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Studio Paolo Ferrari turns shipping containers into boutique-like salesroom in Ottawa

June 21, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Zibi House by Paulo Ferrari

Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has designed a showroom for a new development in Ottawa that appears more like a home than a sales gallery. The salesroom is for a development in the Canadian capital called Zibi that will span 34 acres (14 hectares) with residential and commercial complexes near the Ottawa River. Called Zibi House, the

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Kengo Kuma builds blackened-wood chicken coop at Casa Wabi artist retreat

June 20, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Casa Wabi Coop by Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma’s firm has designed a coop for chickens living at the Casa Wabi arts foundation in Mexico to be like a collective housing project. The Casa Wabi Coop is a chicken hut that provides eggs for the Casa Wabi Foundation in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Kengo Kuma and Associates (KKA) received the commission from foundation

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Curved pedestrian bridge links two riverfront parks in Providence

June 18, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Providence Pedestrian Bridge by Inform Studio

US architecture firm Inform Studio and Buro Happold have designed a curved and stepped wood-covered pedestrian bridge to link two parks in Providence, Rhode Island. Spanning 394 feet (120 metres), the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge connects new green spaces on the east and west sides of the city’s riverfront. The design also incorporates five existing

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Machado Silvetti designs glass enclosure for Virginia home of signer of Declaration of Independence

June 15, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Menokin Glass House Project by Machado Silvetti

Boston architecture firm Machado Silvetti has been selected to preserve an 18th-century home in Virginia once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The work is for Francis Lightfoot Lee’s home in northeast Virginia near Warsaw. Also known as the Menokin house it has fallen into ruin over the decades, and it will

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Machado Silvetti designs glass enclosure for Virginia home of signer of Declaration of Independence

June 15, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Menokin Glass House Project by Machado Silvetti

Boston architecture firm Machado Silvetti has been selected to preserve an 18th-century home in Virginia once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The work is for Francis Lightfoot Lee’s home in northeast Virginia near Warsaw. Also known as the Menokin house it has fallen into ruin over the decades, and it will

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Productora designs Casa Bautista on beach in Tulum nature preserve

June 13, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Casa Bautista by Productora

A spiral staircase, rooftop pool and slatted doors feature in this concrete house in Mexico’s tropical Yucatan Peninsula designed by Mexico City architecture studio Productora. Called Casa Bautista, the two-storey home is nestled into a lush forest in Sian Ka’an biosphere reserve, which is about an hour drive from Tulum. Productora designed the residence in

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Woods Bagot devises office layouts for workplaces post-coronavirus

June 11, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Work From Here by Woods Bagot

Woods Bagot has created four proposals for workplace design following coronavirus that merge working from home and office life to “strengthen culture and performance”. The Working from Home, Working from Work project was created by the architecture firm to move beyond health and safety measures, which are a given, and focus on encouraging collaboration and

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Ten concrete frames punctuate Portico House in Brasília by Bloco Arquitetos

June 11, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Portico House by Bloco Arquitetos

A latticed concrete-and-ceramic roof hangs from 10 concrete structures to shade the patio of this house in Brasília designed by local studio Bloco Arquitetos. Called Portico House, the project is in a residential area on the outskirts of Brazil’s capital city and measures 290 square metres. The residence is fronted by a patio that is

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Laurent Deroo Architecte furnishes APC London store with aluminium “cabin modules”

June 9, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
APC London store by Laurent Deroo Architecte

Aluminium modules form display cases for this clothing store in London’s Covent Garden, which Paris studio Laurent Deroo Architecte designed for French clothing brand APC. Called Mistral, the project is the latest that Laurent Deroo Architecte (LDA) has created for Atelier de Production et de Création (APC) as part of their 15-year-long partnership. The volumes

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