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Concrete colonnade wraps 54-metre-long house in Bolivia

August 12, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

A slender, lush garden is hidden behind the walls of this long concrete house in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, designed by local firm Sommet. The architectural design studio completed Casa 54 in a gated community in the city with a simple form: a 54-metre-long (177-foot-long) one-storey volume. It is constructed predominantly from concrete, including the elevated

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Virgil Abloh and AMO design flexible flagship Off-White store in Miami that “can host a runway show”

August 12, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Off-White Miami Design District Flagship by AMO and Virgil Abloh

Fashion designer Virgil Abloh and AMO director Samir Bantal have designed the Off-White flagship store in Miami Design District to be a fulfilment centre and a multipurpose events space. Abloh, who owns the brand Off-White, and Bantal, director of architecture firm OMA’s research arm AMO, designed the store to rethink how physical shops should operate amid the growing popularity of digital shopping.

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Carlo Ratti unveils innovation district extension to Brasília masterplan

August 11, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a masterplan for a high-tech innovation district in Brasília that will be an extension to the Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer-designed city. The one-million-square-metre district called BIOTIC will be located at the northern tip of the Brasília UNESCO World Heritage site on a triangular plot of land near to the

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Green net shades hammocks and bird feeders in Murmuration by SO-IL

August 10, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio SO-IL has built a green-mesh structure with suspended seating in this installation on the Renzo Piano-designed plaza of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. SO-IL created the structure to temporarily occupy the plaza in front of the extension that Italian architect Renzo Piano added to the High Museum of Art in 2005.

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Folding polycarbonate wall reveals earthy interiors of São Paulo wellness space Dois Trópicos

August 9, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Brazilian studio MNMA has designed a spiral concrete stair and folding polycarbonate doors in this botanical store, yoga classroom and restaurant in São Paulo. Dois Trópicos has a calming earthy palette featuring local materials and crafts that MNMA chose to complement the functions of the wellness hub. “The concept of the project is a hybrid space,

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Perforated black blocks screen Cobogós House in Brazil by MF+ Arquitetos

August 8, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Brazilian Cobogó bricks, slatted woodwork and stone form the volumes that make up this house in Franca, São Paulo designed by Brazilian studio MF+ Arquitetos. MF+ Arquitetos, which is also based in Franca – a municipality of São Paulo state – fragmented Cobogós House into a series of blocks covered in different materials. “The project

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Black staircase twists up Joseph store in Miami Design District

August 7, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Joseph store Miami Design District by Sybarite

London studio Sybarite has designed a store for fashion label Joseph in the Miami Design District to include round balconies, curved railings spiral stairs as a reference to the city’s seaside architecture. A black metal corkscrew staircase is among the details that takes cues from Miami’s seaside architecture dating back to the 1940s and 50s.

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Seven of the best houses in Mexican town Valle de Bravo

August 6, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

From volcanic rock, soil-based render to roofs covered in shrubs, these seven houses have all been designed to complement their setting in Mexico’s scenic Valle de Bravo. Santana House by CC Arquitectos Santana House is a one-storey property designed by CC Arquitectos to step down a sloped, forested site in Valle de Bravo. Weathered stone

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AIA “strongly opposes” Trump administration’s rollback of fair housing rule

August 3, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

The American Institute of Architects has criticised the federal government’s termination of a provision introduced to help dismantle racial segregation in housing. The organisation “strongly opposes” the dismantling the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), which required communities receiving federal funding for housing to analyse barriers to housing and create a plan to rectify them, said AIA chief

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Concrete balconies and planters front Lima apartments by Barclay & Crousse

July 29, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firm Barclay & Crousse has used concrete plant plots overspilling with greenery to offer residents of an apartment building Lima with privacy. UN Park Apartments is located next to Parque Naciones Unidas, which translates as United Nations Park, in the Miraflores area of the Peruvian capital. The site is open to the park in

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