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Théque Atelier surrounds home in Hungary with steel verandah

August 15, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

An elevated steel-framed verandah wraps the gabled forms of Frame House, a home in Hungary completed by Budapest studio Théque Atelier. Located alongside a forest in a village near Szeged, the home is designed to provide its nature-loving owners with a strong connection to the outdoors. Théque Atelier organised the living spaces across two rectilinear,

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Textured layers of poured concrete enclose Barcelona home by H Arquitectes

August 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish studio H Arquitectes has completed Casa 1736, a house in Barcelona with “robust and monolithic” walls formed of tactile poured concrete. The challenge of the design was to provide the three-storey home with sufficient ventilation and daylight, due to its deep plot bordered by neighbouring buildings. To achieve this, H Arquitectes created a skylit,

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STOMP designs Billy O’Tea house to resemble “docked ship” in India

August 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Nautical references nod to the coastal setting of this brick house in the port city of Thoothukudi, India, which has been completed by local architecture studio STOMP. Named Billy O’Tea after the ship in the popular folk song The Wellerman, the 464-square-metre home is intended to evoke a “docked ship”, in which its residents can

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David Closes adds jagged metal entrance to museum in Catalonia

August 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A jagged form clad in perforated aluminium marks the Baroque Museum of Catalonia entrance in Manresa, Spain, which has been updated by local architect David Closes. The new pavilion is one of several interventions improving access to the museum, which occupies a former 17th-century Jesuit college building alongside Manresa’s City History Museum. Closes’ design sits

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Gardiner Architects creates Heather’s Off-Grid House on Australian farm

August 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Australian studio Gardiner Architects has completed an off-grid farmhouse on a rural site in Victoria that has been regenerated with native vegetation and trees. Named Heather’s Off-Grid House after its client, the dwelling is located on a 37-hectare farmland site previously used for grazing on the edge of Barwon Valley. Melbourne-based Gardiner Architects was tasked

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Naturehumaine perches stilted “micro chalet” within Canadian woodland

August 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large windows create the feeling of sitting in a tree canopy at La Cime, a timber-clad holiday cabin that Canadian studio Naturehumaine has created in woodland in Lanaudière, Québec. La Cime, or The Top, is described by Naturehumaine as a one-bedroom “micro chalet”, with its sloping roof and wooden-plank cladding taking cues from traditional wooden

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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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Prokš Přikryl Architekti transforms historic mill in Czech Republic into arts centre

August 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Local studio Prokš Přikryl Architekti has converted a historic brick mill building in the Czech Republic into an arts centre, inserting galleries into its cavernous concrete grain silos. The studio renovated the silo building, which forms part of a wider complex in the city of Pardubice called Automatic Mills, a national cultural monument designed by

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Funcionable restores and updates historic home in Spain

August 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish architecture practice Funcionable has renovated a century-old home in a heritage-protected area of Toledo, making “few but radical” alterations to its historic masonry fabric. Named Reminiscent Home, the dwelling was in fact the place in which Funcionable founder, Julio Cesar Moreno, had been born, which informed the studio’s approach of reconnecting with the building’s

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