Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Terraced gardens echoing paddy fields fill centre of Singapore’s Marina One

November 10, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Snaking wooden walkways traverse a terraced garden planted with 700 trees at the heart of this tower development in Singapore’s Marina Bay by Ingenhoven Architects and landscape firm Gustafson Porter + Bowman. The Marina One development was designed by German studio Ingenhoven Architects and local firm A61 as a plant-covered “mountain”, comprising four high-rise blocks

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Penda proposes “radical future-living concept” with recyclable modular dwellings

November 9, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Penda has created a modular, flexible and reusable building system for MINI Living, featuring a range of living spaces that can be plugged together to form customised micro homes. Penda architect Chris Precht and Dayong Sun developed the Urban Nest for an event in Shanghai, where the automotive brand showcased solutions to urban

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Penda proposes “radical future-living concept” with recyclable modular dwellings

November 9, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Penda has created a modular, flexible and reusable building system for MINI Living, featuring a range of living spaces that can be plugged together to form customised micro homes. Penda architect Chris Precht and Dayong Sun developed the Urban Nest for an event in Shanghai, where the automotive brand showcased solutions to urban

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Etch House by Fraher Architects contains clues about its previous layout

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Traces of the original architecture are incorporated throughout this renovated Victorian house in south London, which Fraher Architects updated with a new staircase that creates multipurpose landings on each level. Joe Fraher and Lizzie Webster of London-based Fraher Architects purchased the property two years ago and decided to undertake a complete refurbishment of the outdated interior to create

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Etch House by Fraher Architects contains clues about its previous layout

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Traces of the original architecture are incorporated throughout this renovated Victorian house in south London, which Fraher Architects updated with a new staircase that creates multipurpose landings on each level. Joe Fraher and Lizzie Webster of London-based Fraher Architects purchased the property two years ago and decided to undertake a complete refurbishment of the outdated interior to create

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KRFT adds two-tone brick theatre to Singer Laren museum

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Amsterdam studio KRFT has updated and extended a museum and cultural complex in the Dutch town of Laren, adding a new brick-clad theatre and a glazed foyer wrapped in a “curtain” of slatted timber. Singer Laren is a museum and theatre dedicated to preserving and displaying the collection of American artist William Singer, and his

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KRFT adds two-tone brick theatre to Singer Laren museum

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Amsterdam studio KRFT has updated and extended a museum and cultural complex in the Dutch town of Laren, adding a new brick-clad theatre and a glazed foyer wrapped in a “curtain” of slatted timber. Singer Laren is a museum and theatre dedicated to preserving and displaying the collection of American artist William Singer, and his

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Office S&M uses scale-like tiles and vibrant colours to add personality to London house

November 6, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This revamp of a family home in west London features a loft extension covered in scale-like wooden shingles, yellow-framed arch windows, and interiors that use colour to separate spaces for adults and children. Architects Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen of Office S&M were asked to oversee the improvements to a Victorian terraced house in Ealing,

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Mole Architects builds house “like a seagull’s wing” on Suffolk coast

November 6, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

An angular, asymmetric roof tops this house designed by Mole Architects for a site overlooking an estuary in Suffolk, England. Cambridge-based Mole Architects designed the two-storey Marsh Hill house for a couple, on a site overlooking the estuary of the River Alde. A dilapidated old property had to be demolished to make way for the new house. Planning regulations

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O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects adds “simple, warm and characterful” extension to London house

November 5, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has extended a typical terraced home in northwest London, by adding a new timber-lined room that opens onto a brick-paved garden. The Dewsbury Road extension was designed by locally based O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects to replace a 1970s addition at the rear of a property in Dollis Hill, which had split the kitchen and dining area into two

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