Month: April 2023

Hawthorn I is an exercise in backyard optimization. A cast of familiar backyard elements like a shed, pool, and studio + activities such as play, relaxation, and retreat are synthesized in a modest site area of 12mx10m.  The project brief was for an adaptable space to first be an independent living space for their teenage son, then become a dedicated studio to work from home.  This space was to accommodate a kitchenette, bathroom, living and sleeping space.  Additionally, they wanted to build a storage shed, workshop, and pool.   There was also a young oak tree to be retained as it had great sentimental value to the family, planted by their kids as an acorn from the local park.

Hawthorn I is an exercise in backyard optimization. A cast of familiar backyard elements like a shed, pool, and studio + activities such as play, relaxation, and retreat are synthesized in a modest site area of 12mx10m.  The project brief was for an adaptable space to first be an independent living space for their teenage son, then become a dedicated studio to work from home.  This space was to accommodate a kitchenette, bathroom, living and sleeping space.  Additionally, they wanted to build a storage shed, workshop, and pool.   There was also a young oak tree to be retained as it had great sentimental value to the family, planted by their kids as an acorn from the local park.

Brooklyn studio O’Neill McVoy Architects has adapted a historic powerhouse into a museum for children in the Bronx that highlights the historical building while adding playful details such as a curved mass-timber walkway. O’Neill McVoy Architects inserted the Bronx Children’s Museum into the second floor of the rectilinear building “with old and new in a

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The inception of Korean coffee accompanied our painful history and is a form of Western culture that took its place during a time when, due to the sweeping currents of modernization, our distinct cultural and aesthetic values were becoming lost. Despite this, we did not dismiss coffee, so deeply rooted in our establishment for the extended period of 140 years, as merely a Western cultural aspect, and decided it was the right time to contemplate the aesthetics of coffee in a location containing our spatial aesthetics.

Dezeen Courses: for our latest Dezeen Courses roundup, we’ve selected eight postgraduate architecture programmes based in the UK, USA, Austria, Denmark and Italy. The roundup includes courses that prepare students for careers in the architecture profession, as well as degrees that provide alternative architecture-related pathways in sustainable architecture, technology, urban history and videogame design. Suitable

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The clubhouse of Piedra Grande Equestrian Center is located on a privileged eight-hectare land surrounded by forest in the State of Mexico

The program of the coffee shop is given by the set of products offered to customers, quick service for personalized coffees and preparation of meals served on site. Therefore, the main challenge was to articulate the functionality of equipment, food handling, finishing of dishes, service counter, and space for tables and chairs for customers in a small space (25m²). Additionally, it was crucial to have direct customer service contact with the public space.