recovery. Many of our cities are facing these problems. Meet the Mexican architects building solutions for the City of Tomorrow. Dive into contemporary Mexican design that seeks to build in harmony with pre-Hispanic history. Come on a journey to discover design secrets within the urban fabric

ArchitectureNow

Guest Curation: ArchitectureNow

Jacinda Rogers, editor at ArchitectureNow has put together a creative Kiwi curation for your viewing pleasure this weekend! Architecture Now is an online resource providing insightful coverage of New Zealand architecture. With a passion for sustainable design, Jacinda has a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture as well as extreme writing prowess

rob brown

Five Minutes with Rob Brown

Rob is the founding director of Casey Brown Architecture and (lucky us!) he appears in several films exclusive to Shelter. His practice has won numerous awards including the AIA Lachlan Macquarie and Francis Greenway Award, the Canberra Medallion, the RIBA World Wide Award for Architecture, the Chicago Athenaeum and European

le corbusier

The Le Corbusier Spirit

The most influential architect of the 20th Century has to be Le Corbusier.

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Shelter x Robin Boyd Foundation

"We need better architecture and planning: more imaginatively exciting, more involving, more our own." - ROBIN BOYD

Zaha Hadid

A Planet in Her Own Orbit: Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid unapologetically embraced success in the male-dominated world of architecture and it's thrilling to watch her stride up to the podium and accept the Pritzker Prize in this weeks film: "This is a great honour, and to be honest ..." Zaha half smiles and confidently takes in the room, "It

Dermot Bannon

Irish Architect Dermot Bannon in Room to Improve

Before we soar into the controversial world of Starchitects next week we're exploring the lives of everyday homeowners with Irish architect Dermot Bannon with four seasons of Room to Improve. For many years, every Sunday night, households in Ireland have gathered to watch the latest episode of Room to Improve.

Architectones

Interacting with Lautner, Mies & Neutra

Imagine Richard Neutra, seat reclined all the way back, gazing up at the Californian sky with his wife Dione in the driver's seat, speeding through the busy streets of Los Angeles in a car called a Nash. Apparently, Neutra loved to do this. Isn't it a great image? It's one

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Would You Like a FREE Design Book?

To celebrate the World Premiere of our new series MEXITY we're offering a BONUS design book with every annual membership! If you… * Want one-stop access to brilliant and innovative ideas * Crave authentic and intelligent films * Love visiting inspiring homes and buildings around the world * Care about sustainable design solutions …then

La Cupola

The Mysterious La Cupola

An eerie sense of both the past and the future resides at 𝐋𝐚 𝐂𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚. Designed by architect 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐢 for a famous director and his actress lover in the late 1960s, this architectural wonder was never lived in as intended - with the inhabitants going their separate ways. Unfulfilled dreams fuel the charged atmosphere