kengo kuma transforms japanese nursing home into the WE hotel toya using fabric and wood

May 2, 2019 macnadusa 0

kengo kuma has transformed a nursing home located by the lake toya, in hokkaido, japan, into a boutique hotel. WE hotel toya features locally produced cedar logs on its façade as well as in its interior spaces that contribute to an overall sense of comfort and warmth for the hotel’s guests. all images by kawasumi […]

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Piazza Dell’Ufficio Offices / Branch Studio Architects

May 2, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The Piazza Dell’Ufficio is a re-imagining of the former Caroline Chisholm College`s Executive Administration offices. The spaces are to be primarily used by school hierarchy staff, accounts department, student welfare and cater for various size staff and student meetings. Formally the existing space was a dark rabbit-warren of small disproportional office spaces and a meeting room with very little to no natural light. Highly-inefficient and not susceptible to any form of good or flexible working environment, the mostly blue painted, late 1970`s, broken, cream venetian blind screened block provided little to no humanistic interaction for its users.

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Quetzal Bar / Partisans

May 2, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

After designing Bar Raval, Toronto’s critically acclaimed Spanish pintxo boite, PARTISANS reunited with Chef Grant van Gameren and cocktail wizard Owen Walker for an ambitious sophomore collaboration. Quetzal celebrates and preserves generations-old recipes and cooking techniques from various regions across Mexico in a luminous, vaulted space that pays homage to the country’s traditional mercados. The College Street restaurant is fueled exclusively by a wood-burning fire and promises to redefine how Mexican food is prepared and experienced in Canada.

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The ‘Freebooter’ Building Has A Louvered Wood Facade

May 2, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Francisco Nogueira (left and bottom right) and Michael Sieber (top right)   Amsterdam-based studio GG-loop has recently completed ‘Freebooter‘, a new pre-fabricated building that houses two separate residences, and features a parametric louvered facade. The building design takes its cue from Dutch maritime history, specifically Freebooters, which are historical figures who assembled freelance sailing […]

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The ‘Freebooter’ Building Has A Louvered Wood Facade

May 2, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Francisco Nogueira (left and bottom right) and Michael Sieber (top right)   Amsterdam-based studio GG-loop has recently completed ‘Freebooter‘, a new pre-fabricated building that houses two separate residences, and features a parametric louvered facade. The building design takes its cue from Dutch maritime history, specifically Freebooters, which are historical figures who assembled freelance sailing […]

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La Garita House / Arkosis

May 2, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

A young couple faced with the decision to buy an apartment in the areas close to their work, that would have cost them twice as much for a third of the size of this house, were drawn towards the solution of living a little further away and being linked to the smaller population centres of La Garita and Atenas instead. This location puts in relevance the constructive traditions of these old towns and their strong relationship with their rural and natural borders. In this sense, the house is considered an extension of the shade of the trees that border the ravine, which also defines the limit of the terrain. Stones, reeds and a small bridge are used as well, associated with the bodies of water of the location.

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Three Modern Apartment Interiors Under 40 Square Meters (With Layouts)

May 2, 2019 HD Staff 0

Welcome to the compact world of modern apartment interiors that measure under 40 square metres. In this trio of small home designs we explore three different decor colour palettes. Home tour number one is a bright and multifunctional space, with clean white, pale wood and subtle copper decor. Home interior number two sees unexpected pops […]

Assemble turns derelict New Orleans building into experimental fashion school

May 2, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Materials Institute in New Orleans by Assemble

London studio Assemble has transformed an industrial property in New Orleans into a hub for the local community to learn fashion design and manufacturing. Assemble designed the Materials Institute for creating and producing garments and textiles as part of an experimental arts school founded by the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania. The studio

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Grid House / Studio Guilherme Torres

May 2, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The project for this apartment of 100m2, in São Paulo, offered the challenge to unite two apartments, a duplex and a smaller single floor unit, to be attached to the floor of the mezzanine. The solution was to take advantage of the entrance in the smaller apartment, joining it to the mezzanine and transforming the whole area into the living room.