Tonal Terrace / Bradley Van Der Straeten
A four-storey townhouse in Dalston re-imagined and transformed into a bold and colourful bohemian party house.
Month: January 2024
Villa in rural Vietnam uses local materials to “harmonise with the environment”
Reddish-brown bricks made from local stone were used for the construction of SuoiHai Villa, a low-slung home in rural Vietnam designed by local studio APDI Architecture. Situated overlooking Suoi Hai Lake and the famous Tản Viên Peak, the dwelling is one of the only buildings in the picturesque area. This informed its unobtrusive single-storey profile
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Foster + Partners reveals Techo International Airport with gridded “tree-canopy” roof
British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which has commenced construction 20 kilometres south of the city centre. Drawing from the local vernacular and its tropical climate setting, the design by Foster + Partners will consist of a new airport city and a terminal building
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Before and After: 4 Bathrooms in 60 Square Feet or Less (11 photos)
No one wants to rub elbows in a bathroom — or feel crowded when they’re solo, for that matter. But when your bathroom isn’t roomy, how do you avoid it? That’s exactly the question these pros answered in their designs, creating a more open feeling not …
TVK designs limestone buildings for “first zero-carbon district” in Paris
French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. Located on a triangular site in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, the project is “the capital’s first zero-carbon district”, according to TVK. Named Îlot Fertile, which translates to
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3D-printed, organic formations by external reference engulf la manso store in barcelona
the design pairs the floral motifs of the store’s facade with the plasticity of the brand’s jewelry.
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Cutwork designs modular housing to be used for long-term living or emergency shelter
Architecture studio Cutwork has developed a concept for low-cost, modular housing that could be reconfigured to facilitate twice as many people during a crisis. The experimental architecture and design studio believes its ReHome concept could address the increasing demand for affordable housing around the world. Rather than building emergency shelters to house people affected by
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Monolithic green marble forms “majestic wall” in Milan apartment
Italian studio AIM has designed a compact, multi-level apartment interior in Milan organised around a floor-to-ceiling Verde Alpi marble partition. Created in collaboration with local marble artisans Bianco67, AIM Studio used the wall to divide the various functions of Green Nest, aiming to create an elegant backdrop for a dynamic domestic experience. “The design challenge
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Maximalism to make way for “quiet refinement” in 2024 say interior designers
Interior design in 2024 will have a focus on individualism and see a backlash to the rise in AI design while colours will be informed by global warming, interior designers across the globe told Dezeen. While the trend for locally sourced materials and sustainable biomaterials looks set to become more pronounced, designers also believe that
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Hoji Gangneung Houses / aoa architects
A ‘pension’ is no longer an alternative to a hotel, with its unreasonably high-priced bills. Pool villas line the seafront, and healing vacation stays deep in the forest are fully booked during the peak season. So, not everyone will be able to holiday unless they are nimble. It is easy to see that the idea of the ‘pension’, which was carved out by the hands of designers, and the luxury accommodation aspiring to be known as ‘stays’ is rising in appreciation, but not through their appearances on Instagram but through word of mouth. From the consumer’s point of view, it may be fun to look here and there, but for architects who are the creators of such spaces, the phenomenon of vacation architecture appears to them as a confection of glass, excessive interior design, and characterized by kitsch catchphrases, such as ‘We are equipped with Swedish body cleanser.’ The owner of HOJI felt the same weariness when met with these aspects, as communicated when visiting our office.