Urban living

Discover how to create an industrial living room with exposed structures, neutral colors, and practical furniture.

This is the future of semi-urban living. Danish studio EFFEKT has envisioned a self-sustaining, off-grid village of greenhouse properties that produces their own electricity.

Amidst steel-clad skyscrapers and the incessant hum of urban life, a different kind of architectural revolution is unfurling—biophilic design. This approach, rooted in the essence of nature, is not just a trend but a profound shift towards creating environments that actively benefit our health and w

Jun 25, 2019 - The end of the year brings a chance to retreat, relax and reflect - and we embrace this state fully in our latest issue of est magazine. Issue 31 is a celebration of spaces to bring balance; from a home overhauled to bring more alignment with its natural surroundings to a family home turned weekend getaway, these are p…

““When I’m in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I’m in a movie” New York , United States 🇺🇸 @nycgo #travel #art”

Feeling like your tiny outdoor space is more of a glorified fire escape than a potential paradise? We feel you. That little patch of fresh air can sometimes feel more like an afterthought than an

We've teamed up with EFFEKT Architects to create The Urban Village Project—a vision for how to design, build and share our future homes, cities and neighbourhoods. A new way of living together The…

Wild Concrete is a photographic series of Romain Jacquet-Lagreze that has been published as a photo book in May 2014. It is a series about the resilience of nature in an urban environment. Focusing solely on the phenomena of trees sprouting from residential buildings in the busy districts of Hong Kong, Wild Concrete compares the living conditions between plants and humans both growing in a harsh surroundings. In this series the trees share the same exceptional qualities as their human…

Belmar Apartments — Koning Eizenberg Architecture