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Hutch Design transforms concrete pig shed into rural retreat outside London

March 4, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Hutch Design has created The Maker’s Barn, a holiday home on the outskirts of London that is finished with a palette of “natural and honest” materials. Set among wild grassland bordered by a forest, the 65-square-metre holiday rental was originally a concrete pig shed and has been transformed with materials that are hoped

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Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture organise French school around planted courtyard

February 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Gabled concrete forms surround a planted courtyard at Samuel Paty School in Béziers, France, created by local studios Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture. Located in the city’s Devèze district, the single-storey school is designed by Ateliers O-S and NAS Architecture to balance well-lit, navigable spaces with a feeling of enclosure and privacy for those inside.

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Atelier WOA creates long timber-framed library in France

February 27, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large wooden beams frame the interiors of L’échappée, a multimedia library in France designed by local practice Atelier WOA as an alternative to “institutional and cold” public buildings. Occupying a long narrow site in Herblay sur Seine, L’échappée – meaning “escapade” in English – faces a road to the north with a stone and glass facade

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Concrete vaults support rooftop football pitch in China by UAD

February 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A vaulted concrete base supports an elevated football pitch and running track at the Hexi Sports Field, which The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed in Shaoxing, China. Hexi Sports Field is located on a site to the northwest of Shaoxing University’s campus, which borders the old town and overlooks the

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H-H Studio designs home in Vietnam as “a place to live, work, study, grow crops and entertain”

February 23, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

White volumes, balconies and planters are stacked around a central courtyard at House for Young Families in Da Nang, Vietnam, which has been designed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. H-H Studio created t dwelling with spaces that could be used flexibly and provide a close connection to the outdoors for the home’s clients, who

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BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone

February 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Pale sandstone walls bring a “warm and welcoming” feel to this columbarium in a cemetery in Radom, Poland, which has been completed by local studio BDR Architekci. Located in the centre of Radom Municipal Cemetery – one of the largest cemeteries in Poland – the columbarium has 2,000 storage niches for funeral urns, organised across

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EFFEKT designs EV charging station where drivers can also “recharge mentally”

February 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio EFFEKT has created a charging station for electric vehicles in Sønderborg, Denmark, which is designed as a park with gardens and seating areas. Called Better Energy Charge, the park is a pilot project for renewable energy company Better Energy and is located alongside a solar farm on the company’s R&D campus. According to

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Spaceworkers frames views through deep concrete reveals at Portuguese house

February 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal, recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Located on a sloping site near the town of Sobrado, the blocky, three-storey home occupies a plot once occupied by the home of the client’s grandfather. It is formed from board-marked concrete, designed by Spaceworkers

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WE-S Architecten designs Belgian nursery to resemble “a modest garden pavilion”

February 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian studio WE-S Architecten has created a nursery in the town of Aartselaar that takes the form of a nine-sided pavilion, intended to blend in with the surrounding park. The compact building in Belgium provides four classrooms, a dining area and staff spaces, which are organised radially around a skylit hall to allow them to

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Alors Studio extends exposed-concrete home in rural France

February 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A cantilevering concrete canopy shelters a new entrance at this extension to a modernist-style home in Ardèche, which has been completed by French practice Alors Studio. Located in a small village in the south of the French, the house was originally built in 2007 as a holiday home and is comprised of three separate areas

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