From contemplation spaces to liveable homes, architect-designed prefabs to collect and keep, courtesy of Wallpaper* and entrepreneur Robbie Antonio.
The very first Wallpaper* House was revealed back in issue 30, designed by Swedish architects Natasha Racki and Håkan Widjedal. Inspired by the sleek simplicity of the American Case Study House programme and set in the modest, secluded beauty of a Swedish archipelago, the design marked the start of our ongoing obsession with the perfect space. Over the next 16 years, we returned again and again to the ideal of the dream house, briefing architects, building prototypes and exhibiting ideas that embodied the Wallpaper* ethos.
Now, we’re finally bringing those visions to life. Revolution is a company casting its net wide among the global architectural community, reeling in designers of all churches in the hope of striking it lucky in the nascent designer-prefab market. Armed with blueprints prepared by some of the world’s most celebrated architects, Revolution aims to reinvent home-buying, presenting private clients and big developers alike with a portfolio of striking residences that fuse low build effort with high design.
Robbie Antonio set up Revolution in 2015. The Philippines-based property entrepreneur learned his craft in the family business, Century Properties, where big brands were spliced with system-built tall towers to create mega-structures that ticked all the boxes for a label-hungry local market. Revolution is rather more down to earth, with an increased emphasis on the importance of good design and diverse contributors from all four corners of the earth. To date, Antonio has secured residential concepts from Marcel Wanders, Marmol Radziner, Tom Dixon and Fernando Romero, among others.
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Guiding Light - Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery
For some of us, family inheritances I tend to be burdensome, taking up space, emotionally and physically, in both our minds and attics. For the London-based designer and architect Joe Armitage, however, a family heirloom has taken him somewhere lighter and brighter, across generations and continents, and into the path of Le Corbusier. This is the story of a lamp designed by Edward Armitage in India 72 years ago, which has today been expanded into a collection of lights by his grandson Joe.
POLE POSITION
A compact Melbourne house with a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentation
URBAN OASIS
At an art-filled Mexico City residence, New York designer Giancarlo Valle has put his own spin on the country's traditional craft heritage
WARM FRONT
Designer Clive Lonstein elevates his carefully curated Manhattan home with rich textures and fabrics
BALCONY SCENE
A Brazilian island hotel offers a unique approach to the alfresco experience
ENSEMBLE CAST
How architect Anne Holtrop is leaving his mark on the Middle East
Survival mode
A new show looks at preparing for a post-apocalyptic landscape (and other catastrophes)
FLASK FORCE
A limited-edition perfume collaboration between two Spanish craft masters says it with flowers
BLOOM SERVICE
A flower-shaped brutalist beauty in Geneva gets a refresh
SECOND NATURE
A remodelled museum in Lisbon, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, meshes Japanese and Portuguese influences to create a space that sits in harmony with its surroundings