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Exposed concrete frame creates “resilient” spaces for maritime academy in Denmark

January 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Danish studios EFFEKT and CF Møller Architects have completed the Svendborg International Maritime Academy in Denmark, using an exposed concrete frame to echo its industrial surrounds. Overlooking the harbour in the North Quay of the former port city Svendborg, the 12,500-square-metre centre unites several previously separate departments of Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC), providing combined

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DROO adds charred-timber clubhouse to polo field in Surrey

January 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio DROO has extended and refurbished Arc Polo Farm in Surrey, UK, adding a clubhouse clad in charred timber to an existing ensemble of barns and stables. After the polo club was recently acquired by new owners, DROO was approached to refurbish its stables and training areas and supplement them with an events space

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Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s Architects

January 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Czech studio Mar.s Architects drew on traditional mountain architecture when designing this house in the village of Malá Úpa, creating steep gables to help deal with heavy snowfall. Named Family House Dolní Malá Úpa, the home is located within the mountainous Krkonoše National Park, which required Mar.s Architects to adhere to strict construction rules. This

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Ignacio Prego Architectures designs “standardised and welcoming” student housing

January 9, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Prefabricated units of concrete and wood were given varied facades to “mitigate the feeling of repetition” at this student housing project in Agen, France, by Parisian studio Ignacio Prego Architectures. Designed for the National School of the Penitentiary Administration (ENAP), the scheme provides 461 rooms set within a 15-hectare park, which the studio wanted the

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Villa in rural Vietnam uses local materials to “harmonise with the environment”

January 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Reddish-brown bricks made from local stone were used for the construction of SuoiHai Villa, a low-slung home in rural Vietnam designed by local studio APDI Architecture. Situated overlooking Suoi Hai Lake and the famous Tản Viên Peak, the dwelling is one of the only buildings in the picturesque area. This informed its unobtrusive single-storey profile

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Åsa Hjort Architects completes blocky home on Sweden’s southern coast

January 4, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Grey brick chimneys contrast the interlocking white-rendered blocks of Hallen, a home in southern Sweden completed by local studio Åsa Hjort Architects. Designed for the studio’s founder, Åsa Hjort, the dwelling is located on the outskirts of Kivik, where it is surrounded by woodland and enjoys views out across the Baltic Sea. The studio had

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Civic Architects and VDNDP “embrace imperfections” for retrofit at Dutch university

January 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The “ruin-like” concrete frame of a former chemistry laboratory has been transformed into a series of workspaces for the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands, in this project by Civic Architects and VDNDP. Providing a new home for the International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences (ITC), the building was designed to be a “sustainable symbol”

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Intersecting blocks form House in Fujiidera by FujiwaraMuro Architects

January 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A zigzagging plan was used to bring “spatial depth” to the small site of House in Fujiidera, a family home in Osaka, Japan, designed by local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects. Created for a family of four on a narrow site, the home is formed of a cluster of blocks with contrasting finishes that intersect around a

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X11 Design Studio “connects nature with daily activities” at De Chill House in Vietnam

December 31, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Balconies shaded by trailing plants front this slender concrete home in Vietnam, which has been designed by local architecture practice X11 Design Studio to “promote a connection between nature and people”. Designed for a three-generation family in Quang Ninh the home is called De Chill House. It features planted yards at either end, a central

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Mono Architekten tops perforated concrete car park with public plaza

December 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Berlin studio Mono Architekten has combined a perforated concrete viewing tower with a car park topped by a public park to create a new entrance to the town of Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. Located close to the border with France and Switzerland, the project is situated between the town itself and the recently redeveloped green

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