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Agricultural sheds inform metal home in Taiwan by Studio Tngtetshiu

June 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The “anonymous” metal buildings found in rural Taiwan were a visual reference for Double Roof House, which local practice Studio Tngtetshiu has created in Tainan. Double Roof House comprises a home, warehouse and playground, located alongside a red-brick church previously renovated by Studio Tngtetshiu. To contrast the solidity of the church, the studio used a steel-framed

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Hassell completes “democratic and non-hierarchical” building for Sydney law school

June 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Hassell has completed the Michael Kirby Law Building at Macquarie University in Sydney, organising its teaching spaces around a skylit, timber-framed atrium. Located on the university campus to the north of Sydney’s centre, the 8500-square-metre building replaces an existing two-storey administration centre built in the 1980s around an underutilised courtyard. Hassell transformed the

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F+G Architectes creates “deliberately restrained” timber stable near Lyon

June 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio F+G Architectes has created a stable outside Lyon that is formed of wooden structures designed as a modern take on the area’s typical agricultural buildings. Called Les Écuries de la Roche, the building in the commune of Vourles provides space for 28 horses, alongside a clubhouse and indoor and outdoor riding arenas. It

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Remix Studio elevates school campus in Shanghai on public podium

June 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Remix Studio has completed a campus for Futian High School in Shanghai, designed as a “city in the city” and linked by colourful walkways and bridges. The large campus, which measures over 120,000 square metres, was designed by Remix Studio to challenge the country’s typical hermetic educational architecture and create a more open

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ARG Architects updates gridded home in Iceland with curving walls

May 31, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A curved wall of rammed earth made from local soil has been added to the gridded interior of Curvilinear Serenity, a house in Iceland renovated by local practice ARG Architects. ARG Architects was tasked with updating the single-storey family home built in the 1970s in Garðabær, a rapidly growing area of Iceland. According to the studio,

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ARG Architects updates gridded home in Iceland with curving walls

May 31, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A curved wall of rammed earth made from local soil has been added to the gridded interior of Curvilinear Serenity, a house in Iceland renovated by local practice ARG Architects. ARG Architects was tasked with updating the single-storey family home built in the 1970s in Garðabær, a rapidly growing area of Iceland. According to the studio,

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Green zinc panels “camouflage” Folded House in Cambridge by Westerdahl

May 31, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Westerdahl has renovated a house in Cambridge, reorganising an existing extension and cladding it in green zinc panels that blend in with the surrounding planting. Westerdahl was tasked with better connecting the home, named Folded House, to its large garden after it had been blocked by utility spaces in its extension. The studio

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Cairn uses hand-poured hempcrete for House Made by Many Hands in London

May 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Cairn has used hand-poured hempcrete to form the rough textured walls at House Made by Many Hands, an extension of a Victorian home in east London. Approached to redesign the “dark and cramped” home in Hackney, London and Edinburgh-based Cairn reconfigured and expanded its ground floor using a palette of low-carbon and bio-based

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Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen converts German chocolate factory into supported housing for children

May 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

German studio Alexander Poetzsch Architekturen has converted a former chocolate factory in Dresden into a youth club and assisted living centre for children. Overhauled for the German Child Protection Association, the building now contains a therapeutic housing community with a youth club, counselling centre, workshop and library alongside administrative and conference spaces for the organisation.

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Chidori Studio draws on industrial references for home in Japan

May 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Chidori Studio has completed Hokuriku Residence No. 3, a house in Hakusan that references traditional Japanese homes and industrial architecture. Located on the site of a former soy sauce factory, the open single-storey home was designed for a client who requested bright spaces with ample access to the outdoors. The site is situated

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