NO ARCHITECTURE has shared photos of a home they completed inside a residential tower at the edge of Manhattan’s West Village, that has the appearance of an urban tree house. The open-plan social areas of the interior are housed in a double-height space with 22-ft tall glass walls on three sides, and two “tree houses” […]
Graffiti, as an art form, has a complex relationship with gentrification. On one hand, it has engaged the streets and urban fabric as a canvas for people to express themselves culturally and socio-politically. This expression could be a form of rebellion by ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups in certain neighborhoods, or it can build up a sense of cultural uniqueness and social expression, giving a neighborhood a positive character and attracting newcomers. However, over the years, the latter has been an agent of gentrification, spiking up property values to accommodate richer residents and alienating the native communities of those neighborhoods.
Project Background/Context. The site is located on part of the previous Dominick Street flats complex on the east side of Lower Dominick Street, Dublin 1, at the junction with Parnell Street. The mixed-use development for Dublin City Council includes apartments and townhouses with a community center and retail space at street level. The six-story block along Dominick Street consists of a terrace of 6 apartment “houses” of 5 stories, providing 67 apartments over the ground floor community center and commercial space. A short terrace of 5 townhouses defines Dominick Place, a new street linking Dominick Street to Granby Place.
Irish studio Scullion Architects took visual cues from a nearby public square when designing a timber-clad extension for Vavasour House, a brick home in Dublin. Located on the edge of the city’s Vavasour Square, the home comprises a renovated one-storey brick building as well as a rear extension clad in charred timber. While the existing
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British studio Apollodorus Architecture has designed a Colosseum-like stadium in Bath, UK, as a response to a proposed redevelopment put forward by Bath Rugby. Apollodorus Architecture proposed the redesign of the Recreation ground site in the centre of Bath, which is currently being redeveloped. A final development brief was recently submitted for the project that has a
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For a young couple wanting a bright, fresh kitchen, their 2007 beige-and-brown space was pretty much the opposite. Large swaths of monotonous tile flooring, granite countertops and diamond-shaped backsplash tile made an underwhelming impression, and t…
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has announced its plans for Daxia Tower, a 210-metre-tall skyscraper in China’s Xi’an business district with a curved form and planted terraces. The mixed-use building is set to be located on a 16,700-square-metre site and will encompass 127,220 square metres of office and retail facilities linked to the metro
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The client’s brief was to create more living space in their new loft in the North of Amsterdam. The loft was delivered casco with a ceiling height of 4.5 meters. Heigh, but not quite high enough for an extra floor. How to create more living space at this height, though limited space?
Dozens of AI tools are emerging that could dramatically alter how architects and designers work. As part of our AItopia series, Dezeen rounds up 10 of the most significant. Architects and designers are used to working with new technologies, but the rapid progress of artificial intelligence promises to usher in a wave of products that
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the house is listed by sotheby’s international realty and hits the market for $2,9M.
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