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Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli unites old and new at town library in Italy

December 21, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Italian architecture studio Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli has completed the Brixen Public Library in South Tyrol, uniting a cluster of old civic buildings with a contemporary, angular addition. Overlooking Brixen’s central square alongside the town’s cathedral and Bishop’s Palace, the project combines three former finance, court and prison buildings. “This is not a library intended as

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House Be in Belgium was designed for “dwelling in and amongst nature”

December 20, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Board-marked concrete and exposed brickwork have been used to give a “rough but refined” character to this home in the Belgian countryside, designed by local practice A2o architecten. The Hasselt-based practice designed House Be to provide a distinctive but harmonious counterpoint to its extensively landscaped surroundings, with internal courtyards and a covered kitchen terrace that

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House Be in Belgium was designed for “dwelling in and amongst nature”

December 20, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Board-marked concrete and exposed brickwork have been used to give a “rough but refined” character to this home in the Belgian countryside, designed by local practice A2o architecten. The Hasselt-based practice designed House Be to provide a distinctive but harmonious counterpoint to its extensively landscaped surroundings, with internal courtyards and a covered kitchen terrace that

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3XN completes aluminium-clad hotel and office overlooking La Défense in Paris

December 20, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Danish architecture practice 3XN has completed a blocky office building and hotel in the suburbs of Paris, with “distinct but complementary” faceted checkerboard facades of bronze-coloured and reflective aluminium. The first project completed in France by 3XN, the InDéfense office and Hôtel OKKO stand side-by-side between a railway and road in the Les Groues district

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Neiheiser Argyros transforms Athens Art 1 Office with colourful accents and varied textures

December 19, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Neiheiser Argyros has completed the renovation of a 40-year-old office building in Athens, transforming its concrete structure with a cluster of playful forms and colourful interiors. The Art 1 Office was created by completely stripping the original building back to its core, reorienting its interior and creating larger openings that take better advantage

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Tar-coated timber lines House Tjurpannan in Sweden by HelgessonGonzaga

December 17, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Stockholm studio HelgessonGonzaga has completed a dark timber cabin in the coastal nature reserve Tjurpannan in west Sweden and coated it in tar to reference the nearby boathouses and jetties. Aptly named House Tjurpannan, the cabin is designed by architecture and design studio HelgessonGonzaga as a simple, open and flexible holiday home for its clients

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Stempel & Tesar completes curved home overlooking a Czech forest

December 16, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Austere concrete block walls conceal a timber-framed structure that fans out to overlook a garden and pond at House that Opens up to the Sun in the Czech Republic, designed by local studio Stempel & Tesar. The dwelling replaces a cottage in the village of Malé Kyšice, and was oriented to not only provide expansive

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Förstberg Ling completes redbrick townhouse blocks in Sweden

December 13, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Swedish studio Förstberg Ling has completed Twelve Houses in Malmö, a series of three townhouse blocks with gridded brick facades and an exposed cross-laminated timber structure. Förstberg Ling acted as developer, architect and main contractor for the project in Nora Sorgenfri, Malmö oldest industrial area which is currently subject to a large programme of urban development.

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Sandellsandberg creates floating sauna for trips across Stockholm archipelago

December 11, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Swedish studio Sandellsandberg has completed the Big Branzino, a floating sauna designed to drift against the changing backdrop of the Stockholm archipelago. Set atop a steel catamaran hull, the timber structure has a distinctive bow-shaped roof that sweeps downwards to cover a central, glazed sauna room. “The client, a creative person from the Stockholm tech

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AW2 references Bedouin tents for resort in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla desert

December 10, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

French studio AW2 has completed the Banyan Tree AlUla Resort in Saudi Arabia’s Ashar Valley, with tent-like suites that have roofs made of sand-coloured canvas. Across a dramatic, open site in the AlUla desert, the resort comprises 47 luxury tented suites, two restaurants and a spa with a pool, all arranged around the surrounding rock

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