January 2020 - Page 113 of 125

Black pavilion filled with glass yams examines colonisation in Australia

January 4, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

NGV Pavilion by Edition Office and Yhonne Scarce

Hundreds of black glass yams line the interior of this cylindrical pavilion in Victoria, Australia, designed by architecture studio Edition Office – Dezeen’s Emerging architect of the year – and artist Yhonnie Scarce. Titled In Absence, the pavilion explores the physical legacy of Aboriginal people’s dispossession as a result of colonial land theft in the

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5 Reasons to Choose a Walk-In Shower (13 photos)

January 4, 2020 Louise O'Bryan 0

Do you love nothing more than an invigorating morning drench but can’t see a way of fitting a shower enclosure into your bathroom layout? Or maybe you want to ditch the bath altogether? Then a walk-in shower — which might have a low curb or be totally…

Studio Holmberg designs pine-clad holiday home to blends into Swedish seaside setting

January 4, 2020 Ali Morris 0

This pine-clad summer house on a rocky outcrop on a small island in Sweden’s archipelago of Gothenburg features minimal plywood interiors designed to highlight the island’s dramatic landscape. Created as a holiday home for a retired couple, Villa Vassdal was designed by Gothenburg-based Studio Holmberg to blend with its coastal surrounds. The house is built

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Restauradores Building / Saraiva + Associados

January 4, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

The refurbishment of the building in Restauradores Square, built at the end of the 19^th century, sought to respect the structural features of this period. The building has 22 independent apartments and is mixed use, combining housing on the upper levels (1st to 6th floor) and services on the lower ground floor and in the basement. Prior to the refurbishment, the apartments, although licensed for residential use, were mainly used for office space and services, similar to what is still the case nowadays for the majority of the older buildings in the downtown of the city, where this one is located.

This week, we looked back on 2019 and forward to 2020

January 4, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0

This week on Dezeen, we looked back at the biggest architecture and design stories of 2019, and looked forward to the upcoming projects of the new year. To bring 2019 to a close, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft rounded up the most popular stories of the past 12 months, which included architects and designers’ alternative proposals

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Chris Mulvey of Safdie Architects on Raffles City Chongqing and the Firm’s Unique Approach

January 4, 2020 Design:ED 0

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satoshi saito encloses ‘house in sakai’ behind tall fireproof walls

January 4, 2020 macnadusa 0

satoshi saito of SAI architectural design office has designed a wooden house in a residential area of sakai, a city in japan’s osaka prefecture. the dwelling — titled ‘house in sakai’ — occupies a corner plot in a fire prevention area, and has been designed accordingly. the three-storey residence is surrounded by firewalls, which protect […]

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satoshi saito encloses ‘house in sakai’ behind tall fireproof walls

January 4, 2020 macnadusa 0

satoshi saito of SAI architectural design office has designed a wooden house in a residential area of sakai, a city in japan’s osaka prefecture. the dwelling — titled ‘house in sakai’ — occupies a corner plot in a fire prevention area, and has been designed accordingly. the three-storey residence is surrounded by firewalls, which protect […]

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Ortho Apartment / Fábrica Arquitetos

January 4, 2020 Daniel Tapia 0

The project consists in the transformation of a new apartment within an area of 42 m², located in the neighborhood of Pinheiros in São Paulo, Brazil. The idea of the client was to change the space, giving to it personality and functionality, without the necessity of demolition. Assuming that, the first change was to take off the door that separated the bedroom from the living/kitchen, where we placed further a pivoting door.