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  • Nikki Alagha's Arc Mirror conceals secret storage space

    Nikki Alagha is introducing a circular mirror that doubles as storage as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More

    Lizzie Crook | 28 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • David Adjaye renovates Mole House undermined by illegal secret tunnels

    A derelict house in London that had tunnels dug under it by the infamous Mole Man has been restored and adapted by architect David Adjaye for the artist Sue Webster. More

    India Block | 4 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Reading nook and a hidden room added in London house extension

    Architecture practice Thomas-McBrien extended a London house, adding a oak-lined reading nook and a utility room hidden behind a secret door along with a kitchen and dining space. More

    Jon Astbury | 3 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Heliotrope Architects creates secret room inside Seattle’s Cortina restaurant

    Local studio Heliotrope Architects has designed an upscale Italian eatery in downtown Seattle with clean lines, various tones of wood and a secret room tucked behind a one-way mirror. More

    Jenna McKnight | 13 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Archismith creates secret garden within The Glass Fortress

    Bangkok architecture studio Archismith has built a garden enclosed by 20,000 glass bricks as part of a sales office for a residential development in Bangkok, Thailand. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 30 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Timber walls disguise secret spaces within tiny Pavilion House in Portugal

    Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs and Diogo Aguiar Studio have hidden a bathroom, bed and kitchen within the walls of this timber-clad holiday home in Guimarães, Portugal. More

    Lizzie Crook | 15 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Secret rooms are accessed through a bath tub in G House by Gon Architects

    A bright blue wall and a giant window-side bath tub feature in this converted attic apartment by Gon Architects, in the Conde Duque district of Madrid. More

    Ali Morris | 11 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • The Hidden Pearl is a tiny bar tucked behind a Brooklyn ramen shop

    A swinging door at the back of a ramen restaurant in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighbourhood reveals a tiny Japanese-style speakeasy, designed by architect Arnold Cheung. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 4 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • New York's Patent acts as cafe by day and speakeasy by night

    A light-toned coffee and pastry shop in Manhattan's NoMad district provides a front for a secret subterranean bar behind, both with interiors by Carpenter + Mason. More

    Dan Howarth | 6 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Fernando Abellanas hangs secret studio under a bridge in Valencia

    Self-taught designer Fernando Abellanas has installed a covert studio beneath a graffiti-covered bridge in the Spanish city of Valencia, making use of the concrete infrastructure to form a roof and walls for the hideaway. More

    Jessica Mairs | 18 August 2017 | 30 comments
  • IFUB transforms former chocolate factory into office with secret storage

    Munich architecture firm IFUB has converted the ground floor of a Berlin factory into an open-plan office with a wall of hidden cupboards and rooms (+ slideshow). More

    Emma Tucker | 26 August 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Studio Seilern hides secret library at the heart of converted English barn

    A book-lined room is concealed behind secret doors in this 17th-century barn conversion carried out by Studio Seilern Architects at an estate in Oxfordshire, England (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 3 July 2016 | 1 comment
  • Distorting mirrors frame a secret garden in Santiago's Parque Araucano

    Chilean architects Guillermo Hevia García and Nicolás Urzúa have created a concealed garden fenced in by distorting mirrors for the Santiago edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ movie). More

    Amy Frearson | 5 May 2016 | 1 comment
  • NC Design & Architecture hides Hong Kong restaurant behind grocery stall

    A facade resembling a Thai grocery stall disguises this restaurant in Hong Kong, which local firm NC Design & Architecture designed to look like a film set (+ slideshow). More

    Alice Morby | 17 February 2016 | 3 comments
  • Fluid:Architecture conceals treatment rooms behind secret doors inside Serbian clinic

    Strips of LED lights designed to look like laser beams mark the pathways inside this clinic in Serbia, recently completed by local firm Fluid:Architecture (+ slideshow). More

    Alice Morby | 29 January 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Studio apartment in Paris by Anne Rolland Architecte has a hidden converted slurry pit

    Anne Rolland Architecte has transformed a ground-floor space in a 17th-century Parisian townhouse into a studio apartment with a secret underground room. More

    Alice Morby | 8 January 2016 | 8 comments
  • Foxglove speakeasy by NC Design & Architecture is hidden behind an umbrella shop

    This Hong Kong speakeasy by NC Design & Architecture is disguised as an umbrella shop, and is accessed via a secret doorway towards the back of the boutique (+ slideshow). More

    Alice Morby | 6 January 2016 | 4 comments
  • Hampstead loft conversion by Alexander Martin features "a new twist on the hidden library door"

    A bookshelf slides back to reveal a secret study inside this loft, renovated by architect Alexander Martin for an Arts and Crafts-style house in London's Hampstead. More

    Amy Frearson | 21 June 2015 | 1 comment
  • Day-in-the-life movie follows the resident of an apartment with moving walls and secret furniture

    The resident of a compact apartment in Madrid demonstrates how she can rearrange walls and pull furniture out of the ceiling in this movie by photographer and filmmaker Miguel de Guzmán. More

    Amy Frearson | 12 January 2014 | 17 comments

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Tom Kundig designs Truckee home with metal "treehouse" for Faulkner Architects founder

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Studio Other Spaces creates colourful conical glass pavilion for Californian winery

Image of the interior of the glass pavilion
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