May 2019 - Page 97 of 122

Chinese architects must find a new way to “urbanise the countryside” says Li Xiaodong

May 7, 2019 India Block 0

Chinese architects must gain the confidence to develop China’s rural areas sustainably, not just turn them into urban sprawl, says architect Li Xiaodong. Li, whose projects include Liyuan Library in the Chinese village of Huairou, believes China’s architects must develop a unique understanding of their cultural identity in order to build the architecture the country needs. “The reason

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Federico Babina merges animals with architecture for Planimals floor plans

May 7, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

An elephant, giraffe and crocodile are among the animals that Federico Babina has illustrated in these zoomorphic floor plans. Named Planimals, they are the latest series of architectural illustrations completed by Italian architect and graphic designer Babina. Each drawing is intended to resemble “a huge, habitable sculpture” whilst merging the boundary between architecture and the natural world.

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takeshi hosaka’s love2 house is a 19 sqm concrete hut for a couple in tokyo

May 7, 2019 sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom 0

the compact residence incorporates a main frame complete with a round skylight.
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10 Well-Organized Garden Sheds to Inspire Spring Planting (10 photos)

May 7, 2019 Laura Gaskill 0

The weather is warming up, the days are lengthening and the time for spring planting has (finally) come. And the hub of all garden activity — from planting seedlings to cleaning tools — is the garden shed. Get inspired to revamp your garden shed (or a…

The Storefront Theater is successful because “the community takes it and makes it their own”

May 7, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

In this movie, artist Matthew Mazzotta says the success of The Storefront Theater, which won him Architecture Project of the Year at the inaugural Dezeen Awards, comes down to the way the local community has made use of it. The Storefront Theater is a retractable theatre disguised as a shop. It was built to re-invigorate the main street in the town

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KEI SASAKI steps the atago nursery to the sloped terrain of nagasaki

May 7, 2019 佐々木慧 0

the architect decided to embrace the natural slope of the site, rather than employing intrusive excavations to create a flat level.
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Take a video tour of A-CH’s tiny Keperra House in Australia

May 7, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

This architecture movie shows A-CH’s compact Keperra House, located in a post-war suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Completed in 2013, the house was designed by Australian studio A-CH for a single occupant, and is positioned at the end of the garden of an existing property. It is characterised by a central sheltered deck that separates the bedroom from

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When to Pick Kitchen Fixtures and Finishes (13 photos)

May 7, 2019 KitchenLab | Rebekah Zaveloff Interiors 0

Many homeowners think designing a kitchen starts with choosing items like appliances, flooring, cabinet finishes, countertops, faucets and lighting — and to a point it does. But I try to keep my clients from worrying about many of these items until af…

Prado Residence / Padovani Arquitetos Associados

May 7, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Project designed for a family of 4 (couple and two daughters) prioritizing an occupation in which the social area could communicate integrally with the land, the leisure area and the intimate and superior area of the house.

curved roof of japanese house by erika nakagawa rests on grid of concrete columns

May 7, 2019 sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom 0

the ‘momoyama house’ is situated on the edge of a hairpin curve in the city of atami.
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