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Delve Architects adds miniature art gallery to south London home

May 28, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

London Extension and Gallery is a residential extension in South London by Delve Architects

Local studio Delve Architects has extended a terraced home in south London by adding a brick-lined kitchen designed to be easily transformed into the Ivanhoe Gallery exhibition space for displaying work by local artists. Commissioned by Katherine Oliver, founder of Oliver Projects consultancy and “nomadic gallery” that specialises in promoting the work of south London artists, the extension was designed

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Zaha Hadid’s Vitra Fire Station is “ready to explode into action at any moment”

May 24, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Exterior of Vitra Fire Station by Zaha Hadid Architects

We continue our series on deconstructivism by looking at Zaha Hadid’s first major built work, the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in 1993, the building was a key work in establishing the style of deconstructivism and now serves as an exhibitions and events space. The station’s dynamic form

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Studio Mutt covers seaside artist’s studio in black rubber and seashells

May 22, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Side elevation of The Pottering Shed by Studio Mutt

Scallop shells decorate the rubber-painted exterior of The Pottering Shed, an artist’s studio overlooking Poole Harbour in England by architecture practice Studio Mutt. The 30-square-metre studio was informed by the design of ships, with a ceiling structure designed to evoke an upturned hull and its black rubber coating referencing waterproofing. The Pottering Shed was designed

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Sher Maker designs home and studio in Thailand connected by open-air walkways

February 3, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

The home has pitched roofs clad in lanna tiles

Architecture firm Sher Maker has designed a home and music studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with a cluster of raised living spaces connected by wooden walkways that enjoy expansive views of its rural surroundings. Designed for a musician and their family, the two-storey Khiankai Home and Studio draws on the vernacular architecture of the area

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Conrad Architects completes marble-clad home overlooking Melbourne skyline

January 31, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A roof terrace and pool with views over Melbourne’s skyline feature at the Grange Residence, a marble-clad house by Australian studio Conrad Architects. Located in the suburb of Toorak, the four-bedroom dwelling was commissioned by interior designer Lauren Tarrant, who also created the home’s interiors. Melbourne-based Conrad Architects described the Grange Residence as a “split

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Unknown Architects embeds home in sand dunes on Dutch island

January 29, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch studio Unknown Architects has completed a cabin-like holiday home in the Netherlands with panoramic windows for looking out at the surrounding landscape of dunes and hills. Aptly named House in the Dunes, the home has a steeply pitched roof and simple cross-laminated timber (CLT) and steel structure informed by the surrounding buildings in Terschelling

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Domani Architectural Concepts wraps real-estate centre in China with brick latticework

January 28, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Domani Architectural Concepts has completed a real-estate complex in Foshan, Guangdong province, featuring a facade of lattice brickwork overlooking two large circular pools intended to create a “sense of ceremony”. Called the Times I-City or TIC after its developer Times China, the complex was conceived as a “Global Maker Town” containing public showrooms,

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Atelier Craft and ICI! complete triangular migrant shelter in Paris

January 27, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

French studios Atelier Craft and ICI! have designed a triangular day shelter for migrants and refugees in Paris, with a modular timber frame that allows it to be demounted and moved to different sites. Called Aire de Repos or Rest Area, the shelter is currently located at La Station Gare des Mines, an arts venue

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MDO converts rammed-earth houses in rural China into holiday villas

January 25, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Guesthouses at Floating Cloud Township Villa

Chinese architecture studio More Design Office (MDO) has converted a cluster of traditional rammed-earth houses in China’s Zhejiang Province into a series of contemporary guesthouses called Floating Cloud Township Villa. The dwellings are located in the village of Qinglongwu in Tonglu County, in an area currently being transformed into a cultural and tourist destination known

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MDO converts rammed-earth houses in rural China into holiday villas

January 25, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese architecture studio More Design Office (MDO) has converted a cluster of traditional rammed-earth houses in China’s Zhejiang Province into a series of contemporary guesthouses called Floating Cloud Township Villa. The dwellings are located in the village of Qinglongwu in Tonglu County, in an area currently being transformed into a cultural and tourist destination known

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