Sam House Marks a Decade of Illuminating Egypt’s Contemporary Design Culture Sam House’s latest installation pushes...
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Home of Legends: Kadangotu House
A climate-responsive retreat rooted in ancestral memory and vernacular intelligence Kadangotu House was born from a...
Lighting Collection by Mostafa Arvandbarmchi
Industrial designer Mostafa Arvandbarmchi presents a series of contemporary lighting collections that explore the...
Villa Attouta: A Contemporary Tribute to Old Maadi’s Heritage
Nina June reimagines a historic neighborhood through a refined blend of culture, craft, and modern design. Villa...
Terminal Kadıköy
An urban viaduct becomes a civic spine in Istanbul’s Anatolian cultural hub In Kadıköy, on the Anatolian side of...
SKYHAVEN Residence | An Arc of Architecture Carved into the Batroun Hillside
Perched above a lush valley in Batroun, SKYHAVEN Residence by BLANKPAGE Architects is a sculptural dual-home retreat that blurs the lines between architecture and landscape. With panoramic views, floating terraces, and meditative spaces, it embraces the topography to create a serene, self-sustained sanctuary in nature.
Zathera Villa | An Architectural Dialogue Between Light, Earth, and Eternity
Zathera Villa is a sculptural retreat nestled in the Ionian landscape—where minimalism meets memory, and architecture becomes a poetic extension of nature. Centered around a 300-year-old olive tree, the villa celebrates stillness, material truth, and a timeless connection between land, light, and living.
The Vishesh House | Where function meets flair in every spice-filled space
The Vishesh House blends brand identity with spatial elegance for Vishesh Masala in Surat. Rooted in Vaastu, and defined by natural materials, light, and clean geometry, it transforms commercial design into a sensorial brand narrative. A space where function meets flair in every square foot.
Urban Tropical Oasis
Nakkash Design Studio dreams up a tropical modernist haven in Dubai’s Meadows
Designer architecture in the landscape of the Aosta Valley: from Casa Capriata to the Carlo Mollino Shelter
A versatile figure in the architectural culture of the last century, but above all a passionate and frequent visitor...
Lights that measure space
In Paris’ Bourse de Commerce, the Pinault Collection’s new contemporary art museum, the lighting design curated by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec is a project within the project
A retreat in balance between tradition and modernity: the Hishiya hotel in Fukuchiyama
On the Yura River, in Japan, stands the second oldest city in Kyoto prefecture, Fukuchiyama. It flourished at the turn of the 16th century around the homonymous castle, built in the Warring-States period by General Akechi Mitsuhide.
House in Rua do Paraíso: a serious game of shapes and colors
Located in Porto, Portugal, the House in Rua do Paraíso by Fala atelier is a proper manifesto of the architectural firm of Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja
INDEX 2021 | The world-renowned interior design exhibition is back
The 30th edition of INDEX is coming. COMPASSES will be media partner of the event which from the Middle East connects the interior design community worldwide.
EcoHouse. Designing green, living green
EcoHouse is an innovative housing building obtained through the addition, renewal and energetic retrofit of an existing building
The Brucoli Lighthouse: a new beacon on the Mediterranean Architecture
Also this year Compasses participated as media partner in the PIDA Award – Ischia International Architecture Award –, organized by the homonym association in collaboration with the Order of Architects, Planners and Preservers of Naples
Nothing but Art: Index Tower Penthouse
Usually common people choose art pieces according to its colours, style and whether or not it matches their cozy sofa, but what happens when you put together an art expert and art-sensitive architects? The result is something special and unique, between a home and an art gallery.
Mexican minimalism: the Camino Real Hotel Polanco by Ricardo Legorreta
After half a century of operation, the Camino Real Polanco Hotel in Mexico City is still a dense and stimulating architecture. In July 1968, the hotel, designed by the Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, opened its doors. It was the first project executed by the architect for the Camino Real Hotel chain, which also includes the buildings of Ciudad Juárez (1966), Cancun (1975) and Ixtapa (1981). For the realization of the Mexico City hotel, Legorreta counted on the advice of the architect Luis Barragán, the artist Mathias Goeritz and on the collaboration of other professionals.
Tirana Vertical Forest:
Conquering the Landscape
Buried in concrete and in eternal transformation, the capital of Albania – that after the administrative reform of 2015 has become one of the largest cities in Europe – is a combination of poverty and luxury, desolation and beauty.
The Tomb of Rafiq Hariri in Beirut:
The Void Option
On February 14th, 2005, Rafiq Hariri, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, was murdered in an attack in a time of tensions with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The Lebanese people, deeply divided, forgot their disagreements during such tragic event.
A hybrid dream: the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge on the Bosphorus
Something new has appeared in the fascinating landscape of the Bosphorus Strait. Slender, soaring while at the same...