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IFUB designs pair of matching timber houses in Munich

August 8, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Hausfuchs by IFUB in Munich, Germany

German practice IFUB has completed a pair of timber homes in Munich that are subtly differentiated by the direction of their diagonal larch cladding and different coloured blinds. The pair of adjoined homes have been built on the site of a former 1950s house that was in a state of disrepair. All that remains of this original home

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Abandoned building turned into mesh-covered forest events space in Taiwan

August 7, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
The Forest BIG by Divooe Zein Architects

Divooe Zein Architects has turned an abandoned house in a wooded area of a park in Taiwan into a net-covered educational events space called The Forest Big. The Forest Big is in a wooded part of the Shangri-La Park in Miaoli, in an area scattered with the remnants of an old theme park. The project has

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Lovell Burton uses agricultural materials for shed-style Australian house

August 6, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Springhill House, Springhill, Australia, by Lovell Burton Architecture

Architecture studio Lovell Burton has referenced surrounding hay sheds to create a house clad in galvanised steel panels on an agricultural paddock north west of Melbourne. Designed for an author seeking a change from inner-city life, the architecture studio created Springhill House as a rural retreat and place for reflection. The house has been longlisted for

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Vanke Design Community is cluster of workspaces topped by parks

August 5, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Vanke Design Community Liuxiandong Plot A4 B2 by fcha

A campus-like park of concrete offices topped with green roofs forms the new Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, featuring two sunken plots completed by architecture practice FCHA. Located in a green corridor of the Dashahe Innovation Zone, the masterplan for the new design community was developed by Urbanus, who collaborated with several firms on structures

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Augmented Reality Architects wraps house with courtyards to create private home

August 4, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
W House by ar-Architects

Seoul-based practice Augmented Reality Architects has surrounded W House with a a slim border of courtyard spaces that create a green buffer between the home and the city. Augmented Reality Architects designed the house in Seoul, South Korea, so that it gives the owners an extremely high level of privacy. “The family’s request was very specific:

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Cullinan Studio designs “cracked open” house with gaps to let in the light

August 2, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Push-Pull House by Cullinan Studio

London architecture studio Cullinan Studio has built a house in Amersham, England, that is split it into sections to allow light to flood its interiors through the glazed gaps. Called Push-Pull house, it has an open and light interior while the exterior remains in keeping with the area’s protected 1930s Arts and Crafts residential architecture. This

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Layan wraps Light House in a screen of illuminated metal discs

August 1, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Light House by Layan in Melbourne, Australia

A dynamic screen of illuminated, rotating polycarbonate discs shield the upper level of this home in Melbourne, completed by Layan for the director of local lighting design practice The Flaming Beacon. Layan has extended and renovated a heritage-protected worker’s cottage to create Light House. The Melbourne studio added new spaces to the rear and above the original structure

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Slim white house by CAPD frames view of the sea in Japan

July 28, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
UMI House by CAPD design studio

Japanese architecture practice CAPD have completed Umi – a simple, white house in Tokushima prefecture overlooking the sea with a large, deep-set window and terrace. Assuming that new structures will be built to either side of Umi – which means sea in Japanese – the architects left the side elevations relatively bare. A darker ground

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UAD merges traditional and contemporary forms for Shaoxing Hotel hall

July 27, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Multi-purpose hall in Shaoxing Hotel by Architectural Design and Research Institute at Zhejiang University UAD

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a new hall for the Shaoxing Hotel in eastern China. The large, triple-height central hall was built to connect the hotel to the natural surroundings of the site in the city of Shaoxing, fusing traditional Chinese architectural elements with modern forms and materials. Working

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Di Gregorio Associati surrounds rural Italian house with planted concrete pergolas

July 26, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Monticello House by di Gregorio Associati Architetti

Overgrown concrete pergolas have been installed around Monticello, a brick house restored by Di Gregorio Associati Architetti in northern Italy. Di Gregorio Associati Architetti has restored and extended the rural house surrounded by vineyards, opening up its interiors to terraces surrounded by large concrete frames. Leaving the original house’s structure largely intact, the architecture studio surrounded

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