Articles by Jessica Mairs

BIG’s VIA 57 West offers affordable homes for less than $1,500 a month

August 22, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A lottery for affordably priced apartments in BIG’s Manhattan housing development VIA 57 West has begun, with some homes available to rent from $1,448 per month. There are 36 affordable apartments up for grabs inside the so-called “courtscraper” – one of the most desirable addresses in Manhattan, which features a huge courtyard at its centre. These home are being

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BIG’s VIA 57 West offers affordable homes for less than $1,500 a month

August 22, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A lottery for affordably priced apartments in BIG’s Manhattan housing development VIA 57 West has begun, with some homes available to rent from $1,448 per month. There are 36 affordable apartments up for grabs inside the so-called “courtscraper” – one of the most desirable addresses in Manhattan, which features a huge courtyard at its centre. These home are being

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First photographs emerge of Fumihiko Maki’s V&A-backed design museum in Shenzhen

August 21, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

These construction shots offer a first glimpse of the new Shenzhen design museum designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, which is opening later this year and will include a new Chinese outpost for the V&A museum. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect first unveiled the model for the design museum back in 2014. Originally called the Shekou Museum, after the former

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SANAA completes cloud-shaped port terminal building for Naoshima island

August 21, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

SANAA has built a small passenger terminal shaped like a cloud for a port on the Japanese island of Naoshima, which is famed for its contemporary art scene. Japanese duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa and their firm SANAA designed the terminal for passengers waiting to disembark the island – giving them a place to park their bicycles or

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Arching bamboo trusses are left exposed in Chiang Mai sports hall to create a “feast to the eye”

August 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Chiangmai Life Architects and Construction modelled the segmented and undulating roof of this bamboo sports hall at a school in Chiang Mai in Thailand on the petals of a lotus flower. Local bamboo specialists Chiangmai Life Architects and Construction designed the Bamboo Sports Hall for the Panyaden International School, which educates primary school-aged children using buddhist principles. Located among rice fields, a 15

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Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation

August 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña broke down walls to create an open-plan layout for this apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample neighbourhood, and lined its new light-filled rooms in warm-toned wood. The duo reorganised the 65-square-metre apartment on Comte Borrell street to improve access to natural light from a row of floor-to-ceiling windows at one end. The resulting linear flow

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Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation

August 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña broke down walls to create an open-plan layout for this apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample neighbourhood, and lined its new light-filled rooms in warm-toned wood. The duo reorganised the 65-square-metre apartment on Comte Borrell street to improve access to natural light from a row of floor-to-ceiling windows at one end. The resulting linear flow

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Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation

August 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña broke down walls to create an open-plan layout for this apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample neighbourhood, and lined its new light-filled rooms in warm-toned wood. The duo reorganised the 65-square-metre apartment on Comte Borrell street to improve access to natural light from a row of floor-to-ceiling windows at one end. The resulting linear flow

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Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña eschew tiles for timber in Barcelona apartment renovation

August 20, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Spanish architects Adrian Elizalde and Clara Ocaña broke down walls to create an open-plan layout for this apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample neighbourhood, and lined its new light-filled rooms in warm-toned wood. The duo reorganised the 65-square-metre apartment on Comte Borrell street to improve access to natural light from a row of floor-to-ceiling windows at one end. The resulting linear flow

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Fernando Abellanas hangs secret studio under a bridge in Valencia

August 18, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Self-taught designer Fernando Abellanas has installed a covert studio beneath a graffiti-covered bridge in the Spanish city of Valencia, making use of the concrete infrastructure to form a roof and walls for the hideaway. Abellanas, who designs furniture and lighting under the studio name Lebrel, created the small timber- and metal-framed hut in just two weeks. He prefers not to reveal its

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