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Fusuma-e House and Office / knof

March 17, 2023 Thuto Vilakazi 0

We’ve purchased the 33-year-old condominium with views of the Koto Canal in three directions and renovated the four-bedroom unit into a one-room unit that integrates work and residence. The plan was to overlap the living and working areas rather than separating, and the nine fittings that appeared, as a result, were treated like a canvas for a “fusuma (sliding door)” painting. This 33-year-old condominium surveys the canal on the south, west, and north sides. The former four-bedroom unit was renovated into a one-room unit that integrates work and residence. 

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Al Gharra Mosque / Mohammed Ibrahim Shafee Architectural Office

March 17, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Al Gharra` Mosque repelled the overly conventional method of replicating the prophet’s mosque in Al Medinah design. Through harsh aims to abstract the soft essence of the generic concept of “mosque” as a house of Allah – back when it was simple in the days of the prophet Mohammed – by differentiating itself from common local architectural discussion (primarily around ornamented geometrical prayer hall).

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CLB Architects performs sensitive update of Paintbrush Residence in Wyoming

March 16, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio CLB Architects has refreshed a Wyoming house it created 20 years ago, making changes that honour the original design and prioritise “durability and a play of textures”. The Paintbrush Residence is located just outside of Jackson, a ski town surrounded by mountains, forests and ranch land. The 2,400-square-foot (223 square metres) home sits

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Dezeen Debate features BIG’s “attractive and fun” plans for River Thames office

March 16, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG’s plans for an office block on the Thames. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio BIG has been granted approval to build an office block on the South Bank in central London. The proposed development will replace a block that was built in 1989 and is

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OVERCOAT Tokyo Store / Atelier Write

March 16, 2023 Hana Abdel 0

This is the project for the Japan base of OVERCOAT, a fashion brand from New York. The studio was required to connect the base in New York with the base in Japan that supports the brand’s products, and also to have the first directly managed store there.

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Watch a live talk with Ma Yansong, Peter Cook and Drawing Architecture Studio

March 16, 2023 Calum Lindsay 0

Dezeen is teaming up with Chinese studio MAD to host a live talk about the future of Beijing with the firm’s founder Ma Yansong, architect Peter Cook and the founders of Drawing Architecture Studio. Watch here at 9:30am London time on Friday 17 March. The talk coincides with the end of Blueprint Beijing, an exhibition

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ESTEÑA House / Lucas Mc Lean Arquitecto

March 16, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

The project was executed in Costa Esmeralda, a private development with 1000 ha and more than 3 km of Atlantic coast, 390 km away from the city of Buenos Aires (Barrio Golf II – Lot 438) The project was born after the analysis of the topography. The existing land was 1.5 meters below street level, being the lowest point of the dune, while the lot immediately adjacent to it had a height of 8 meters above street level.