Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Stainless-steel poles screen living spaces and gardens at South Korean home

January 8, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Seoul studio Augmented Reality Architects has completed a house in the South Korean city of Gimhae featuring a facade formed of vertical metal poles that shields an interior arranged around a series of courtyard gardens. Augmented Reality Architects designed Steel Grove for a client who is interested in gardening and wanted to incorporate various outdoor

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Glazed extension to Taiwan home by 5X Studio provides views of plants and the sky

January 7, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This extension to a house in Taiyuan City, Taiwan, contains independent living spaces for two brothers, which are connected by a glazed corridor that traverses a narrow plant-lined courtyard. Architects Joe Wang and Alfie Huang of local office 5X Studio designed the extension for clients who wanted their sons to have a sense of independence

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Glazed extension to Taiwan home by 5X Studio provides views of plants and the sky

January 7, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This extension to a house in Taiyuan City, Taiwan, contains independent living spaces for two brothers, which are connected by a glazed corridor that traverses a narrow plant-lined courtyard. Architects Joe Wang and Alfie Huang of local office 5X Studio designed the extension for clients who wanted their sons to have a sense of independence

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Sosu Architects completes brick-clad multi-generational house in Seoul

January 6, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Apartments for three generations of the same family are stacked inside this multi-storey house in Seoul, which features brick cladding that is perforated to create screens in front of some of the windows. Dongsimwon house is located in the South Korean capital’s densely populated Mok 2-dong, where poor quality multiplex buildings proliferate. Sosu Architects was

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Prefabricated and mobile components combine to form The People’s Station cultural centre

January 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

People’s Architecture Office has completed a modular cultural centre in the Chinese city of Yantai, featuring a prefabricated metal structure and portable rooms that can be detached and cycled to other locations. The Beijing-based studio designed The People’s Station to demonstrate a range of concepts it has developed over the past seven years, including a

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Oil-spill recovery unit in Finland is illuminated by angled clerestory window 

January 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Alt Arkkitehdit has completed a bright red storage shed for oil-spill equipment in northern Finland, featuring a full-width clerestory window that projects from the facade to protect it from damage by forklift trucks. The oil-spill recovery unit is situated in the Kello district to the north of the city of Oulu, and was designed by local

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Studio Air Putih combines brick with rusted steel and concrete at Jakarta offices

January 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This office in Indonesia created by Studio Air Putih for its own team of architects and interior designers comprises a series of red-brick volumes arranged around a courtyard planted with trees. Studio Air Putih is based in the city of South Tangerang in Banten province, which is part of the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area. The

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Snøhetta’s Muttrah Fish Market features slatted canopy inspired by Arabic calligraphy

January 2, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A sweeping canopy made from angled aluminium fins helps to shade terraces and the concrete-walled halls of this fish market designed by Snøhetta for the city of Muttrah in Oman. The building is located close to the Muttrah’s original fish market, which was built in 1960, and was created by Snøhetta to provide a more

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Nilsson Pflugfelder’s prefabricated wooden house is designed to maintain owners’ privacy

December 31, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This windows of this house in Cambridge, by architects office Nilsson Pflugfelder, are carefully positioned and sized to prevent overlooking by neighbouring properties. House R is a two-storey property in the centre of the English city, surrounded by Victorian terraces and their gardens. Nilsson Pflugfelder designed the house as a compact volume with striated timber facades. The

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Nilsson Pflugfelder’s prefabricated wooden house is designed to maintain owners’ privacy

December 31, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This windows of this house in Cambridge, by architects office Nilsson Pflugfelder, are carefully positioned and sized to prevent overlooking by neighbouring properties. House R is a two-storey property in the centre of the English city, surrounded by Victorian terraces and their gardens. Nilsson Pflugfelder designed the house as a compact volume with striated timber facades. The

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