The 260 sq m retail restoration project for the fashion brand Haight Clothing inspired us to design a contemplative lightscape, an investigation about light and about the sensory perception of spaces, a place where an internal universe can be imagined.
Will Gamble Architects has updated a house in west London with an extension modelled on a Japanese tea house. Burnt House is an extension to a Victorian house in Fulham featuring a charred wood window seat and gridded glazing. Its design is based on the shoji screen, a facade or room divider in traditional Japanese
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The project is located in the rural landscapes of southern France, in a city called Monein. The building takes place on the main square near the town hall. The idea is to create an architectural happening that can really play the role of a flagship in the city. Our strategy when designing this building was to use and preserve the urban and architectural context to create a contemporary architecture, which dialogues with its historical environment. Because it is a public building, its architecture must correspond to its function. Using the esthetic codes of the actual town houses around the main square, its contemporary architecture makes the media library become an urban landmark of the town square.
the ‘kallithea villas’ offer luxurious living spaces and magnificent views out to sea and the toroneos gulf.
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The Three Angle House has been designed specifically to make the most of the three stunning views offered on this site in Mount Martha. Architect Christopher Megowan, Director of Megowan Architectural, was engaged to work on the project. He explained the moment he first visited the site “I stood on my car and turned around and I was blown away. It’s one thing to have one view on a site but three uniquely stunning and different views. To the north, you can see Mornington and Port Phillip Bay, the greenery of Mount Martha Reserve and Point Nepean to the west, and to the northwest the Melbourne CBD on the horizon. The decision to build the house around these views was instantaneous and the agreement was in unison with the clients”.
The history of Kappabashi Tool Street began in the first year of the Taisho era (1912 C.E.) with several tool shops and antiquarian dealers set up at around Kappabashi Bridge over the Shinhori River. Located in the middle of Ueno and Asakusa stations, about 170 specialty shops dealing with tableware, kitchen equipment, kitchen utensils, confectionery tools, food raw materials and packaging supplies are on the 800 meters arcade.
Interior designer John McClain bought his Los Angeles condo before ever stepping foot in it. His husband had sent him photos of the space — designed by noted architect Ray Kappe with floor-to-ceiling windows…
Han-Yue Interior Design Co. has completed the design of a house in Nantou city, Taiwan, that has a small reading nook under the stairs. Instead of leaving the space underneath the stairs empty or hidden from view by a wall, the designers decided to make it a feature by including a custom-designed blue bookshelf that […]
Atelier Schwimmer has designed a new house on the banks of Lac-Brome in Quebec, Canada. The exterior of the home is clad in larch, which has been charred to give it that burnt black appearance. The black siding also provides a contrasting element to recessed and less exposed planks that were finished with a natural […]
While converting existing buildings into fully functioning hospitals is unfeasible, high schools and large hotels can be used as care space for coronavirus patients, says Jason Schroer, who is director of health at HKS’s firm in Dallas. Here he explains how. The Covid-19 pandemic brings a unique challenge to all healthcare architects. It stretches our design
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