Articles by Jenna McKnight

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PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school

November 10, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark “experimentation and exploration” among children. Located in northwest Detroit, the building is part of the School at Marygrove, a new educational institution that will eventually serve students

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Fredrik Nilsson clads his Los Angeles house in oiled cedar

November 7, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Sweden-born architect Fredrik Nilsson has completed a wood-clad residence for his family that incorporates Scandinavian modernism and the “bohemian experimentalism of the LA Eastside”. Located in the Echo Park neighbourhood, the Grafton House sits on a sloped site with views of the surrounding hills and city skyline. Architect Fredrik Nilsson – of local firm Studio Nilsson

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Alterstudio creates Falcon Ledge Residence on a challenging Austin site

November 4, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked “as a possible home site”. Built for a married couple in Austin, the house feels immersed in the wilderness but is, in fact, surrounded by “very ordinary, suburban conditions”. “The opportunity to live

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Linden Brown Architecture creates “live-work” building for Portland shoe designers

October 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Tall roof monitors lend a sculptural look to the Gradient House and Studio, which was designed by Oregon studio Linden Brown Architecture for the founders of a shoe design company. The project was envisioned as a “live-work campus” for the owners of Studio Noyes, a creative agency focused on footwear. The mixed-use building is located

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Prentiss Balance Wickline designs remote Michigan cabin for mountain bikers

October 26, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

A tough shell made of weathering steel clads the Copper Harbor house by US firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects, which is set in a “very remote destination with an industrial history”. The cabin is found on the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula and overlooks Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes of North America. The project

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Opsis Architecture “breaks with convention” for mass-timber Idaho arena

October 25, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Opsis Architecture has completed the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, which features a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region’s rolling landscape. Located in the city of Moscow in North Idaho, the arena acts as a gateway building for the University of Idaho. In addition to basketball games

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Anacapa Architecture converts historic building into Drift Santa Barbara hotel

October 16, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Anacapa Architecture has transformed an early 1900s, stucco-clad building that was formerly closed off to the public into a welcoming hotel filled with compact rooms and handcrafted decor. Located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara in central California, the 45-key hotel is the second outpost from Drift, with the first located in

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BuildingWork references local culture in small Washington library

October 13, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio BuildingWork drew upon historic buildings and Indigenous culture to create the cedar-clad La Conner Swinomish Library in a maritime community in the Pacific Northwest. The building is located in La Conner, a small town along the Swinomish Channel in northern Washington. Situated along a main street in the town’s historic district, the building

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Marc Thorpe aims for “architecture of responsibility” in solar-powered Catskills house

October 10, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Marc Thorpe Design has completed a wood-clad, off-grid cabin for himself in New York that is meant to be “minimal in design but purposeful”. Marc Thorpe, whose studio is based in Manhattan, designed the 1,000-square-foot (93-square-metre) Fremont House to serve as a year-round, second home for himself and his wife, Claire Pijoulat, a

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Estudio Estudio unveils “hidden architectural treasures” in Mexico City house

October 3, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Arched doorways and a rooftop studio feature in the Y.27 House, which has been overhauled by architecture firm Estudio Estudio in a way that honours the historic building’s original character. Located on a 195-square-metre site in Mexico City’s Hipódromo Condesa neighbourhood, the project serves as a full-time residence for a client who is a social

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