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Designboom speaks to architect marcio kogan about studio MK27's first monographic volume released by rizzoli.

Offering treetop views of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Canopy House is a holiday home by Studio MK27 that is not only open plan, but open to the elements

The Australian Institute of Architects’ Country NSW Division Architecture Awards for 2024 has seen a transformative Southern Highlands project bestowed with the highest honour.

Brisbane’s distinct natural environment is echoed by its built. The city, soon to be the subject of immense urban development (the 2032 Summer Olympics, of course), has recently seen a suite of legislative changes to craft a biophilic, wellbeing-centric metropolitan centre.

Powell and Glenn has completed the concrete Canopy House in Melbourne, which is designed to create the feeling of "floating amongst the tree canopies".

Canopy House is a concrete Melbourne home engulfed in greenery by architecture studio Powell & Glenn

Bounded by structured roofs, raw brick walls and wooden egg-crate louvres that offer natural light and indoor-outdoor living, the homes designed by local firm MJ Kanny Architect appear to be a synthesis of two elements — tropical and contemporary. “The one thing that binds these together is that our design has always been from a tropical perspective. As most of our work in Malaysia focuses on creating buildings that take advantage of their tropical surroundings, it quite often leads to a bu...