Stepped gardens wrap Feldman Architecture’s renovated Twin Peaks Residence

April 2, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
Twin Peaks Residence by Feldman Architects

Tiered gardens, a plunge pool and a triangular loft are among the features that US studio Feldman Architecture has included in the overhaul of a 1960s house in San Francisco. The 2,9955-square-foot (278-square-metre) residence is nestled into a sloped site in San Francisco’s Twin Peaks neighbourhood. The project involved the remodel of a wood-clad house designed

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Valentina House / Vrtical

April 2, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Casa Valentina is an unusual housing prototype for Mrs. Valentina and her family, as part of the reconstruction of Ocuilan post-earthquake of September 2017, sponsored by PienZa Sostenible, Love Army and Échale a tu Casa. The project is unusual because it is the first social housing project that we have been able to develop for a particular family.

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Archibnb Draws Architectural Floor Plans for Your Airbnb Listings

April 2, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Drawing service Archibnb has begun creating architectural floor plans for Airbnb listings. Trading in rough sketches for professional plans, the team aims to make Airbnb listings more competitive by providing additional clarity on room privacy, layout and amenities. Hosts create a sketch and include any photos or information on the listing, and within three working days the final plan is delivered for $49.00 per property.

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Duplex Batataes / Atelier Branco Arquitetura

April 2, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Located in the neighbourhood of Jardins, São Paulo (BR), this brand new apartment was handled to the client completely empty and with no infrastructure by the real estate developer. A double height space of 35 sqm floor plan was the only and great quality asset given. It was required to Atelier Branco in 2016 to design a fully functional apartment for a single person use. So the main creation was the mezzanine, that would give enough area to have a bedroom and study room together with a living and dining rooms, altogether in a fluid space and a continuous circulation.

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JR extends IM Pei’s Louvre pyramid with optical illusion to celebrate its 30th anniversary

April 2, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The Secret of the Great Pyramid by JR at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France

Artist JR has created a giant 3D optical illusion from paper that imagines the iconic pyramid at the Louvre in Paris continuing underground. Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, the trompe l’oeil was made from 2,000 stickers surrounding Pritzker Prize-winning architect IM Pei’s glass building, making it appear to project out from a white excavated crater. At 17,000-square-metres it was French street artist

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Top 10 architecture and design exhibitions: spring 2019

April 2, 2019 Jordi Fairs 0
Exhibitions guide Spring 2019

To continue our quarterly guide to the best architecture and design exhibitions around the world, we’ve chosen 10 of the best to visit. To find out about industry events taking place in April, May and June, such as Milan design week, look at our comprehensive month-by-month guide. Designing Women NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road,

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