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Sigurd Larsen refurbishes 19th-century farm for Michelberger hotel

April 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has refurbished the Michelberger Farm in Spreewald, Germany, creating a new wing of guest rooms that reinterprets the redbrick style of the 19th-century complex. Having already worked on the refurbishment of the Michelberger hotel in Berlin in collaboration with Jonathan Tuckey, Larsen was tasked with replacing a ruin on the site

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“Oozy mortar” gives textured finish to brick home in Australia by Studio Roam

April 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Oozing mortar joints create a “crusty crown” for The Brick House, a family home in Perth, Australia that has recently been completed by local practice Studio Roam. Located in the suburb of Highgate, the home replaces an existing cottage on the site that had been occupied by the clients for several years. Tasked with creating

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SOA Architectes completes “eclectic” social housing in Parisian park

March 31, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The 19th-century villas in the suburbs of Paris informed the arched windows and sloping roofs of this social housing block in France, completed by local studio SOA Architectes. SOA Architectes was tasked with creating 24 social housing units and two affordable units at Parc Princesse – the site of a former hospital in Vésinet that

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Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand

March 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O’Clock, a “communal hub” topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. Located in Phuket City, the centre provides the Villa Qabalah housing – which is due to complete at the end of 2024 – with a restaurant, bar, gallery, workshop, health studio and gardens,

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Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter draws on traditional log cabins for remote home in Norway

March 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Norwegian studio Gartnerfuglen Arkitekter has completed a home named Årestua in a remote area of Telemark, referencing traditional log cabins to create a feeling of “natural minimalism”. Årestua stands on a small, sloped forest clearing and takes its name from the Norwegian word for a log cabin that would historically be organised around an open

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Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella extend old ski lodge in Budapest

March 27, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Hungarian practices Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella have revamped and extended the Normafa Ski Lodge restaurant in Budapest with the shingle-clad pavilion, which aims to evoke “the purity of a mountain hut”. Located in Normafa Park to the west of the Hungarian capital, the heritage-protected lodge, which now contains a restaurant, dates back to the

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Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park

March 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. Collectively named the Hermit Space, the three venues are each designed with a distinct atmosphere and intended to “seamlessly integrate” with the parkland surroundings. “We attempt to investigate

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Levitt Bernstein reinstates historic character of Grade-II listed Bristol Beacon

March 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

UK practice Levitt Bernstein has completed its refurbishment of the Grade II-listed Bristol Beacon, creating new interiors for the “grand and impressive” historic concert venue. The new spaces mark the second and final phase of the project, which began in 2009 with the creation of a new foyer building for the venue containing cafés, bars

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Schemata Architects embraces rough material finishes for gallery in Seoul

March 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul, completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. The gallery is located at the rear of the Space Group Building, a modernist icon in South Korea that houses the Arario Museum. Designed by architect Kim Swoo-geun,

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Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa clads rural Spanish house with cork blocks

March 20, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa has completed The Cork and Wood House, a home in Spain that is finished with a raw palette of materials. Located in the farming hamlet of Navajeda, the 175-square-metre home was designed by Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa to have a minimal impact on its rural surroundings, both visually and in terms of

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