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Ksa Studený completes trapezoidal concrete home overlooking Slovakian forest

August 6, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Ksa Studený designed this trapezoidal concrete and glass house to frame views of a forest near the village of Pernek in Slovakia. Dug into a sloping site, the 200-square-metre home is fronted with a full-height glass facade and topped by a roof that will gradually become covered in plants to conceal it from

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BE_Design uses angular woven screens to shelter leadership centre in Rwanda

August 4, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

The geometric patterns of Rwandan Imigongo art informed the angular, woven forms of the Komera Leadership Centre, which has been designed by architecture studio BE_Design. Located in Rwanda’s Eastern Province, BE_Design’s local office worked with Rwanda Village Enterprises to create the centre, which provides spaces for health, education, and mentorship programs for young women, as

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Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated “brick veil”

July 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area’s history of brick manufacturing. Located in a dense urban area in Kaohsiung, Veil House meets the client’s desire for airy, open spaces while retaining their privacy from the neighbouring buildings on

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McGonigle McGrath completes “robust” brick home near Belfast

July 27, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

The shapes and colours of local masonry buildings informed this monolithic home near Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by local architecture firm McGonigle McGrath. Located just outside a small village in the Lagan Valley Regional Park, the dwelling, called Hill House, replaces a single-storey 1960s home owned by the clients. The change was made after it

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UN Studio designs Booking.com HQ to be like a “lively neighbourhood”

July 25, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A network of staircases, bridges and galleries are designed to foster collaboration and social interaction at the headquarters of website Booking.com in Amsterdam, which was designed by UN Studio. The design of the 65,000-square-metre City Campus, which was awarded to UN Studio following an invited competition in 2015, unites several separate offices across the city

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Bamboo screens “weave old and new” for artist’s residence in India

July 22, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian architecture practice Studio Array has used hand-woven bamboo screens to wrap this home and artist’s studio in Delhi, which incorporated existing foundations and columns. Called Farm 8, the project was designed for a collective of artists exploring a sustainable, waste-free method of living known as permaculture, to be used as both a residence and

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YN Studio wraps Dalston workspaces with translucent “X-ray” facade

July 20, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A steel frame clad with aluminium and polycarbonate panels was designed to add an industrial feel to Bradbury Works, a retail and office building in Dalston, London, by local studio YN Studio. Located in Gillett Square, a former carpark that over the past 20 years has been gradually transformed into a lively community hub, Bradbury Works

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YN Studio wraps Dalston workspaces with translucent “X-ray” facade

July 20, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A steel frame clad with aluminium and polycarbonate panels was designed to add an industrial feel to Bradbury Works, a retail and office building in Dalston, London, by local studio YN Studio. Located in Gillett Square, a former carpark that over the past 20 years has been gradually transformed into a lively community hub, Bradbury Works

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Cast concrete volumes animate south London home by Bureau de Change

July 19, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Bureau de Change has used concrete to playfully mimic motifs drawn from surrounding 1930s brick housing at Cast House in south London. Located on a suburban street in Clapham, the home is intended as a “contemporary interpretation” of the surrounding large red-brick houses that have gable roofs, bay windows and covered porches. Finished

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Seear-Budd Ross completes minimalist dwelling on New Zealand coast

July 17, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Pale pine cladding and a white-metal roof bring a minimalist feel to RK Residence, a home near the coast in New Zealand by architecture studio Seear-Budd Ross. The design of the home is informed by the timber-clad gabled forms of existing buildings in the area, which sits between the coast and a wooded hill in

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