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To-Dos: Your December Home Checklist (12 photos)

December 1, 2019 Laura Gaskill 0

With residents of cold regions preparing for snow, plus all the holidays and social gatherings, December is a notoriously busy month. But with a little preparation (and some extra time carved out for finding your Zen), you can savor the best of the se…

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Restored plasterwork and paintings adorn Aires Mateus’ self-designed studio

December 1, 2019 Semi Han 0
Atelier Cecílio de Sousa, Aires Mateus' self-designed studio

Ornate paintings and decorative stucco ceilings appear inside the self-designed studio of architecture practice Aires Mateus, which occupies an 18th-century building in Lisbon, Portugal. Aires Mateus’ four-storey studio, which has been named Atelier Cecílio de Sousa after the street it’s located on, contains working and meeting spaces, two model-making areas and a multipurpose room. Existing

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The Gaze House / REACT ARCHITECTS + Christophe Pingaud Architecture

December 1, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The plot is located in LAGGERI PAROS ISLAND. It has a north-facing sea view. The house is located along the south side of the plot, overlooking the beach. The volumes of the houses are lined up to the view and there are protected courtyards as well as courtyards to the sea. Courtyards are adjacent to the living areas next to the natural slope of the ground. The entrances are located on the south side of the plot and at the highest point. A second building complex hosts the guest rooms and is architecturally connected to the main building. The back yard creates a nucleus with direct reference to the living areas and the enclosed “blue” living room – patio.

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Explore contemporary architecture in Beijing’s hutongs on our new Pinterest board

December 1, 2019 Semi Han 0
Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD

Our latest Pinterest board features innovative architecture in Beijing’s historic hutongs, including radical transformations of traditional courtyard houses such as this one by Chinese architect MAD. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our hutongs board to see more examples. Once common in Beijing and other northern Chinese cities, hutongs are narrow streets or alleys formed

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Flamboyant House / Dado Castello Branco Arquitetura

December 1, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The architect Dado Castello Branco signs the “Flamboyant House” for the 29th edition of Casa Cor Exhibition 2015, that occurred from May 26to July 12, in Jockey Club, São Paulo. The room with 85m² favors the use of natural materials like stone, wood and glass. The whole space was designed considering comfort and interaction, with the landscape view in focus. As background, the professional used neutral colors.

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canals moneo arquitectos extends listed 18th-century ribas winery in mallorca

December 1, 2019 macnadusa 0

together with rafael moneo, canals moneo arquitectos has expanded the bodega ribas, a winery in consell, mallorca, which, as part of the old ca’n ribas listed stately home from the 18th century has been preserved intact to date, with its original historic barrel cellar and winemaking warehouse. the extension, which is integrated into the ca’n […]

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Tower Proposals Purify Air around Indian Capital

December 1, 2019 Dima Stouhi 0

According to a report by WHO, as of November 2019, Residents of Delhi are breathing about 25 times more toxic air than the permissible limit, lowering their life expectancy rates. The fact is, clean air has become a challenge in most nations with growing economies, as toxin-infused air is continuously entering citizens’ lungs. A non-profit study by architecture firm Studio Symbiosis looked at multiple solutions to tackle this threat which is denying breathable air to the residents of the Indian capital.