Month: November 2020

GRT Architects designed a studio in Dutchess County, New York for Manhattanites considering a move. Living and working in a large city inevitably involves conversations about leaving it. Our clients raised their children in the Frank Lloyd Wright-planned Usonia community and then moved to Manhattan as their nest emptied. Looking to retirement and grandchildren they found twenty-four pastoral acres on a lake in Dutchess county, yet remained apprehensive about full-time relocation.

High-profile studios including Zaha Hadid Architects are breaching promises made when they signed up to Architects Declare and undermining its efforts to prevent climate change, the network has told Dezeen. The initiative is being “undermined by a few practices,” according to the network, which was launched in May last year to encourage collective action from

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the competition-winning design rises seamlessly from the river, inviting visitors to journey along its accessible green rooftop.
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Republica Rosa is a Boutique Hotel located in the colonial center of the city of Quito. Designed on a republican style patio house, there is record that this building dates from 1890 when a Spanish citizen bought the property from the Ecuadorian state. Since then, this house has undergone a process of adaptation and transformation of various uses, extensions, and modifications throughout its history. The client’s requirement was to create an 11-room hotel that rescues some of the elements of the republican architecture of Quito but somehow make it “different” from the other boutique hotels with its own identity.

to get an update on the much anticipated project, designboom speaks with its designer, french architect odile decq.
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Fireplaces are a wonderful asset in any home, especially this time of year. But when different looks fall out of favor or don’t suit a homeowner’s personal style, they can be an eyesore. These six fireplace makeovers range from a simple change like pa…

Fireplaces are a wonderful asset in any home, especially this time of year. But when different looks fall out of favor or don’t suit a homeowner’s personal style, they can be an eyesore. These six fireplace makeovers range from a simple change like pa…