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Aldo Beach House / Wittman Estes

November 27, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

Aldo Beach House transforms a 1940s beach house into a new multi-generational home—doubling the livable area while lightly touching the delicate ecology of the waterfront. Two shifting wings hover over the hillside and beach supported by thin steel columns and pin piles. Located on the eastern shore of Hood Canal near the Bangor submarine base, the new beach house includes the original two-bedroom structure for an expanded program of two new bedrooms, two bathrooms, and flex space. The design consists of three distinct parts: the original footprint, and the two projecting wings: the first a south ground floor addition, and the second an upper-level master suite to the north.

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David Chipperfield Architects uses “sculptural demolition” to transform former monastery into offices

November 27, 2020 Amy Frearson 0
Jacoby Studios by David Chipperfield Architects section a

An abandoned hospital in western Germany, originally built as a monastery, has now become an office designed by David Chipperfield Architects. David Chipperfield’s Berlin studio transformed the former St Vincenz Hospital in Paderborn, to create a new headquarters for Tap Holding, a family-run company that owns several businesses in the DIY-craft market. This involved removing various

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Norm Architects creates black-timber retreat near border of Denmark and Germany

November 27, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Fjord Boat House by Norm Architects features black-timber facade

Inviting oak-lined rooms lay behind the black facade of Fjord Boat House, a lakeside holiday home designed by Danish practice Norm Architects. Fjord Boat House perches on a concrete plinth beside the water and is largely imperceptible from above, thanks to its grass-topped roof. The rest of its exterior is clad with blackened beams of

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