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Cantinho do Céu in São Paulo demonstrates the power of public space

March 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Our next Social Housing Revival series case study looks at the development of a series of favelas in São Paulo by Brazilian studio Boldarini Arquitetura e Urbanismo that take a new approach to informal settlements by prioritising social, communal spaces. Beginning in 2008 and still ongoing, this project seeks to address the issues of displacement

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RDTH Architekti converts old mill into contemporary home in Slovakia

March 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Czech studio RDTH Architekti has transformed an old mill and farm in Slovakia into a family home, introducing a series of timber structures that reference its former sheds and chicken coops. Aptly named New House with Old Mill, the home sits alongside a small stream in Trenčín on a site occupied by the former mill

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Traditional cabins inform mountain retreat in the Ukrainian Carpathians

March 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Lviv studios Sanina Arch Club and Gubar Architects used a “combination of modern and local traditions” for Krasnyk House, a holiday cabin in the Carpathian mountains in Ukraine. Krasnyk House’s form mimics the typical architecture of the Hutsuls – an ethnic group from the mountains of western Ukraine – and blends it with contemporary materials

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Studio Guma converts stone farmhouse into “family sanctuary” in Normandy

March 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to “evoke the rural history” of the site. Located in the village of Hécourt, the farmhouse and two outbuildings have been adapted to create a “family sanctuary” suitable for gatherings. “The main ambition of the landowner was to

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The Caserne de Reuilly in Paris was “a hollow tooth that we had to fill”

March 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

We continue our Social Housing Revival series with a look at the Caserne de Reuilly, the transformation of a 19th-century barracks in Paris into hundreds of affordable homes that is emblematic of the city’s effective approach to retrofit housing. Located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, the project was completed in 2020 for the country’s

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Sameep Padora & Associates creates flowing concrete form for Indian arts space

March 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Terracotta-coloured render made from local soil covers the curving, concrete structure of Hampi Art Labs, an arts centre in Karnataka by architecture studio Sameep Padora & Associates. Hampi Art Labs is designed by Sameep Padora & Associates to appear as though it was “born from its surroundings” near the village of Hampi, a UNESCO World

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Wave-shaped roofs top cultural space in Shanghai by Wutopia Lab

March 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Named Klein Blue Hills and White Cliff after its distinctive roofs, the project is part of a wider initiative to turn the former campus of the Shanghai Marine Instrument

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Gabion walls filled with stone “camouflage” Indian home by Earthscape Studio

March 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. The Infinite Rise is located near the village of Anaikatti on an elevated, rocky site that provides expansive views across the surrounding mountain ranges. Looking to disrupt

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Mesh veil wraps exhibition space in China by Trace Architecture Office

March 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A veil of metal mesh wraps the steel structure of In-Between Pavilion, an exhibition space in Shenzhen, China, designed by Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office. In-Between Pavilion provides a home for the Design Homology Museum, tucked between two buildings in the dense streetscape of the historic Nantou area. The museum is dedicated to exploring “the

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Seestadt Aspern Housing by Berger + Parkkinen brought Red Vienna into the 21st century

March 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The first case study in our Social Housing Revival series looks at a housing block in Vienna organised around a central “common heart” that harks back to the city’s golden age of municipal construction. Designed by local practices Berger + Parkkinen and Querkraft Architekten, Seestadt Aspern Housing was completed in 2015 for housing cooperative EGB.

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