Month: February 2019

Curled aluminium ribs envelope Xiqu Centre Chinese opera house in Hong Kong

February 6, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Xiqu Centre by Revery Architecture

Canadian studio Revery Architecture has completed an opera house in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, which is covered in curved aluminium slats arranged in wavy patterns. Revery Architecture designed the Xiqu Centre in collaboration with local firm Ronald Lu & Partners. It is located in the Kowloon neighbourhood in Hong Kong. The eight-storey musical complex is the latest

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MoMA to close during summer 2019 to complete expansion work

February 6, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Exterior view of The Museum of Modern Art on 53rd Street

New York’s Museum of Modern Art will close over the summer in order to complete its Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed overhaul, then fully re-open four months later. The museum’s galleries will close 15 June 2019, and open again on 21 October 2019 once the refurbishment is finished, MoMA revealed yesterday. The summer closure will accommodate the

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Two Hói’s House / 85 Design

February 6, 2019 Rayen Sagredo 0

This is the most fascinated project up to this point in my life. There was two middle aged couples came to me for advising and designing a duplex, which will be a home for their two families. They are friends of each other, and they are so close that they want to spend the rest of their life together. Therefore, they decided to they decided to buy a piece of land, build a house on top where they could share the ups and downs in life.

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Kew Villa / McManus Lew Architects

February 6, 2019 Martita Vial 0

Kew Villa is a transformation of a single bedroom villa unit into a light-filled, three bedroom dwelling, accommodating the growing needs of a young family. Located at the rear of a group of 10 villa units, it boasts a lot of the features of much more substantial home and demonstrates that comfortable and private family living can be achieved in unexpected places.   

Klopf Architecture updates mid-century Eichler home in Silicon Valley

February 6, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
Palo Alto Eichler Remodel by Klopf Architecture

American studio Klopf Architecture has overhauled a low-slung, plywood-clad home in northern California, which was built by visionary developer Joseph Eichler following the second world war. The project, called the Palo Alto Eichler Remodel, entailed updating a four-bedroom residence in the Silicon Valley town of Palo Alto. It is believed the single-storey dwelling was constructed

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arbol design connects two family houses in tokyo with bauhaus-inspired garage

February 6, 2019 macnadusa 0

the new houses by arbol design are located in nerima-ku, tokyo, a little away at the end of a crowded shopping street. interested in design, the client inspired the architects with vintage-style images of american west coast and a sophisticated atmosphere of bauhaus in germany. with this background, the plan of the houses with a compact garage for […]

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Drone footage shows Camp Adventure observation tower nearing completion in Denmark

February 6, 2019 Fiona Hartley 0

Our new captioned movie shows the 45-metre tall spiralling tower, designed by EFFEKT, as construction nears completion atop the forest canopy of Haslev, Denmark. The 900-metre long twisting tower forms part of Camp Adventure, a sprawling treetop walkway that allows visitors to submerge themselves in the surrounding woodland, whilst also offering panoramic views out across the

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