This backyard ADU, or accessory dwelling unit, in Portland, Oregon, was a very special project for a mother and her daughter. Adding the structure to the daughter’s property set the family up for multigenerational living. They envisioned a modern box…
This lookbook rounds up 10 bedrooms where architects have designed discreet built-in wardrobes to conceal clothing and clutter, creating the illusion of a seamless wall. Built-in wardrobe walls are an efficient way to supersize storage and utilise every centimetre of space in a bedroom, unlike freestanding units that often leave dead spaces around their edges.
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the global practice works with local firm in*situ to design a state-of-the-art recreation center in el paso.
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Smoky and wavy glass elements were bright new spots in the lighting collections presented in October at High Point Market, the U.S. home furnishings industry’s biggest fall event. Meanwhile, the natural materials and black, gold and white finishes tha…
Located on the Aubergenville plateau overlooking the Seine shortly before Mantes-la-Jolie, the Vincent Van Gogh high school is located not far from the city center between fields, a suburban area, and a large social housing complex. It was designed by architect Jean-François Laurent and inaugurated in 1991.
Inherited from ancestral techniques, dealing with natural stone as a building material is, historically, linked more to the structure of a building than to the finishing stage. With the development of construction, natural stones as a structure were replaced by more efficient and cheaper systems, such as reinforced concrete or even metallic structures and structural masonry, opening space for the use of stones as finishes and coatings.
This week on Dezeen, we showcased a wood-and-steel retreat by architect Norman Foster in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, which he created as a holiday home for his friends and those of the Norman Foster Foundation. Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Foster built the mono-pitch-roofed building, called Foster Retreat, opposite his US home. It features a design informed by
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This is a house extension and renovation project in Scheveningen, the old fishers’ town of Den Hague. The original house was tiny at best. It’s the last of a short row of small workers’ houses, in a side street to Scheveningen-center. The occupants loved the city and the surf but really needed some more space. The extension more than doubles the original house and is like a little gem hidden in the alleyway.
Stey is a new solution to urban living, offering a smarter, more connected way of a city home. Combining traditional hospitality with digital solutions, they have created an integrated re-renting system that enables tenants to share their homes and save on rent – providing the maximum in freedom and mobility. It offers an innovative blend of home, hotel, and co-living spaces.
Return and Outlook. “The leaves are fallen, green, green, fallen… That makes me, when the cicadas chirp in the summer, always stay cool and full of hope.” —— “Chengdu Historically Protected Buildings/Memories of People of CSWADI” Since its establishment in 1950, China southwest architectural design and research institute Co., Ltd. has experienced three office location changes in Chengdu, moving to No. 168, Jinhua Street, Jinniu District in 1957, to No. 866, North Section of Tianfu Avenue, Gaoxin District in 2010, and into the CSWADI Lakeside Design Headquarters in Tianfu New District when it was completed in 2020. The relocation of office parks is not only a mark of enterprise development but also a microcosm of Chengdu’s urban growth.
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