Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Smoked-oak and stone contrast with bright interiors of Copenhagen home refurbished by Norm Architects

February 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Renowned Danish architect Poul Henningsen is believed to have once owned this house in Copenhagen, which local studio Norm Architects refurbished by opening up the interior to create bright rooms containing dark and tactile bespoke furniture. The historic villa in the Danish capital was seriously damaged by a fire in 2014, so its new owner asked

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Smoked-oak and stone contrast with bright interiors of Copenhagen home refurbished by Norm Architects

February 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Renowned Danish architect Poul Henningsen is believed to have once owned this house in Copenhagen, which local studio Norm Architects refurbished by opening up the interior to create bright rooms containing dark and tactile bespoke furniture. The historic villa in the Danish capital was seriously damaged by a fire in 2014, so its new owner asked

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Smoked-oak and stone contrast with bright interiors of Copenhagen home refurbished by Norm Architects

February 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Renowned Danish architect Poul Henningsen is believed to have once owned this house in Copenhagen, which local studio Norm Architects refurbished by opening up the interior to create bright rooms containing dark and tactile bespoke furniture. The historic villa in the Danish capital was seriously damaged by a fire in 2014, so its new owner asked

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Smoked-oak and stone contrast with bright interiors of Copenhagen home refurbished by Norm Architects

February 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Renowned Danish architect Poul Henningsen is believed to have once owned this house in Copenhagen, which local studio Norm Architects refurbished by opening up the interior to create bright rooms containing dark and tactile bespoke furniture. The historic villa in the Danish capital was seriously damaged by a fire in 2014, so its new owner asked

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Álvaro Siza combines geometric forms for white-concrete church in Brittany

February 15, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has completed a church in the Brittany region of France, featuring a sculptural composition of intersecting concrete forms. The church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande is the first to be built in Brittany in the 21st century, and was designed by Siza’s Porto-based office to complement its setting in a residential neighbourhood south

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Curving roof and stone walls create seclusion for Portuguese house by NOARQ

February 14, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This house in Portugal, designed by architecture studio NOARQ, features a large curving canopy that wraps around a south-facing patio. Casa ED&JO is a single-family house located in Vila Nova de Famalicão, a town north of Porto. It sits on a site that slopes 7.6 metres from west to east, and which is bounded by roads on

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Curving roof and stone walls create seclusion for Portuguese house by NOARQ

February 14, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This house in Portugal, designed by architecture studio NOARQ, features a large curving canopy that wraps around a south-facing patio. Casa ED&JO is a single-family house located in Vila Nova de Famalicão, a town north of Porto. It sits on a site that slopes 7.6 metres from west to east, and which is bounded by roads on

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McGinlay Bell completes Glasgow terraces with alternating black and white facades

February 13, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Scottish firm McGinlay Bell used low-cost concrete bricks to create the black and white walls of this canalside housing development in the West End of Glasgow. The Maryhill Locks project involved the creation of 40 terraced homes for private sale. Locally based McGinlay Bell designed the houses for developer Bigg Regeneration, which is a partnership

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McGinlay Bell completes Glasgow terraces with alternating black and white facades

February 13, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Scottish firm McGinlay Bell used low-cost concrete bricks to create the black and white walls of this canalside housing development in the West End of Glasgow. The Maryhill Locks project involved the creation of 40 terraced homes for private sale. Locally based McGinlay Bell designed the houses for developer Bigg Regeneration, which is a partnership

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Pivoting louvres conceal windows set into brick facade of mews house by Belsize Architects

February 12, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A light well, a glass staircase and large windows set behind wooden louvres help to bring natural light into this four-bedroom house, which Belsize Architects squeezed onto a small plot in a traditional mews near London’s Hyde Park. Local studio Belsize Architects designed the house to replace a one-bedroom mews cottage in Southwick Yard –

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