False Bay Writer’s Cabin by architecture firm Olson Kundig in the USA has three glass sides surrounded by decks that double as shutters when pulled up like a drawbridge. This unique feature allows the owners to secure their guest house cabin in San Juan Island, Washington, when not using it as a cosy writer’s office.
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The late Sonja Bata pursued her passion for architecture and the built environment through the revitalization of the town of Batawa, the former factory town located 175 km east of Toronto on the Trent River. In 1939, at the onset of WWII, the Bata family transplanted their shoe empire, including 120 workers and their families, from Czechoslovakia to Canada, establishing a company town that would become a prototype for subsequent Bata operations around the world.
Redefining Prairie Style. Hayama Kachi house is a Prairie Style residence built in 1928 near the suburb area of Tokyo, it was originally designed by Arata Endo, one of the disciples of Frank Lloyd Wright. As the time pass by, this tangible cultural property of Japan started to age more rapidly and need to have proper renovation to preserve its historical value.
a lightweight system of pilotis, demarcated with warm red hues, suspends the ‘night area’ above the heavy concrete ‘day area.’
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Torre Ai is in a very interesting neighborhood in Morelia named Chapultepec. The first few cases of modern architecture in the city were found there.
The house can be interpreted as an item incorporated into the landscape. It is dug into the ground, setting the bedroom in the deepest zone, isolated from the outside, while the half-buried and the kitchen have views of Sierra Nevada. Two pavilions on different levels, interconnected by an underground passage, make the day zones independent from the more private rooms. The degree of freedom of the interior circulations is reminiscent of the movements in nests built by termites and other insects that live underground. The house is inspired by these strange, apparently random, aimless movements, and the traveling times involved. So we can use the chosen itinerary to shorten or stretch the time of the physical action of moving. We can use different times to link the same rooms, in other words, accelerate or slow down the time it takes for us to move to the same place by choosing different paths.
Come with us to the United Arab Emirates, as we fly around the exteriors of five spectacular modern luxury villa visualisations by Ruslan Latypov. These are ultra contemporary creations with sharp angular architecture, huge expanses of glass that showcase luxurious interior living spaces, and massive pool terraces filled with outdoor living spaces. It’s the grand […]
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Designer Michele Merz has designed a lot of kitchens for clients over the years. But after 15 years of cooking, entertaining and living in her own kitchen, she was ready to give the traditional-style space a facelift. To save money, she refaced her ex…
This catholic chapel is located in the tourist and fishing town of Punta De Choros, in the south of the Atacama desert, in the Region of Coquimbo, Chile. This place is known internationally for it’s sightings of the penguins of Humboldt, whales and dolphins, guanacos and foxes. The temple was built to commemorate Saint Augustin de Hipona (354 – 430)
Whether you’re looking to splurge on a loved one or need a small but thoughtful gift for that cozy-loving friend or co-worker, this guide is a good place to start your search. With 10 crowd-pleasing ideas to choose from, you’ll have all of the hygge-o…
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