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• Property Developers & City Councils Fail To Build Iconic Buildings April 1, 2012
  Over the past seven years, at our creative agency, Access, we have worked with a number of residential and commercial property developers from Abu Dhabi to Sydney, helping them with development and strategy. Yet we see so often the sad sight of yet another mediocre building going up. We see city councils approving mediocre design and we see cities looking ug […]
• Inverted Warehouse Townhouse - New York December 9, 2011
  Much architectural jargon has been lavished on this Tribeca warehouse loft renovation but we just like the look of the cool, dynamic, elongated space. This is not exactly a cozy home but its brutalist strength fits an old Manhattan warehouse well. The Inverted Warehouse Townhouse has received numerous U.S. awards. It is the creation of Dean-Wolf Architects o […]
• Itiquira House - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 8, 2011
  Aaaahhhhhh… Relaxing and breathing deeply. It may not come as a surprise to anyone that this would be our reaction this exquisitely refurbished residence, located in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most exclusive neighborhoods. It has so many of the features we love. The structure seems to belong to the site. The indoor spaces connect with the outdoors, and the subt […]
• Villa Veth - Hattem, Netherlands November 3, 2011
  Villa Veth is a modern, customized villa, a private residence for a family of four. It is situated on a large parcel of land by a forest near the idyllic town of Hattem in the eastern part of the Netherlands.   The house itself and the mostly customized furnishings were designed by Liong Lie of the Rotterdam-based 123DV.   Although the structure from some an […]