Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Shingle-clad clubhouse and visitor centre faces ice rink in a Japanese forest

August 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Klein Dytham Architecture has completed a visitor centre and ice rink in Japan’s Karuizawa region, featuring a curving, shingle-clad frontage that follows the edge of a landscaped skating pond. The Tokyo-based architecture studio collaborated with landscape design firm Studio on Site to develop the proposal for a year-round visitor attraction located in the foothills of

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Shingle-clad clubhouse and visitor centre faces ice rink in a Japanese forest

August 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Klein Dytham Architecture has completed a visitor centre and ice rink in Japan’s Karuizawa region, featuring a curving, shingle-clad frontage that follows the edge of a landscaped skating pond. The Tokyo-based architecture studio collaborated with landscape design firm Studio on Site to develop the proposal for a year-round visitor attraction located in the foothills of

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S&T Architects designs poolside retreat in Ukrainian mountains

August 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. House in Transcarpathia was designed by S&T Architects for two young families who like to holiday together in the mountainous region in western Ukraine. The

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S&T Architects designs poolside retreat in Ukrainian mountains

August 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. House in Transcarpathia was designed by S&T Architects for two young families who like to holiday together in the mountainous region in western Ukraine. The

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S&T Architects designs poolside retreat in Ukrainian mountains

August 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Ukrainian studio S&T Architects has released detailed renders showing its design for a summer retreat in the Carpathian Mountains, comprising two concrete and glass buildings that face each other across a swimming pool. House in Transcarpathia was designed by S&T Architects for two young families who like to holiday together in the mountainous region in western Ukraine. The

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Cantilevered concrete volume shelters entrance to Arabic studies building at Lebanese university

August 25, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Chunky concrete pillars support the upper storey of this university building in Lebanon, which rises above its sloping site to offer views of a nearby walnut grove and the Mediterranean Sea. The Sheikh Nahyan Centre for Arabic Studies & Intercultural Dialogue (CASID) was designed by local firm Fouad Samara Architects as the latest addition to

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Grace Quah’s Bartlett graduation project is a feminist film featuring homes that perform domestic chores

July 31, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Grace Quah has produced a feminist film featuring a conceptual housing estate where appliances become the architecture, reducing the amount of unpaid domestic labour women are required to carry out. Quah developed her Silvertown Plug-In project during her studies on the Bartlett’s MA programme. She was part of Unit 26, led by Simon Kennedy

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Zrobym Architects’ summer house combines references to Scandinavian and Belarusian architecture

July 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The cosy feel of classic Scandinavian cottages is referenced in the interior of this summer house near the Belarusian village of Raubichi, which is clad entirely in larch and cedar. Zrobym Architects, which is based in the nearby city of Minsk, designed the summer house (also known as a dacha) as a quiet retreat for

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Bartlett student Damien Assini suggests replacing HS2 railway with zero-carbon towns

July 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Damien Assini has proposed that the UK government reallocates funds from the proposed HS2 railway, and instead creates a natural landscape incorporating carbon-free modular housing and a green economy. Assini’s project is called Re-imagination of the HS2, and is based on skepticism uncovered in his research about the potential benefits of the

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Interrobang fills its office with custom plywood furniture painted the colours of insulating foam

July 29, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture and engineering studio Interrobang has fitted out its east London office with freestanding plywood furniture units, painted in the same pastel hues as insulating foam typically concealed within a building’s walls. When Interrobang moved into the space on the first floor of a five-storey 1970s office block in 2016, it was completely empty and had no

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