February 2019 - Page 25 of 125

Projecting windows “distort the facades” of Portuguese care home

February 23, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0

Elderly Care Centre by Nuno Piedade Alexandre

Nuno Piedade Alexandre has completed a black extension to an elderly care centre in the Portuguese municipality of Ponte de Sor, which is covered with protruding windows. Nuno Piedade Alexandre, a studio based in the nearby city of Santarém, created the building as additional accommodation for the Santa Casa da Misericórdia’s Elderly Care Centre in the

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What to Know Before Selecting Your Home’s Roofing Material (12 photos)

February 23, 2019 Matt Clawson 0

The right roof material can do more than simply keep you dry and protect your home. It is the icing on the cake, and can augment, or even define, the style of your home. Today we summarize your home roof material options, providing an overview of a su…

AD Classics: AD Classics: The Kreuzberg Tower / John Hejduk

February 23, 2019 Sofia Balters 0

In April of 2010 the architecture community gathered to protect one of the many at risk postmodern buildings of the 1980s.

London Development to Offer First Dedicated Drone Port in the UK

February 23, 2019 Dima Stouhi 0

We have seen rooftop helipads, restaurants, pools, and even gardens, but soon rooftops will be catering to a new service: drone delivery. Maida Vale’s Lyons Place, a residential complex designed by architect Sir Terry Farrell, will be the first in the UK to implement rooftop ‘vertiports’, encouraging drone delivery services.

net zero singapore school integrates sustainable methods with tropical vernacular

February 23, 2019 kat barandy I designboom 0

the serie + multiply architects NUS school of design and environment is the first net zero building of its kind to open in singapore.
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Villa Stjerneveien / Lie Øyen arkitekter

February 23, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The villa is situated on the hillside surrounding Oslo, on the top of Vettakollen, with a great view over the city and the fjord. The project is a total reconstruction of a house from the 1950s, and is one of the first projects realized by the office.

Illustrations of Sacred Spaces Around the World by André Chiote

February 23, 2019 Romullo Baratto 0

Architecture can be understood through many prisms but is often seen solely as the response to material demands – housing, leisure, commerce, etc. But perhaps no space is more emotionally and symbolically loaded than that of sacred spaces. Designing spaces for worship (religious or otherwise) can be one of the most creative and liberating tasks of this profession. These spaces transcend the terrestrial plane of mere material to become part of a universe of subjectivity and faith.

Fabio Fantolino creates coordinated apartments for mother and son in Turin

February 23, 2019 Ali Morris 0

Interiors of Casa Lagrange, designed by Fabio Fantolino

Italian architect Fabio Fantolino has divided up the fourth and fifth floors of a residential building in Turin city centre to create two apartments for a mother and her son. Located in a five-storey building that dates back to the 1600s, Casa Lagrange is owned by a mother and son who wanted to live in the same building but also have

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winery by roomoo and lucas chirnside features a flexible façade

February 23, 2019 macnadusa 0

roomoo and lucas chirnside have been challenged to design one of the city’s most instantly recognizable bistros for wine in xintiandi, shanghai. the dining area is located in the middle of the space between the wine library and the bar. while the bartender serves wine glasses at the bar, one can observe waiters, climbing ladders […]

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House R / B-bis architecten

February 23, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

This bungalow is hidden on a ridge deep in the Ardennes. The total renovation livens up this holiday house. At the outside, the walls were insulated again and given a new wooden front coping.