Articles by India Block

Olson Kundig Architects principal Alan Maskin has renovated and extended a beach cabin from 1938 in Washington State, turning it into his wood-lined retreat. Agate Pass Cabin overlooks the Agate Passage, a tidal waterway on the Olympic Peninsula. Maskin added a first-floor extension and proper foundations to the old cabin. Original wide planks of Douglas

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British practice Whittam Cox Architects has completed student housing Béton House, the latest redevelopment phase of the brutalist Park Hill estate in Sheffield, England. The concrete exterior and interiors have been decorated in a Le Corbusier-informed colour palette. A derelict ground floor building has been turned into a large communal area with a gym, cinema

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False Bay Writer’s Cabin by architecture firm Olson Kundig in the USA has three glass sides surrounded by decks that double as shutters when pulled up like a drawbridge. This unique feature allows the owners to secure their guest house cabin in San Juan Island, Washington, when not using it as a cosy writer’s office.

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