Month: July 2022

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Mud House by Sketch Design Studio takes cues from Rajasthan stepwells

July 22, 2022 Amy Frearson 0
Exterior of Mud House by Sketch Design Studio

Sketch Design Studio has designed and built a farmhouse in northern India that combines rammed earth walls and a thatch roof with a form inspired by stepwells. Mud House is a single-storey house in Rajasthan, the state that is home to the largest and deepest of India’s historic stepwells. Locally based Sketch Design Studio designed

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Ingravits Warehouse / SALA FERUSIC Architects

July 22, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

After a brief but successful trajectory of almost a decade of making excellent quality wines, the need for a space for logistics, bottle aging, and wine tasting arises in Mas Rodó. The program urges to articulate and organize the space between the existing shipments building and the winery located in an old renovated Catalan cottage, while it has to provide a response to a dual program.

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Ten apartment blocks that break the mould with unusual shapes

July 22, 2022 Nat Barker 0
The Wave apartments by Henning Larsen

As BIG and Barcode Architects’ recently revealed Sluishuis building demonstrated, housing blocks don’t have to be cuboid. Here is a roundup of 10 unusually shaped apartment buildings. Advancements in engineering mean architects are able to explore ever-more-outlandish massing in their residential projects. The examples below use cantilevers, stilts and other construction techniques to ensure they

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“Homes manifest mechanisms of power via relationships of gender, class and age”

July 22, 2022 Charles Holland and Margaret Cubbage 0
Radical Rooms exhibition

The way our homes are designed is intrinsically linked to domestic power struggles, write Charles Holland and Margaret Cubbage. What is the relationship between architecture and power? How can buildings – inert piles of stone and steel, glass and concrete – exert power over us? The obvious place to look might be examples that clearly

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Cells in former Berlin prison turned into guest rooms for hotel Wilmina

July 22, 2022 Ali Morris 0
Narrow guest room with small window and white interior scheme by Grüntuch Ernst Architects

German practice Grüntuch Ernst Architects has converted an abandoned women’s prison and courthouse in Berlin into a “tranquil” hotel. Called Wilmina, the hotel occupies a duo of listed 19th-century structures in Charlottenburg that had been forgotten for decades prior to their renovation. The former court, which sits at the entrance on Kantstraße, accommodates the hotel’s

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Bathrooms Basics: 6 Tips to Plan your Bathroom Plumbing and Layout

July 22, 2022 Dima Stouhi 0

Although the design and layout of bathrooms we use nowadays date back millennia, they are still considered as one of the most difficult to design and renovate. During the earliest stages of planning a bathroom, there are plenty of rules of thumb to follow, especially that it involves a lot of association and “pre-planning” with plumbing, electrical circuits, angular or uniquely-shaped fittings, and small floor areas. This article will explore the basics of bathroom plumbing and where to allocate each fixture to optimize the bathroom’s layout, facilitating your DIY remodel project or creating the space from scratch.

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Community Hall of Dahei New Village / One University One Village

July 22, 2022 Collin Chen 0

Dahei New Village is located in Xiyang Township, Jinning County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province in China. Most local villagers are Yi minority. The vernacular buildings there are mainly built by earth and some are in disrepair recently. One University One Village (1U1V) team has carried out a series of rammed earth building renovation projects and developed a set of innovative rammed earth building strategies which are well recognized to suit the local needs. Gongfang (community hall) is a multi-purpose activity hall that the villagers use to hold events such as weddings, funerals, and festivals. However, the former community hall was too old to use and has safety risks. 1U1V team obtained an agreement with the township government to rebuild it by using innovative anti-seismic rammed earth construction technology in order to provide a more safe, comfortable, functional, and artistic space for the villagers.