Pivoting doors offer breezes and views at Tamara Wibowo’s Indonesian home

April 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Rows of pivoting glass doors can be opened to allow air to flow through living spaces that open onto courtyards, terraces and lush gardens at this house in the Indonesian city of Semarang. House of Inside and Outside is the first project designed by architect Tamara Wibowo, and was developed as a home for her

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Sliding eucalyptus wood screens wrap house on Australia’s Sunshine Coast

April 2, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Timber screens that can be pulled aside to provide uninterrupted views towards the ocean from this house near the Australian resort of Noosa. Local studio Teeland Architects designed Tinbeerwah House for a site in the hinterland around the resort in southern Queensland. The family home is designed to enhance the sense of connection between its

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Offices in a converted warehouse centre around suspended concrete staircase

April 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A concrete staircase overlooked by a glazed showroom and library forms the centrepiece of this headquarters for a textile brand in Mumbai designed by SJK Architects. The offices for Synergy Lifestyles are housed in a former warehouse in the mill area of the Indian city’s Kalachowki neighbourhood. It was one of the first industrial buildings in

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Offices in a converted warehouse centre around suspended concrete staircase

April 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A concrete staircase overlooked by a glazed showroom and library forms the centrepiece of this headquarters for a textile brand in Mumbai designed by SJK Architects. The offices for Synergy Lifestyles are housed in a former warehouse in the mill area of the Indian city’s Kalachowki neighbourhood. It was one of the first industrial buildings in

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House-shaped windows puncture perforated-metal facades of Yokohama nursery

March 31, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese practice Hibinosekkei has completed a nursery in Yokohama, which features plywood-lined interiors and house-shaped openings set into its dark facades. MK-S Nursery was designed by local architecture office Hibinosekkei to accommodate a classroom for pre-school children and an after-school childcare centre within a former residential building. The project was overseen by the studio’s dedicated childcare division,

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Interrobang converts London’s landmark Hoover Building into apartments

March 30, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

UK studio Interrobang has transformed the Hoover Building in west London into 66 apartments that retain many of the former factory’s original art deco features. The heritage-listed building was designed by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners in 1931, and began life as the UK headquarters, manufacturing plant and repairs centre for the Hoover Company. During its heyday

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Pink and green house by Office S&M offers antidote to London’s “dire rental market”

March 28, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Office S&M combined on-trend millennial pink with green terrazzo details to give this house in east London a character that sets it apart from the city’s other rental properties. The new-build house on Salmen Road in Plaistow was designed by Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen of Office S&M as a rental home for young property

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Julius Taminiau creates compact living spaces inside Japanese-inspired houseboat

March 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Julius Taminiau borrowed principles from traditional Japanese tatami rooms to create a well-proportioned layout featuring space-saving built-in furniture at his floating home in Amsterdam. Taminiau was living with his girlfriend and two young children in a small flat in central Amsterdam before deciding to moving to the floating community near the Dutch city’s old

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Allies and Morrison’s Qatar National Archive references traditional coastal watchtowers

March 26, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The Allies and Morrison-designed National Archive in Doha, Qatar, is informed by the layout and materiality of the Middle Eastern country’s vernacular architecture. The archive facility was built as part of the Msheireb Downtown Doha masterplan, which was developed by Allies and Morrison in collaboration with Arup and Aecom. The National Archive building is designed both

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Headland House by Atelier Andy Carson features cantilevered rooms looking out to sea

March 26, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A series of extruded volumes face specific views of the coastline and farmland surrounding this house in New South Wales, Australia. Sydney-based studio Atelier Andy Carson designed Headland House for Beau Neilson – the daughter of art patron Judith Neilson and billionaire Kerr Neilson – and her husband. The couple’s brief for the property stated

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