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The Aesthete, Issue 8: The Art Of The Arch

March 5, 2024 HD Staff 0

This week, The Aesthete is diving into the charming world of curves with a spotlight on arches in interiors, adding a whisper of romance and history to modern spaces. We’ll also ascend to the heights of urban luxury to explore a rooftop oasis that redefines city living, merging the tranquility of nature with panoramic views. […]

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Fifteen key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Riken Yamamoto

March 5, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

To celebrate Riken Yamamoto’s Pritzker Architecture Prize win today, we look back at the architect’s five-decade career to spotlight 15 of his most interesting projects. Yamamoto was named the 53rd laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize today, in honour of his buildings where “normality becomes extraordinary”. A common thread throughout Yamamoto’s work is the

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Riken Yamamoto wins 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize

March 5, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been named the winner of this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that are a “background and foreground to everyday life”. Yamamoto, who is the 53rd Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate and the ninth from Japan, was honoured for his buildings that aim to foster community. “For me, to recognise

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M+S House / Solange Cálio Arquitetos

March 5, 2024 Pilar Caballero 0

Contemporary architecture, with straight lines, large openings, and integration between the inside and outside with the use of natural lighting and ventilation, provides comfortable spaces for family life, as well as for entertaining. These were the main inspirations for the development of this house, located in Araçatuba, in the interior of São Paulo.

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Nyckelviksskolan Workshop / Marge Arkitekter

March 5, 2024 Andreas Luco 0

Founded in 1955, Nyckelviksskolan on Lidingö provides pre-university courses in art, crafts, architecture, and design and vocational training for craft educators. When the need for expanded and more appropriate premises arose, Marge Arkitekter was tasked with designing an extension that would primarily house the ceramic and sculpture workshops.

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Mesh veil wraps exhibition space in China by Trace Architecture Office

March 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A veil of metal mesh wraps the steel structure of In-Between Pavilion, an exhibition space in Shenzhen, China, designed by Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office. In-Between Pavilion provides a home for the Design Homology Museum, tucked between two buildings in the dense streetscape of the historic Nantou area. The museum is dedicated to exploring “the

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Seestadt Aspern Housing by Berger + Parkkinen brought Red Vienna into the 21st century

March 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The first case study in our Social Housing Revival series looks at a housing block in Vienna organised around a central “common heart” that harks back to the city’s golden age of municipal construction. Designed by local practices Berger + Parkkinen and Querkraft Architekten, Seestadt Aspern Housing was completed in 2015 for housing cooperative EGB.

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