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Forest Houses / Dallas-Pierce-Quintero

February 10, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Located on the edge of Newham’s Wanstead Flats, Forest Houses sees the transformation of a former builder’s yard into three new-build homes – including one 3-bedroom family house and two smaller 2-bedroom houses. The scheme also comprises the remodeling and extension of a former end-of-terrace shop that straddles the entrance to the site, to create another 1-bed home.

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Fraser/Livingstone adds angular tenement to historical Edinburgh site

February 10, 2023 Katie Last 0

Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone has completed a mass-timber tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh named Simon Square. Comprising six flats, the housing block replaces an old builder’s yard on a site closely bordered by 19th-century stone tenements, in Edinburgh’s Southside. It was designed by Fraser/Livingstone as a contemporary addition to the historic site and marks Scotland’s first developer-led mass-timber

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House in Quang Yen / ngo + pasierbinsky + ra.atelier

February 10, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

The house originated from the old garden, is the continuation of the owner’s lifestyle for generations, and provides more flexible spaces for the big family to gather sometimes. The current owners are a retired doctor-teacher husband and wife, living with their sister and children.

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Snøhetta, Together with Artist Joar Nango, Designs a National Theater for the Indigenous Sámi People in Norway

February 10, 2023 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

The Sámi National Theater Beaivváš and Sámi High School and Reindeer Husbandry School are two of the most important cultural institutions of Sápmi, a region in northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. To strengthen the position of the two institutions, a project was initiated in June 2021 to create a shared cultural and educational facility. A design proposal by Snøhetta, in collaboration with Econor, 70°N arkitektur, and artist and architect Joar Nango, was chosen following a competition. The building, also known as Čoarvemátta, is currently under construction and is expected to be completed by 2024.