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LaRue Architects and Kelle Contine renovate sprawling hilltop Austin house

July 18, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio LaRue Architects and interior designer Kelle Contine have renovated a home in the Rollingwood neighbourhood of Austin, adding a bedroom that cantilevers over the back terrace. LaRue Architects originally completed the home, called Rollingwood Modern after the location and style, in November 2015. After the original owners sold the house, the new clients

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Coyote Arquitectura uses repetitive red forms for Tulum housing block

July 14, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Architecture studio Coyote Arquitectura has unveiled a red housing complex with residential units that repeat and interlock in Tulum, Mexico. Coyote Arquitectura, a studio based in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, designed two modules for the 3,300-square-metre project called Tulix, which is located in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The development consists of nearly 40 homes arranged in two parallel lines

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Mixtura wraps multi-building Brazilian convent in wooden brise soleil

July 12, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Italian studio Mixtura has created a convent in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil with multiple buildings arranged around open-air cloisters wrapped in a wooden brise soleil. Mixtura, a studio based in Rome, Italy, completed the 5,300-square metre Convent of the Franciscan Fraternity of Bethany (FFB Convent) in 2022. Located in the São Cristóvão neighborhood of Salvador

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In Situ Studio overhauls James Taylor’s mid-century childhood home

July 6, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

In Situ Studio has renovated and expanded the mid-century modern childhood home of musician James Taylor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, into a multi-building complex for two art collectors. Raleigh-based architecture firm In Situ Studio transformed the 4,200-square foot (390-square metre) residence – known as Morgan Creek – for New York-based art collectors Eric Diefenbach

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HKS reduces plans for its supertall Austin skyscraper by half

July 3, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

International architecture studio HKS has reduced the plans for its Wilson Tower in Austin, Texas just six months after unveiling the designs for the skyscraper. The 80-storey residential tower was set to be the tallest building in Texas at 1,035 feet (315 metres) tall with 450 apartments. After an unsuccessful January review with the City

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Cuartopiso and Barragán Arquitectos wrap Mexican apartment building in planted balconies

June 28, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Cuartopiso and Barragán Arquitectos have completed an all-electric, twelve-unit apartment complex with wide balconies overlooking the street in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Local agency Cuartopiso partnered with Barragán Arquitectos, a Mexico City-based studio founded by the nephew of Mexican architect Luis Barragán, to build Hacienda Santa Bárbara 107, which measures 978 square metres (10,527 square

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Reims 502 places pool atop basalt-clad Mexican home

June 26, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Reims 502 has unveiled an expansive residence in Querétaro, Mexico with warm walnut and dark basalt finishes and a rooftop pool and garden area. Mexico-based designers Eduardo Reims and Andrea Maldonado, who work under the name Reims 502, completed the 1,000-square metre Casa Basaltica on a quarter-acre lot in 2023. The house sits

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In Situ Studio cuts “hoop” opening in cantilevered welcome centre roof

June 21, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local architecture firm In Situ Studio wrapped an art museum visitor centre in Raleigh, North Carolina with darkened steel and cantilevered a roof with an aperture over its patio. In Situ Studio designed the 1,158-square foot (108-square metre) welcome building for the large park that surrounds the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA). In Situ

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BHY Arquitectos arranges multiple courtyards in white Argentinian house

June 16, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio BHY Arquitectos has completed an all-white infill house with painted brick on a narrow lot in Buenos Aires, Argentina that features multiple courtyards and patios. BHY Arquitectos completed Casa Vedia in 2023, maximizing a 138-square metre (1500-square foot) lot with a house that measures 240 square metres. Located in the Nuñez neighbourhood, the

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Stephane Gaulin-Brown places curved roof on Quebec chalet

June 15, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Montreal architect Stephane Gaulin-Brown has placed a single-slope roof with a curved soffit on top of a ski chalet to open it up to the forests of Mont Tremblant, Quebec. Completed in 2023, the house – entitled Élément Tremblant – is a 1,400-square foot (130-square metre) retreat that recalls the glitz of the region’s classic

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