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This week: Harley Weir, Buchner Bründler, ZURIGA, Justine Kurland, Espacio 18, Container Design, Æon at KRUPA
Before we dive in, we'd like to share some recent updates at Thisispaper+.
① New Edition Released: Explore our latest edition Casa Mexicana—curated Mexico’s contemporary homes that rewriting the rules of how—and where—we live.
② New locations: We’ve expanded our guides with fresh additions to London, Seoul and Basel (coming) Guides + Casa Mexicana and Jutaku Edition.
In transforming a utilitarian champagne warehouse on Basel's periphery into a cathedral for contemporary art, Buchner Bründler Architekten have sidestepped the easy gesture of erasure.
Original Story: ZURIGA is what entrepreneurship looks like when rooted in values, not scale—building espresso machines from the ground up, one detail at a time.
Casa Tobi, the latest residential project by Espacio 18, stands like a silent gesture etched into the coastal cliffs of Puerto Escondido in Mexico.
Curated Edition: Casa Mexicana
Celebrating homes that defy borders—between inside and out, past and present, earth and idea. Casa Mexicana is a vibrant dossier of domestic spaces where architecture becomes both shelter and statement.
In The Garden, now showing at Hannah Barry Gallery in London, Harley Weir transforms personal memory, tactile experimentation and feminist longing into a radically intimate visual terrain.
Justine Kurland’s Girl Pictures captures teenage girls staging their own myths—blurring the line between freedom, rebellion, and collective imagination in the American margins.
Tucked within the vaulted quiet of KRUPA in London, Æon stages an encounter with the non-human vastness of time.
Thisispaper Guide to London
In a city where the past meets the future, London’s art, design, and architecture are in perpetual evolution. This guide takes you on a curated journey through the metropolis, spotlighting the most innovative spaces and creative minds redefining the urban experience.
Container Design crafts a courtyard home in Yamaguchi, Japan that bridges family generations through architectural empathy and spatial continuity along a once-unguarded roadside plot.
