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Malka Architecture to top French embassy in Vienna with art nouveau-style alcoves

October 19, 2021 James Parkes 0

French studio Malka Architecture has revealed plans to renovate the interior of the French embassy in Vienna and top it with a collection of nature-informed art nouveau-style “light cannons”. The embassy occupies two art nouveau-structures from the early 20th century in Vienna’s city centre. Malka Architecture plans to renovate the interior of both government buildings and

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Stefano Boeri covers social housing tower with 10,000 plants

October 14, 2021 James Parkes 0

Italian architect Stefano Boeri has completed the plant-covered Trudo Vertical Forest social housing tower in Eindhoven. The housing block is 70 metres tall and surrounded with staggered, protruding balconies that support over 10,000 plants. It is Stefano Boeri Architetti’s first “vertical forest” in the Netherlands. Unlike earlier vertical forests including Bosco Verticale that contained luxury apartments, the 18-storey tower has 125 affordable

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Sunnei transforms former recording studio into fashion brand HQ in Milan

October 14, 2021 James Parkes 0

Italian fashion brand Sunnei has renovated the interior of an ex-recording studio to create a minimalist headquarters as a canvas for furniture and art pieces by the brand’s collaborators. Located near its flagship store in Milan, the brand named its headquarters and studio Palazzina Sunnei to reference typical Milanese residential buildings. Palazzina Sunnei was organised as a series

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Deakin Law School by Woods Bagot features zinc cladding and fluted concrete towers

October 4, 2021 James Parkes 0

Architecture practice Woods Bagot has completed a university building for Deakin Law School in Melbourne comprising a zinc-clad volume and a fluted concrete tower. The Deakin Law School is a new campus building for Deakin University, which has campuses in Geelong, Melbourne and Warrnambool. The building is comprises a trio of stacked zinc-clad volumes, used

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Deakin Law School by Woods Bagot features zinc cladding and fluted concrete towers

October 4, 2021 James Parkes 0

Architecture practice Woods Bagot has completed a university building for Deakin Law School in Melbourne comprising a zinc-clad volume and a fluted concrete tower. The Deakin Law School is a new campus building for Deakin University, which has campuses in Geelong, Melbourne and Warrnambool. The building is comprises a trio of stacked zinc-clad volumes, used

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Trolle Rudebeck Haar floats prefabricated sauna on Lake Geneva

October 3, 2021 James Parkes 0

Lausanne University of Art and Design graduate Trolle Rudebeck Haar has built a pre-fabricated floating sauna, which offers views over the Alps, using local wood. Löyly is a 2.2-square-metre floating wooden sauna and was Haar’s graduate Diploma Project at Lausanne University of Art and Design (ÉCAL) in Switzerland. “After living in Finland for a while and

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Gensler unveils redesigned lobby in Philip Johnson’s AT&T building

September 30, 2021 James Parkes 0

New York studio Gensler has completed a redesign of the lobby inside the postmodernist AT&T building in Midtown Manhattan that aims to pay homage to the existing structure. The overhaul of 550 Madison is lead by Norwegian studio Snøhetta, with Gensler responsible for the renovation of the lobby in the landmarked Philip Johnson-designed building. Gensler

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BIG and Castro Group plan “urban fashion village” with hill-like roof

September 29, 2021 James Parkes 0

Architecture practice BIG and developer Castro Group have unveiled designs for the Fuse Valley development in Porto, which will house the headquarters of luxury fashion platform Farfetch. Located on the slopes of the Leça River, in the northern area of Porto, Portugal, Fuse Valley will contain Farfetch’s headquarters within 12 interconnected buildings. The whole site,

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Amelia Tavella Architectes adds perforated copper extension to a Corsican convent

September 21, 2021 James Parkes 0

French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes renovated and extended a 15th-century convent on the island of Corsica, adding a perforated copper volume. Built in 1480, the part-ruined Saint-Francois Convent is positioned on a hill overlooking a village and mountainous landscape. Prior to the renovation, the structure had become overgrown with greenery and its stone walls were

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Studio Saar looks to Indian architecture for cultural centre in Rajasthan

September 7, 2021 James Parkes 0

Studio Saar has designed a cultural centre in India informed by Rajasthan’s architectural heritage that will be used to host educational and cultural programmes. Named Third Space: The Haveli of Curiosity, the building was designed to become a “third space” where young people, outside of their school and homes, can access education and social facilities.

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