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WXCA creates “chiselled-out monolithic block” for Polish History Museum

November 9, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Local studio WXCA has completed the Polish History Museum and Polish Army Museum alongside a new public square on the site of the former Warsaw Citadel in Poland. Dating back to the 19th Century, the site in Warsaw was already home to the Tenth Pavilion Museum and Katyn Museum, with the new buildings making it one

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Sam Jacob Studio blends architectural references at The Hoxton Mule in London

November 9, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio. Located on a “left-over” corner site in Hoxton, east London, the space is designed for local charity Ivy Street Family Centre (ISFC) and incorporates the frontage of a former Victorian pub where the

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“Sightseeing factory” in China celebrates the heritage of red vinegar

November 7, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese practice Lel Design Studio has completed a factory in Yongchun that combines  traditional and modern brewing facilities for vinegar with a sightseeing route for tourists. Occupying and expanding on a series of brick buildings on the site that formerly housed a power station, the Yongchun Vinegar Sightseeing Factory was designed to connect visitors to

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De Winder Architekten retains industrial traces for offices in converted factory

November 5, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

German practice De Winder Architekten has converted a former machine factory in Hamburg into offices for publisher Carlsen, retaining traces of its previous industrial use. Completed in 2021, the office forms part of a wider campus being developed for the publisher in the city’s Altona district, which will also include a renovation of Carlsen’s previous

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Sahabat Selojene creates 2.8-metre-wide hotel in Indonesia

November 4, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Sahabat Selojene has created PituRooms, a seven-bedroom hotel in Indonesia that occupies a site measuring just 2.8 metres in width. Dubbed the “skinniest hotel ever” by the studio, the hotel sits between an alleyway and houses on a plot in Salatiga that had struggled to attract interest and was left as a “dumping

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BABELstudio creates “archetypal” woodland cabin in the Basque Country

November 3, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice BABELstudio has completed Aralar Cottage, a black wooden cabin in the Basque Country with a hinged side that opens the interior to the surrounding forest. Surrounded by the lush vegetation of Sierra de Aralar, the cabin was designed by BABELstudio for a couple based in Bilbao who enjoy carpentry and hiking. It has

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Studio Hinge creates library spaces beneath tree-like wooden columns

October 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. The library was designed for the Cricket Club of India, a member’s club dating back to the 1930s that is housed in an art deco building in southern Mumbai. Adapting the third floor

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Trace Architecture Office perches cafe on Jiming Island cliff edge

October 28, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office has placed a concrete cafe and guesthouse “like giant rocks” on the edge of a cliff on Jiming Island in Weihai, China. Embedded into the landscape, the Cliff Cafe cantilevers out towards the sea and is topped by a concrete terrace and viewpoint. Alongside it is Tower House, a tall

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Coffey Architects references industrial history for London housing and arts spaces

October 25, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Coffey Architects has completed The Tannery, a mixed-use project in Bermondsey that combines housing, artist’s studios and a gallery around a central courtyard. Occupying the former Rich Industrial Estate that was once the centre of Bermondsey’s 19th-century tannery trade, the three buildings by Coffey Architects are part of a wider masterplan for the

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White Arkitekter designs stormwater pond that “celebrates the joy of being part of nature”

October 22, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Swedish practice White Arkitekter has completed the Exercisfältet Stormwater Pond in Uppsala, Sweden, providing water purification and flood protection while also creating a biodiverse landscape for local residents. The pond is located in Exercisfältet, a former military training area that has recently been subject to a large amount of development that has reduced water infiltration.

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