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Community Cultural Center, Series Projects of Xiaoshi Village Overall Planning / Studio Dali Architects

January 7, 2020 Collin Chen 0

In 2017, we were invited by the village secretary to do an overall planning and a series of architectural design of Xiaoshi Village in Pengzhou, Sichuan Province. Just like other rebuilt villages after the earthquake, XIaoshi Village is facing the same difficulty in reidentifying itself with monotonous residential buildings, simple brick-concrete architecture along the street and hollowing rural community.

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Cracked floors and weathered wood feature in minimal São Paulo shoe store

January 6, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Selo Shoe Store by MNMA

Brazilian firm MNMA has used render, wood panelling, and limestone to complete the minimal aesthetic of this shoe shop in São Paulo. The studio overhauled a concrete structure in the Brazilian city to create the retail space for local company Selo, which specialises in handmade shoes. The white cement exterior and pale tones of the

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MYMORY – Boutique Hotel / Atelier RIGHT HUB

January 6, 2020 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang 0

MYMORY boutique hotel is located in the foothill of Tianmu mountain scenic spot in Taihuyuan, Lin’an, Hangzhou. Surrounded by picturesque natural landscape, overlooking the distant village and outlining a beautiful Chinese ink painting. An old house built in 1970s is beautifully preserved, with the main rammed earth walls and the wooden frames. We envision the old residence as the representation of spirit of older generation. This became the premise of the project overall planning.

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House in Itsuura / ADX

January 6, 2020 Daniel Sánchez 0

The city of Itsuura, located in the north part of Ibaragi prefecture, has known as a prosperous fishery. Tenshin Okakura * who was enamored by the scenery of the coast line of Itsuura and loved the place as his final abode. There are some historic architectures such as Rokakudo ** designed by Tenshin and Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art. The owner of the house is a fisherman. His ancestor was a sailor attendant working near Tenshin. In those days, it was saying that Tenshin left a message “Fishermen do plant trees in mountains”. The story of the project starts with planning to make full use of the site in the mountain inherited from his ancestor and design the house.

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A Double-Height Extension Was Added To This Victorian Terrace House

January 6, 2020 Erin 0

Chan Architecture has designed a double-height extension for a Victorian terrace house in Melbourne, Australia. The idea was to retain the character of the period home at the front of the house, while adding a spacious, light-filled modern extension to the rear. The rear external form features an upper facade of vertical timber battens which […]

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A’Design Award Announce Their World Design Rankings

January 6, 2020 Erin 0

This article has been brought to you by A’Design Awards. A’Design Award and Competition have released their World Design Rankings (WDR) in Arts, Architecture and Design, with the China taking first place among the 106 represented countries in 2019 with 67 Platinum Design Awards won globally. The World Design Rankings ranks all the countries based on the number […]