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Pezo von Ellrichshausen creates monolithic Less pavilion in Canberra

August 29, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Children entering the Less pavilion in Canberra

Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has completed a pavilion-like artwork in Canberra, Australia, comprising 36 concrete columns and a circular ramp that leads up to a viewpoint. Named Less, the monolithic structure was designed for local property developer Molonglo as “part public artwork, part public space”. Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s aim for the pavilion is for

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Alexander Symes arranges Pepper Tree Passive House around existing tree

August 26, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Pepper Tree Passive House

Architect Alexander Symes has added an angular addition to a house in Unanderra, Australia, featuring wood-lined living spaces that open onto a terrace perched in the canopy of a large tree. Symes designed Pepper Tree Passive House for local builder Adam Souter, whose company Souter Built aims to create high-performance sustainable homes. The detached building

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Nets and hammocks provide alternative seating at Alpine house by Dunkelschwarz

August 25, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Haus L in Austria by Dunkelschwarz

Local architecture office Dunkelschwarz has completed a house on the outskirts of Salzburg, Austria, featuring timber-lined living spaces and a void covered with netting that can be used for lounging. Haus L was designed by Dunkelschwarz for a client who wanted a home with a bright and open interior that references the typical pitched-roof houses

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Angled metal screens protect Bangkok office building from direct sunlight

August 24, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Facade of Suanphlu Office by IDIN Architects

Thai firm IDIN Architects has completed an office building in Bangkok, featuring angled metal cladding that reflects sunlight away from a nearby shrine and helps prevent the interior from overheating. IDIN Architects designed the Suanphlu Office for a site next to the Lao Pueng Thao Kong shrine in the Thai capital’s commercial district. The private

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Coast House by Stacey Farrell emerges from dunes on New Zealand beach

August 20, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Aerial view of Coast House by Stacey Farrell

Architect Stacey Farrell has completed a seaside holiday house in Omaui, New Zealand, which nestles into the landscape for protection from the harsh coastal weather. Queenstown-based Farrell designed the metal-clad Coast House for a north-facing site that slopes down towards the dunes of Omaui Beach. Windswept beech trees on the site informed the low and

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Ramos Alderete creates La Ermita de Lola shrine in Spanish garden

August 18, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Exterior of La Ermita de Lola memorial by Ramos Alderete

Architecture studio Ramos Alderete has created a concrete grotto of remembrance in a private garden in Las Rozas, Spain, featuring a concave opening that shelters a stone sculpture. Madrid-based Ramos Alderete collaborated with architect Ana Isabel Santolaria on the project, which was designed for a couple who lost their daughter Lola shortly after her birth

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Mole Architects completes iridescent building in London’s Design District

August 17, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Exterior image of the aluminium-clad D2

Iridescent aluminium sheets clad the rhomboid-shaped D2 building, a creative workplace by Cambridge studio Mole Architects that forms the latest addition to London’s Design District. D2 is Mole Architects’ second completed building at the Design District development on Greenwich Peninsula, where eight firms including SelgasCano, 6a Architects and David Kohn Architects each designed two structures

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Crosson Architects creates stealthy lifeguard tower on remote New Zealand beach

August 14, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Te Pae lifeguard tower by Crosson Architects

Local studio Crosson Architects used dark-coloured concrete to help the circular Te Pae lifeguard tower blend in with its setting on a remote black-sand beach near Auckland, New Zealand. The structure is located on North Piha beach west of Auckland, which is regarded as one of the country’s most beautiful but dangerous surf beaches. Crosson

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Invisible Studio adds rammed-earth yoga studio to the gardens of Somerset hotel

August 13, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Building with rammed-earth walls

British practice Invisible Studio has created a yoga studio with rammed-earth walls and a roof clad in copper shingles at The Newt in Somerset hotel in England. The yoga studio is the third building at the hotel designed by Invisible Studio, which is headed by architect, university lecturer and television presenter Piers Taylor. Set within

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Parti uses simple building materials at “quietly monumental” Hercules Street housing

August 12, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Industrial-style interior of Hercules Street housing by Parti

Architecture studio Parti has completed a compact housing project in north London, with a palette of robust and affordable materials chosen to create a sense of permanence. The Hercules Street infill project occupies a previously derelict site within a terrace of Victorian buildings close to Holloway Road. Parti, which is headed by architect Eleanor Hill,

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