Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Moveable wooden screens are set into concrete facades of Mokyeonri Wood Culture Museum

September 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This museum in Incheon, South Korea, is dedicated to teaching visitors about wood and features moving timber screens that create effects similar to dappled sunlight filtering through trees. Seoul architecture studio Soft Architecture Lab designed the Wood Culture Museum for a site in Incheon Grand Park, where the Korea Forest Service operates a large arboretum.

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Polo stables by Estudio Ramos features grassy roof for horses to graze

August 31, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A spiral staircase made from cast concrete leads up to a turfed roof overlooking a pool and polo field at this stables near Buenos Aires, which was designed by local firm Estudio Ramos for a professional polo player. Estudio Ramos created the stables for polo star Nacho Figueras on the flatlands of La Pampa near

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Polo stables by Estudio Ramos features grassy roof for horses to graze

August 31, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A spiral staircase made from cast concrete leads up to a turfed roof overlooking a pool and polo field at this stables near Buenos Aires, which was designed by local firm Estudio Ramos for a professional polo player. Estudio Ramos created the stables for polo star Nacho Figueras on the flatlands of La Pampa near

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Moon Hoon uses diagonal beams to brace stacked-box house on Jeju island 

August 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean architect Moon Hoon has completed a concrete house on the island of Jeju, featuring cantilevered boxes stacked on top of each other and braced by diagonal reinforced-concrete beams. Moon Hoon designed the building for a plot on South Korea’s largest island, which is located to the south of the Korean peninsula and is

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Perforated canopies shade terraces of cliff-top apartments near Tel Aviv

August 29, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture has completed a luxury apartment complex perched atop a cliff north of Tel Aviv, featuring terraces sheltered beneath latticed canopies that overlook the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli-Franco firm Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture designed The Arsuf Residences for the gated community of Arsuf, Israel, which offers views of the sea and the adjacent Apollonia National Park. The development comprises

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Perforated canopies extend over terraces lining apartments built on an Israeli sand dune

August 29, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture has completed a luxury apartment complex perched atop a cliff north of Tel Aviv, featuring terraces sheltered beneath latticed canopies that overlook the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli-Franco firm Gottesman-Szmelcman Architecture designed The Arsuf Residences for the gated community of Arsuf, Israel, which offers views of the sea and the adjacent Apollonia National Park. The development comprises

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Shelving units and concealed doors compartmentalise refurbished London home

August 28, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

William Tozer Associates has completed the renovation of a Victorian house in north London that involved rearranging the interior around a pair of double-height voids and introducing integrated storage elements to separate some of the spaces. The five-storey property forms part of a Victorian terrace in the Dartmouth Park area of Camden. William Tozer Associates sought to

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Shelving units and concealed doors compartmentalise refurbished London home

August 28, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

William Tozer Associates has completed the renovation of a Victorian house in north London that involved rearranging the interior around a pair of double-height voids and introducing integrated storage elements to separate some of the spaces. The five-storey property forms part of a Victorian terrace in the Dartmouth Park area of Camden. William Tozer Associates sought to

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Glazed corners peel back to allow sea breezes into Malan Vorster’s Cape Town house

August 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The living spaces of this seaside house in Cape Town are lined with sliding glass walls that can be pulled aside to connect the interiors with a series of external decks, patios and balconies overlooking the ocean. Clifton House was designed by local architecture firm Malan Vorster for a site in the suburb of Clifton,

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Recessed window creates bench between lounge and garden in Dublin house extension

August 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A large sliding window set into the end wall of this extension to a terraced house in Dublin by Irish practice Architectural Farm is enclosed within a wooden frame that provides internal and external seating. Local studio Architectural Farm was tasked with renovating the 1920s property and adding an extension that maximises the internal layout while also improving the

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