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Private Apartment in Milan / untitled architecture

May 28, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The apartment, located in the attic of an old residential building in Milan, was originally a small, compartmentalised, dark space. The project was designed in order to expand the interior space and change its perception by reshaping the existing geometry and increasing the amount of natural light. The layout of the apartment is based on a cruciform plan with four distinguished areas – kitchen, bathroom, living and working spaces, all gathered around the central element – the stainless steel column. The bedroom is located on the mezzanine floor, forming the unique geometrical block with the bathroom underneath.

BNIM designs ‘asilong christian high school’ in northwest kenya

May 28, 2019 macnadusa 0

US architecture firm BNIM has used local materials, some of which were handmade on site, to build a school in northwest kenya. the project began in 2011 when BNIM principal laura lesniewski and associate principal sam de jong partnered with leaders at jacob’s well, a church in kansas city, missouri, to design a school for […]

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Kouichi Kimura creates fortress-like Tranquil House in Japan

May 28, 2019 Semi Han 0
Tranquil House by FORM Kouichi Kimura Architects

FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has designed a concrete house in Shiga, Japan, to be a self-contained space that promotes serenity and silence away from its loud environment. The three-bedroom house, which is located between a concrete factory and a highway, has been designed to with minimal views out to reduce noise level inside. The desire to oppose its

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Luzia House / saavedra arquitectos

May 28, 2019 Clara Ott 0

Casa Luzia is the second country house of a master plan of three houses in Avándaro, Mexico. (the first one is M House). This second land lot has a considerable downslope from the front to the back of the terrain. It rains with intensity most of the year and the lot is located in the natural pad of the rainwater. The big forest trees of Avandaro open to the center of the lot. The architectural program had to contemplate two different scenarios: a young couple with children or two young couples.