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Rollimarchini Architects wraps Vietnamese factory in plant-covered facades

November 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Facades at this factory in an industrial park near Ho Chi Minh City are filled with layers of greenery that provide shelter from the rain and sun, as well as helping to purify the air. The factory was designed by Switzerland-based Rollimarchini Architects and global firm G8A Architects for a Swiss company called Jakob Rope

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Selencky Parsons adds pavilion-like extension to The Weathered House in London

October 24, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Selencky Parsons has extended a Victorian house in south London, adding a steel-framed structure and sliding glass doors that link its interior with a large terrace. Named The Weathered House, the project was designed for a client who requested improvements to the living spaces of their semi-detached property in Sydenham. Selencky Parsons remodelled

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Sloping roof shelters House of Noufal in India by 3dor Concepts

October 15, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio 3dor Concepts used a giant sloping roof to cover all three levels of this house in Kerala, India, which features an internal courtyard garden that can be opened up to the outdoors. Named House of Noufal, the dwelling was designed by Kanpur-based studio 3dor Concepts for a client who is an avid traveller and

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Studio Bright arranges 8 Yard House around a series of outdoor spaces

October 14, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

A sequence of eight courtyards and gardens are incorporated into the linear floor plan of this house in Melbourne, Australia, which Studio Bright designed to make the most of a long and narrow plot. The studio headed by architect Melissa Bright designed 8 Yard House for a site in the city’s North Fitzroy district, which

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Mitsubishi Jisho Design completes “Japan’s first hybrid timber high-rise hotel”

October 12, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Mitsubishi Jisho Design has completed an 11-storey hybrid timber hotel in Sapporo, Japan, that was designed to use as much local timber and as little concrete as possible. The Royal Park Canvas hotel is located in downtown Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido and was created by Mitsubishi Jisho Design for real estate

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Steel and timber cladding helps remote hiking shelters blend in with Australian landscapes

October 10, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Australian studios Noxon Giffen and McGregor Coxall have created a series of remote shelters on the Grampians Peaks Trail in Victoria, featuring a material palette of metal, stone and wood that complements the rugged terrain. The structures sit at 10 campsites along the 160-kilometre-long hiking trail, which traverses the Grampians National Park, or Gariwerd, from

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Proctor & Shaw adds glazed extension to Sky Lantern House in London

October 8, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has refurbished and extended a Victorian townhouse in south London, adding a series of glazed volumes to the rear facade that allow daylight to reach deep into the plan. The brief for the home, named Sky Lantern House, involved preserving the character of the existing building while making its interior

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Approach Design turns Beijing police station into office building with multi-storey park

October 4, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office Approach Design has transformed a former police station in Beijing into an office building enclosed by a steel framework that functions as a multipurpose urban park called TMT Folding Park. The TMT Folding Park project was developed by Approach Design for local media company TMTPost, which took over the disused police station in

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Reiach and Hall completes “low-key” campus for Forth Valley College

October 4, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Reiach and Hall Architects used a palette of pale brick, concrete and aluminium to give this college campus in Falkirk, Scotland, a modest appearance that reflects its purpose as a facility for serving students. The Falkirk Campus is the final building to be completed as part of a decade-long project to revitalise Forth Valley College’s

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