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Taliesyn showcases unfinished materials in design of own office in Bangalore

March 28, 2023 Katie Last 0

Indian architecture studio Taliesyn has completed its own office in Bangalore, which features textured walls and earthy materials. Located in southern Bangalore, the office spaces are spread across two buildings – a two-storey studio space and a material library inside a converted shipping container. Aiming to reflect its values as a practice, Taliesyn focussed on

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“Playful and accessible spaces” wrap courtyard at Wayair School by Jeju Studio

March 25, 2023 Katie Last 0

Classrooms and social spaces are arranged around a tree-filled courtyard at this school, created by Polish practice Jeju Studio for a refugee community in Tanzania. Located in Ulyankulu, a former refugee settlement in the west of the country, Wayair School provides teaching spaces for both primary- and preschool-aged children. Jeju Studio was commissioned to design

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Filipe Pina retains original features in renovation of historic Portuguese building

March 20, 2023 Katie Last 0

Shale walls and slate tiles help pay homage to the history of this 19th-century building in Portugal, which has been transformed into a family home by Portuguese studio Filipe Pina. Located in the centre of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, a city in Portugal’s Guarda district, the home was renovated with the aim of balancing

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Henning Larsen uses natural materials for Danish school extension

March 11, 2023 Katie Last 0

Straw, eelgrass and wood feature in this bio-based extension that Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has added to Feldballe School in Denmark. The angular timber-clad extension, which contains science classrooms, is intended to demonstrate the potential of natural materials in architecture. It was designed by Henning Larsen with the aim of having the carbon sequestered

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Line Solgaard Arkitekter raises ash-clad cabin over rocks on Norwegian island

March 5, 2023 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Line Solgaard Arkitekter has added a timber cabin named Kjerringholmen to a small private island in Hvaler, Norway. The cabin is designed to blend in with the landscape surrounding the rocky island and is raised above the ground on steel pillars to minimise disruption to the site. “The basic concept was to create

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Studio Andrew Trotter transforms 19th-century school into family home in Puglia

March 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

Vaulted ceilings and earth-toned furnishings feature in this house in Puglia, which architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has converted from a 19th-century school. The home, named Casolare Scarani, transforms a girls’ school dating back to 1883 that was abandoned in the 1960s. Through its renovation, Studio Andrew Trotter aims to bring life back to the

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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur adds larch-clad extension to villa in Swedish apple orchard

February 27, 2023 Katie Last 0

A larch-clad extension by Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur adds a modern twist to this 1920s villa in an apple orchard in Lund. Named Timjan, the extension was designed by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur to contrast the style of the existing villa, which dates back to the 1920s but has been frequently renovated by the clients

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Mirrored cladding helps Belgian villa “disappear” into forest

February 17, 2023 Katie Last 0

Belgian practice Studio Okami Architecten has completed a woodland villa in Antwerp named Beli House, which features a mirrored facade and draws on 1960s design. Located in Kalmthout, the building replaces an experimental 1960s villa, which had to be demolished due to Belgian regulations and the client’s desire for more space. To pay tribute to

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Architektura draws on “children’s spontaneity” for Větrník Kindergarten in Czech Republic

February 12, 2023 Katie Last 0

Brightly coloured volumes and angular forms characterise this nursery in the Czech Republic, which was designed by Czech studio Architektura to echo childhood playfulness. Located in Říčany, a town in the Prague-East District, the Větrník Kindergarten features a gym, garden, classrooms and a playground, spread across coloured blocks that branch out from a central white

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Fraser/Livingstone adds angular tenement to historical Edinburgh site

February 10, 2023 Katie Last 0

Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone has completed a mass-timber tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh named Simon Square. Comprising six flats, the housing block replaces an old builder’s yard on a site closely bordered by 19th-century stone tenements, in Edinburgh’s Southside. It was designed by Fraser/Livingstone as a contemporary addition to the historic site and marks Scotland’s first developer-led mass-timber

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