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Bak Gordon Arquitectos builds Casa Azul alongside elongated pool

July 6, 2021 Alice Finney 0
casa azul house next to a water tank

Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has completed a house alongside a long swimming pool in the Alentejo region of Portugal. The pool, which runs along the south wall of the house, was the starting point for Bak Gordon Arquitectos design of Casa Azul. “Built in the vast territory of Alentejo, the house emerges from the figure of an extensive

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House Renovation JM55 / BURR Studio

July 6, 2021 Valeria Silva 0

JM55 is the transformation of a humble apartment built in the seventies in Madrid into an experimental dwelling. The housing block built in the ’70s on Joan Maragall Street in Madrid, replicated the distribution paradigm of the time, managing to fit two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a living room, and a kitchen in 40m2. The independent rooms strictly complied with the necessary functional minimums, reducing each one’s potential size.

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Daytrip channels Margate’s rippled beach in revamped Turner Contemporary store

July 6, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Turner Contemporary store by Daytrip

Design studio Daytrip looked to Margate’s dramatic beach landscape when designing this shop for the Turner Contemporary gallery, which sits perched on the town’s seafront. The David Chipperfield-designed gallery, distinguished by its opaque glass shell and expansive ocean views, recently reopened after a renovation project that included the shop along with a new cafe and common

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From Handcrafted Stone to 3D Printing: The Technological and Material Evolution of Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia

July 6, 2021 Eduardo Souza 0

A masterpiece is often defined as the most remarkable work in an artist’s career, one which highlights the height of their techniques and ideals. The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo’s Pietá; the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. There are many examples, which are not always unanimously agreed upon. But what if what many consider to be the masterpiece was started by someone else, the credited creator didn’t live to see its completion, and almost all of its documentation was destroyed? Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and his world-famous Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família are examples of these complications. From a highly crafted stone construction to the most modern 3D printing techniques and high strength concrete, numerous technologies were and continue to be incorporated in the project’s construction.