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Case-Real clads House in Higashi-Gotanda in galvanised steel panels

January 20, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The steel-clad exterior of House in Higashi-Gotanda by Case-Real

Japanese architecture office Case-Real has completed a house on a compact site in Tokyo featuring galvanised steel cladding and a concealed rooftop terrace. Case-Real, a studio headed by Koichi Futatusmata and Yuki Ohnita, designed the two-storey residence to make optimal use of a 148-square-metre site in a quiet residential area of the city’s Higashi-Gotanda district.

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Streamlined “Smart Deco” towers provide focal point for Pollard Thomas Edwards’ Motion development

January 18, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The three Motion towers by Pollard Thomas Edwards

Pollard Thomas Edwards has completed a 300-home development in north London, comprising two low-rise courtyard blocks and three towers designed to evoke the streamlined aesthetic popularised by Art Deco design. Local firm Pollard Thomas Edwards designed the Motion project for developer Hill and housing association Peabody. It is located on a former industrial site opposite

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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur completes brick house in a Swedish forest

January 17, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The courtyard of Villa Tennisvägen by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur

Dark bricks cover this house on the southern tip of Sweden, which Lund-based studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur arranged around a lush courtyard and swimming pool. Architect Johan Sundberg’s office designed Villa Tennisvägen for a site nestled within the Ljungskogen ​pine forest in Sweden’s southernmost county, Skåne. The house for a couple and their two children

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Network of Architecture raises cluster of “treehouse” suites on stilts above park at South Tyrolean hotel

January 15, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The exterior of the Floris hotel extension by NOA

Italian studio Network of Architecture has completed an extension to a hotel in South Tyrol comprising ten gabled guest suites elevated on stilts to preserve access to the scenic grounds. Network of Architecture (NOA) was tasked with adding ten suites, named Floris, to the Parc Hotel Florian, which is located in the Alpine village of

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i29 completes angular floating house as part of sustainable Amsterdam community

January 11, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The stained-wood exterior of the floating house by i29

Dutch architecture office i29 has completed a floating home on a canal in Amsterdam that features angled openings and cutaway corners providing views across the watery neighbourhood. The owners asked i29 to create a house as part of the Schoonschip floating village which is located on the Johan van Hasselt Canal in a former industrial

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House of Many Courtyards incorporates sheltered terraces along its entire length

January 9, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The brick exterior of the House of Many Courtyards by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a Scandinavian holiday home featuring living spaces interspersed with courtyards that frame views towards the ocean. The studio headed by Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune designed House of Many Courtyards for a tree-lined site set amongst sand dunes on the Scandinavian coastline. The

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Circular holes connect playgrounds on two levels of a Lisbon school

April 11, 2020 Alyn Griffiths 0

Portuguese studio Site Specific Arquitectura has renovated a 1950s school in Lisbon and added a dual-level extension with round openings connecting its outdoor spaces. The primary school was originally built in 1956, on the border between the Caselas neighbourhood and the Monsanto Forest Park, to service the newly constructed low-density housing scheme. Site Specific Arquitectura

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Steimle Architekten transforms traditional German barn into Kressbronn Library

March 19, 2020 Alyn Griffiths 0
Kressbronn Library by Steimle Architekten

Steimle Architekten has converted a former barn in the village of Kressbronn am Bodensee, Germany, into a library and community centre with glazed openings screened by angled vertical louvres. The former agricultural building is prominently located in the centre of Kressbronn, close to the village’s town hall and festival hall. Steimle Archiekten preserved the old

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Smilgu House in Lithuania has a glass garage to display its owner’s car

March 12, 2020 Alyn Griffiths 0
Smilgu House by Plazma

Plazma Architecture Studio has completed a house in Vilnius, Lithuania, clad in timber with deep-set glazing and a display garage for showcasing a car. Called Smilgu House, it sits in woodland between the Turniškės and Valakampiai districts on the city’s northern outskirts. Plazma Architecture Studio designed the house to occupy the maximum permissible area on the

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Natural tones and textures complement displays at museum of dried fish bladders

February 5, 2020 Alyn Griffiths 0
A Private Fish Maw Museum by Jingu Phoenix Space Planning Organization

Glossy floors, rough-sawn wood and diffused natural light create a calming atmosphere inside this private museum in Chinese city Shoutou, designed to display a collection of aged fish bladders. Local studio Jingu Phoenix Space Planning Organization, also known as JG Phoenix, designed the private fish maw museum for a client who spent decades gathering a collection

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