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Triangular-patterned canopy shelters stalls at modernised Portuguese marketplace

August 28, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Rui Mendes Ribeiro has covered the marketplace in the Portuguese town of Vila Nova de Famalicão with a perforated canopy that shades the market square.  The town council’s architecture department led by Ribeiro oversaw the modernisation of the traditional market, which had become outdated and was no longer attracting shoppers to its stalls. The

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Apartment Building & Nursery School / Lacroix Chessex

August 28, 2021 Alexandria Bramley 0

The redevelopment of the Reuilly barracks is currently one of the major building sites in the French capital. This ambitious project, in the heart of the 12th arrondissement, entails the rehabilitation of a former military barracks whose foundations date back to the 17th century. It involves the construction of 600 social housing units, a public garden, crèche, premises for commercial and associative activities, and artists’ studios. The transformation of this ensemble of buildings has been entrusted to six European architectural and urban design practices.

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Architecture and Health: How Spaces Can Impact Our Emotional Well-Being

August 28, 2021 Equipe ArchDaily Brasil 0

August 5th is National Health Day in Brazil. Our readers have already expressed their opinion on how psychology is essential to build healthy and pleasant spaces to live in, and for this reason, we decided to explore the impacts of the spatial experience on each person’s well-being, improving quality of life and reducing mental stress. In other words, architecture not only contributes to physical health through ergonomics but also affects our emotional comfort.

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The Unfolding Home / ACOS (A Collection of Stories)

August 28, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

It is a story about a sensitive space, designed to accommodate the needs and emotions of the user, becoming the environment for various scenarios of everyday life. The apartment is located in an intimate town in Pomerania on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. The design is dedicated to a young female surgeon with dynamically changing professional and personal daily activities, which constantly affect and shape everyday routine. This is reflected in the approach, the interior design encouraging responsiveness, allowing for spatial re-interpretation which aspires to facilitate a wide palette of functional requirements.

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This week Bjarke Ingels launched a home design company

August 28, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels co-founded a residential design company that aims to create a range of modular homes. Named Nabr, the company intends to create a large variety of affordable houses using modular elements. “Our homes have only gotten more and more expensive, and arguably at a lower and lower quality,” explained Ingels. “There’s very little

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Wagstaffe House / buck&simple

August 28, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

Wagstaffe House is the realization of a dream to live in the trees overlooking the water. The layout consists of public and private wings that create a raised courtyard, open on one side to frame the view and create a place of refuge from the elements.