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Eight compact studios embedded into residential gardens

June 26, 2024 Starr Charles 0

From converted garages to compact new-builds, we have rounded up eight studios that provide retreat and solitude for their owners in their own back gardens. Featuring reclaimed materials, charred-timber facades and pared-back interiors, this list of garden spaces includes a converted workshop completed by designer Paul Westwood in the UK and a studio centred by

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Negrelli Bridge / ARGE Negrelli

June 26, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Zurich, Negrelli Bridge and the dense railway network. Together they emit a remarkable inviting charm, despite its cold industrial character. One term comes to mind – industrial warmth – dirty old town. Is the bridge a place to be? Why not. A sunset on the bridge is just as spectacular as in the Swiss Alps. You just trade the mountain backdrop for a variety of concrete facades and the view of trains accelerating through the onset of dusk, as if trying to escape the darkness and catch up with the dissolving day. The two area developments Zollstrasse and Europaallee densify Zurich’s city centre along the edges of the railway track field. As a path across the open track area, the Negrellisteg provides unobstructed views and a superordinate orientation within the urban fabric. The Negrellisteg links the network of paths between city districts 4 and 5, while at the same time offering a unique opportunity to experience the crossing of the tracks as a brief pause for breath and a view against the backdrop of a remarkable urban panorama. The bridge is a further landmark in the track field, which emphasises its symbolic nature through its clear design amidst the flickering of the numerous railway installations.

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Modul 28 transforms fortified church in Transylvania into guesthouse

June 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Romanian studio Modul 28 has updated and extended the rectory of a church in Transylvania, transforming it into a guesthouse that “balances preservation with innovation”. Located in the village of Curciu, the building was renovated as part of an initiative led by the Fortified Churches Foundation, which exists to preserve the region’s large number of

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3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke “dancer’s pointed toe”

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea. Slated for competition by 2029, the performing arts centre will join a cluster of other cultural buildings in the Chungnam Art Precinct in Chungcheongnam-do province. The building will be defined by its

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Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as “a reminder of the precariousness of our existence” at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra’s headquarters in Weil am Rhein, which is home to landmark buildings by well-known architects

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Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as “a reminder of the precariousness of our existence” at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra’s headquarters in Weil am Rhein, which is home to landmark buildings by well-known architects

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“Kan-ye not?” asks commenter

June 26, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. Ye’s transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping out the ocean-facing windows, kitchen, marble-clad bathrooms, concrete hot tub and indoor fireplace. Commenters were far from impressed. “A wrecking

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“Kan-ye not?” asks commenter

June 26, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. Ye’s transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping out the ocean-facing windows, kitchen, marble-clad bathrooms, concrete hot tub and indoor fireplace. Commenters were far from impressed. “A wrecking

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