Month: October 2021

The LSE Centre Building project was won by a RIBA competition in 2013 and presented Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) with an opportunity to design a building to reflect the values of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The project has delivered its brief by exceeding the BREEAM Excellent target to achieve “Outstanding”, delivering innovative and inspirational teaching spaces including a new prototype ‘LSE style’ lecture theatre, and providing departmental space to encourage collaboration and dialogue between departments.

A wooden Bosvilla [forest villa] has been built between the Ash and Maple trees in Noordwijk. Due to the positioning in the middle of the plot, the beautiful afforested area is used to the maximum. All spaces in the Bosvilla are arranged in a clear, almost mathematical way because they coincide with the visible construction. A terrace has been laid out around the house, which, together with the overhanging roof, allows the indoor and outdoor spaces to flow into each other. Together they form a transition zone between the living spaces and nature.

Completed earlier this year in a small town on the outskirts of Adelaide, Willunga house was designed by Building Designer Reuben French-Kennedy as a retirement house for his parents on the side of a hill in a semi-suburban setting. The brief was simple: a bright, comfortable home for a retired couple including a guest bedroom and studio wing, and an emphasis on sustainable design.

With global business interests and homes in China and Europe, our discerning world citizen clients spend six months of the year in South Africa to immerse themselves in an isolated bush environment. Mahathunzi enjoys a beautiful, varied landscape with savannah, bushy escarpments, and steep rocky outcrops. Their chosen site is set below a prominent rocky outcrop on the highest extremity of the reserve boasting magnificent panoramic views.

czech window and door manufacturer JANOŠÍK is pushing against current design trends with a simple new window called ‘pitoresk’.
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