To discover the coolest things on earth, please visit Cool Mosaic. You can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to RSS or newsletter
Contact us
AdvertiseGraphic Adventures in Sao Paulo at Sumare House
Look closely at the Sumare House, designed by Isay Weinfeld Arquitectos, on the east side of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Can you tell who lives inside this 700-square-foot two-story cozy, chic retreat? Someone who loves open spaces, for sure. Both the two levels above ground, as well as the underground staff rooms open up into [...]
‘Slice Glass’ by Vasiliy Butenko Is Never Half Empty
The Slice Glass, created by talented young Ukrainian designer Vasiliy Butenko is the kind of rare gem that simple, clean lines, an innovative concept and industrial design can produce, if used in the right doses. Butenko takes an everyday item, adds no unnecessary frills, keeps the shapes basic, sleek and dynamic and simply adds [...]
Nettleton 195 Rises Proud in Cape Town, S Africa
The Nettleton 195 House, in Cape Town, South Africa, gathers all the best things contemporary architecture has to offer, throws in lots of light, dynamic spaces and clever floor planning, adds a dash of local color via the décor and serves it all up on a silver platter. It is the product of two [...]
Swimmy House by Starpilots Wants to Play!
The Swimmy House, designed by dynamic duo Starpilots (Takenori Miura and Kaori Hirayama) is so quirky, you instantly know it could be located nowhere else but in Tokyo. If you see it on the outside, gleaming white under the rising sun, you are struck by its peculiar air, both local and outstanding at the [...]
Swiss Architects Update Shelter in Alps into Modern Holiday Chalet
Situated at 1,850 meters above sea level, the Mayen a Eison, in Val d’Herens is one hundred per cent Swiss chalet on the outside, while the interiors have been transformed by the thoughtful team of Personeni Raffaele Scharer from an old mountain shelter into a modern safe haven. The architects’ motivation for the project [...]
All Abstract, No Frills in Hollywood Hills: Nakahouse by XTEN Architecture
It’s relatively easy to misinterpret the main tenets of minimalism in interior design. Take space, paint white, add chair – and that seems to be it. For an illustration of the aesthetics that is at once visually resplendent, true to form and as functional as functional can be, check out the Nakahouse, a fabulous [...]
Ganesha-Blessed Simplicity: Dinesh Mills Bungalow, Vadadora, Gujarat
The Dinesh Mills Bungalow, designed by adnD, outside Vadodara, in the State of Gujarat, Western India, is a creature of immense simplicity. Its spine is a driveway, from which the main floor plan extends, with its simple lines, ample windows, impeccable lawn, external staircase, three verandahs and crystal clear pool, closely communicating with the [...]
Hollowed Log Sprouts from High Dune: Cape Schanck House
Improbable, gravity-defying angles span across a cloudless sky – this striking architectural beauty is the Cape Schanck House, built by Jackson Clements Burrows, in Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia. The Melbourne team of architects designed it for a retired family and their children, grandchildren and many other relatives, who frequently come to visit. Nothing extraordinary [...]
Century-Old Residence Walls Tell Tale of Rejuvenation in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv
The essentialized, ascetic residence overlooking the port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv was a project that entailed restoration, modernization and intelligent interior design. This labor of love, undertaken by Pitsou Kedem Architects, aimed to revive a spectacular, 100 square meter home with vaulted arches overlooking the Mediterranean. This is a home apt to [...]
