Month: November 2023

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BIG reveals stepped housing overlooking Aegean Sea

November 29, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the design for a luxury residential building with cascading terraces named Park Rise, which will form part of the Ellinikon city masterplan near Athens. Designed as the centrepiece of Ellinikon’s Little Athens neighbourhood, Park Rise will contain 88 apartments stacked in a staggered arrangement of two gently curving wings, the

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Gensler to add planted balconies to Foster+ Partners’ former City Hall

November 29, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

London’s former City Hall, which was designed by British studio Foster+ Partners, is set to be renovated and extended as part of an overhaul by US architecture studio Gensler. The vacant building, renamed as 110 The Queen’s Walk, is being transformed into a mixed-use scheme by Gensler for its owner – the Kuwait-owned developer St

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“Do you like it, corporate overlords?” asks commenter

November 29, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing an extension of media company Warner Bros’ headquarters in Burbank, completed by LA architecture studio Gehry Partners. The complex features two distinctive facades – glass intended to evoke the form of icebergs is interspersed with steel facades modelled on the art deco-style buildings of early Hollywood. “The

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Studio RAP uses 3D-printed tiles to create facade informed by knitwear

November 29, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Dutch architecture practice Studio RAP has designed a “wave-like” facade from ceramic tiles for a boutique store in Amsterdam using 3D-printing and algorithmic design. Located on the PC Hoofstraat shopping street, Studio RAP designed the facade to stand out within its historic surroundings by digitally reinterpreting the silhouette of the original frontage. The material strategy

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Mouzaïa House / Barre Bouchetard Architecture | B2A

November 29, 2023 Andreas Luco 0

The project focuses on the extension of a mid-century house, on the edge of the Mouzaïa neighborhood in Paris. This construction is typical of the row houses on Beauregard Hill and leans against the slope, the first floor being raised above the garage and the entrance hall. Living areas overlook the street and turn away from the garden below.