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Yu2e draws upon historic styles to create pink housing block in Los Angeles

August 28, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture and engineering firm Yu2e has completed The Axolotl, a three-storey apartment building near public transit that is meant to be an “evolutionary hybrid of Los Angeles middle housing”. The building is situated on a rectangular property in the Los Feliz neighbourhood, described as a “middle density” area with many two-storey apartment buildings. For the

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Montalba Architects prioritises connection to nature at Manhattan Beach House

August 24, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

A slender pool lined with a “vertical garden” features in an oceanfront home in southern California designed by US studio Montalba Architects. The house is located within a dense, beachside neighbourhood in Manhattan Beach outside of Los Angeles. Designed for a couple who are long-time residents of the area, the dwelling is imbued with a

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Elkus Manfredi cuts openings into 1950s “concrete bunker” in Washington DC

August 21, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

A Cold War-era building designed to withstand nuclear blasts is among the structures that have been renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects at the newly established Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. The 12-acre (4.8-hectare) campus is located in northwest Washington DC and is part of the former site of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center,

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And And And Studio lifts Silver Lake Tree House above Los Angeles site

August 18, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture firm And And And Studio has created a stucco-clad, single-level home for a family of six that is raised up to create a “treehouse-like effect”. The Silver Lake Tree House – which takes its name from the Los Angeles neighbourhood in which it is located – sits on a sloped property in a cul-de-sac. Local firm

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John Ronan Architects creates circular brick building for Chicago Park District

August 15, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Salvaged brick and aluminium screens feature on the exterior of a round building designed by local studio John Ronan Architects to house the Chicago Park District Headquarters and a community field house. The project was built on a former brownfield site in Brighton Park, an historically underserved neighbourhood on the southwest side of Chicago. Featuring

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Harding Huebner perches Meadow House on hillside in North Carolina

August 14, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Harding Huebner Architects has completed a low-lying, energy-efficient home informed by the “agrarian barns and humble structures” found in America’s Appalachian Region. Meadow House was designed for a retired couple from Texas who love the open landscapes of their former state and sought a property in North Carolina that offered a similar quality.

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TBo creates sunlit extension for Brooklyn townhouse

August 9, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

A 124-year-old brick Brooklyn townhouse has received a concrete-framed extension by local studio TBo that provides more space for a multi-generational family and creates “gentle oppositions” between the old and new architecture. The project, Monroe Street House, involved the renovation and expansion of a Federal-style brick townhome dating to 1899. The multilevel building rises up

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Wood and asphalt wrap Phoenix apartment building by SinHei Kwok

August 4, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Black wood and asphalt shingles clad the exterior of the Polker housing block by architect and developer SinHei Kwok, who took cues from historic “pyramid cottages” while conceiving the project. The historic Garfield neighbourhood – which has been undergoing revitalisation – is located near downtown Phoenix and is known for its modest, 20th-century homes designed

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Greenway Parks Residence in Dallas features “auto lounge” for Ferraris

August 1, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Texas studios Smitharc Architecture + Interiors and Erin Sander Design have completed a family home with limestone cladding, a Zen garden and a gallery-like space for the clients’ Ferraris. Situated on a leafy street, the home is named after the suburban Dallas neighbourhood where it is located, Greenway Parks. The residence was built for a

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Crystalline volume added to Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium in New Orleans

July 26, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

New glazing and an angular lobby crossed by a catwalk are among the enhancements that US architecture studios Eskew Dumez Ripple and CambridgeSeven have made to a 1990s nature museum in Louisiana. Located in the heart of New Orleans, the Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium sits on a site overlooking the Mississippi River. The museum –

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