Month: March 2023
Plaza Circle / T2P Architects Office
The Atsugi Forest Environmental Research Center, a training facility owned by Kansei Kogyo, which specializes in the management and cleaning of sewer pipe networks, is in the Morinosato district of Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. We proposed to the client to create a plaza for visitors at the entrance to this facility, which was originally a parking lot.
Piazza in a Room / Wutopia Lab
Coffee and Shanghai – You can find Japanese, Korean, American, Taiwanese, or Southeast Asian cafés, and you can even find a run-down but proudly maintained 1980s Taiwanese Japanese café on Yongkang Road, but there is no such one that represents Shanghai. However, Shanghai has a long history of cafés. In Eileen Chang’s essay “Double Voices” published in Tiandi magazine in 1945, she began by saying that when she went out with her friends, no matter what they did, they would always end up in a café. At that time, cafés in Shanghai were communal spaces in the city, serving beverages and snacks, but they could also be dancing halls, meeting rooms, libraries, information centers, and everyday social places.
fragmented residence wraps in raw larch slats on narrow sloping plot in poland
ultra architects revises the classical barn-like shaped block for the design of ‘broken down house’.
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fragmented residence wraps in raw larch slats on narrow sloping plot in poland
ultra architects revises the classical barn-like shaped block for the design of ‘broken down house’.
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Denis Joelsons deploys “series of punctual interventions” for renovated brick estate in Brazil
Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons has completed a renovation of a series of brick structures called Sítio Rio Acima near São Paulo, including a primary home with a vaulted ceiling and arched clerestory window. Located on the outskirts of Jundiaí, the residential complex had been used for over forty years by the same family, becoming a
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Richard Rogers’ Channel 4 headquarters awarded Grade II-listing
The Richard Rogers-designed Channel 4 headquarters in London, which was recently deemed one of the UK’s most-at-risk buildings, has been granted Grade II-listed status. Completed in 1994, the Channel 4 headquarters in central London was given a Grade II-listing as an “elegant example of high-tech architecture”, according to listing body Historic England. The listing follows an assessment carried
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MRO Shack / iHouse estudio
MRO Shack is located on a plot on Uruguay’s ocean coastline, just 800 m from the coast, in an area with abundant native vegetation and only 100km from the city of Montevideo.
51 Black Couches that Blend Comfort and Chic Visual Drama
Black couches make a bold visual statement while remaining pleasantly versatile. They capture attention, yet they also coordinate easily with any secondary color palette that you might want to pair them with. But this deep and dark upholstery color is wonderfully practical too. In family homes, a black sofa can easily stand up to spills […]
Exhibition “The World is Man’s Theater” / Vazio S/A
Organized by Inhotim’s artistic direction and curatorial team, the exhibition “The World is Man’s Theater” continues research initiated by the museum in 2021 on the work of playwright and activist Abdias Nascimento.