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Sunken steel-clad Brexit Bunker built in garden of London house

December 4, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Rise Design Studio has sunk a weathered steel-clad extension in the garden of a London house as a sanctuary from the UK’s Brexit-dominated political climate. Dubbed the Brexit Bunker, the small studio provides a place to work or relax. Hot-rolled steel, the same material used in the construction of the railway track directly behind the

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Reading nook and a hidden room added in London house extension

December 3, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Thomas-McBrien extended a London house, adding a oak-lined reading nook and a utility room hidden behind a secret door along with a kitchen and dining space. Pale, mortar-washed brick and lightly washed oak joinery were used, said the studio, to create a “calm and relaxing” space. Called Dollis Hill Avenue, the project occupies

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Planted terraces overlook the sea at the Grand Park Hotel by 3LHD

December 1, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

The Grand Park Hotel in Rovinj, Croatia, is topped with a series of planted terraces that step down towards the Adriatic Sea. Designed by local practice 3LHD, with interiors by Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni, the hotel has been designed to step down from the town centre to the seafront while having a minimal impact

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FREAKS wraps French warehouse conversion in corrugated steel

November 30, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio FREAKS has clad an old printing warehouse in France shiny corrugated metal cladding and converted it into a research centre for lighting company Sammode. Located in Lamotte-Beuvron close to Orléans, the converted offices combine highly controlled testing areas and well lit work spaces. To achieve this, four wooden boxes clad with spruce house

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Studio Ben Allen designs artichoke-shaped garden room

November 30, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

A Room in the Garden by Studio Ben Allen

Green shingles cover the exterior of this octagonal, flatpack garden room in south west London, designed by Studio Ben Allen. The design of A Room in the Garden was informed by the bizarre and playful 18th-century Dunmore Pineapple pavilion in Scotland, as well as the form and colour of an artichoke. Inside, the space can

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Takt Studio shades its workspace with corrugated plastic shutters

November 29, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Moving shutters of corrugated plastic shade this drawing studio pavilion in the Illawarra Escarpment, Australia, designed by Takt Studio as an extension to its workspaces. Located on a slope and abutting a large retaining wall, The Drawing Room has a long, thin footprint of 1.8 metres by 6.4 metres. It provides a meeting and work

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Black-painted larch planks clad extension to a house in London

November 27, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

House for Four London house extension by Harry Thomson of Studioshaw

Larch planks finished with matt black barn paint were used to clad this extension of a Victorian terrace in London, designed by architect Harry Thomson. Fittingly named A House for Four, the project provides additional spaces for a couple and their two children. The existing dining space has been extended out into the garden, and a

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Flow Architecture lines stairwell of London house conversion with timber slats

November 26, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Light Falls by Flow Architecture and Maria Grazia Savito Architects

Flow Architecture and Maria Grazia Savito Architects have wrapped timber slats around the lightwell of a Victorian house conversion in Kensington, London. Called Light Falls, the project involved the complete remodelling of a 19th century end-of-terrace, stacking its living spaces on top of each other to maximise natural light. Due to its location in the

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Frank Gehry crowns Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul with glass sails

November 25, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul by Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry has perched a stack of sweeping glass sails atop a cube of white stone for Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, with interiors by architect Peter Marino. The roof is a reference to the curved roofs found in traditional Korean architecture, and a nod to the billowing forms of Gehry’s Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris.

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Vector Architects creates public space with Changjiang Art Museum

November 24, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

The pale brick volume of the Changjiang Art Museum by Vector Architects includes a raised public square and footbridge for the city of Taiyuan. The museum is located in Changjian village at the northeast corner of the city in Shanxi Province, in an area that was largely demolished in 2016 to make way for rapid

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