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13 Residential Projects that Use Raw Brick Facades

February 25, 2020 Susanna Moreira 0

Rotation, displacement, and interleaving of blocks are some of the options that enable the diversity of raw brick patterns in architecture. The shape of these elements, usually used for the construction of walls, has been explored in a creative way to compose facades of residential buildings, representing the formal identity of the building itself and its relationship with its context.

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Rathgar House / Peter Legge Associates

February 25, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

This renovation of, and extension to, a large Victorian end-of-terrace house in Rathgar, saw the upper levels stripped back to their original features and proportions, with insensitive additions removed, so as to again reveal the essential character of the spaces.

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Azab swaps partitions for pale-blue curtains inside Bilbao family home

February 25, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Ready-made Home by Azab

Floor-to-ceiling curtains carve up the interior of this open-plan apartment in Bilbao, Spain, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Azab. Called Ready-made Home, the project is set within a rationalist-style residential building that was built in the 1960s. It has an unusual semi-circular floor plan that looks westwards out across a plaza, with views

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make architects completes curved ‘glulam’ timber structure walkway in melbourne

February 25, 2020 macnadusa 0

make architects has completed the link, a walkway for vicinity centres at chadstone shopping center in melbourne, australia. designed to connect the mall, which is the largest in the southern hemisphere, with the newly opened hotel chadstone melbourne, mgallery by sofitel, the link is a serene walkway that replaces part of a multi-level car park […]

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Varnishes, Stains, Oils, Waxes: What are the Most Suitable Finishes for Wood?

February 25, 2020 Eduardo Souza 0

In recent years, much attention has been given to timber constructions. Being a sustainable and renewable material, which captures a huge amount of carbon during its growth, the innovations related to this material have allowed for increasingly higher constructions. However, when we talk about wood we approach an immense variety of species, with different strengths, nuances, potentials, limitations and recommended uses. While there are extremely hard and heavy woods, with strengths comparable to concrete, there are other soft and soft woods that are suitable for other purposes.