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O’Sullivan Skoufoglou transforms Berlin bungalow with blocky extension

October 3, 2023 Katie Last 0

A band of limestone separates old and new at Fohlenweg, a house in Berlin that London studio O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created using the walls of an existing bungalow. The three-storey family home was developed from a single-storey house on the edge of Grunewald Forest and features a pale brick exterior divided by the limestone band.

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Chinese kindergarten designed as “small town” of flexible classrooms

October 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

Winding balconies and outdoor learning spaces feature in Kindergarten of Museum Forest, a curvy building that Chinese studio Atelier Apeiron has added to an existing nursery in Shenzhen. Aiming to challenge typical kindergarten architecture, Atelier Apeiron designed the building to resemble a town, adding a planting around its edges to evoke a small forest. “Children

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Plant-filled courtyard connects steel and stone houses in Sydney

September 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Australian studio Retallack Thompson has constructed a steel extension for a heritage-listed stone terrace in Sydney and added a second house on the same plot to create a multi-generational family home. Steel House/Stone House was designed to resemble a tiny village, with the original 1830s terrace house and the new freestanding steel-framed building positioned at

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Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell

September 21, 2023 Katie Last 0

A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. Nestled into a grassy site near the coast, the home sits on a stone base and was designed to merge traditional Indian design with

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Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter converts derelict carpentry workshop into trio of townhouses

September 17, 2023 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has replaced a derelict carpentry workshop in Norway with a set of three pastel-coloured townhouses named Sagene Wood Trade. Located in a back garden in northern Oslo, the townhouses accommodate compact timber-filled living spaces arranged across three levels. The development occupies a small site and builds upon an existing carpentry

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Butterfly House by Oliver Leech Architects offers “new model for assisted living”

September 15, 2023 Katie Last 0

A small triangular site guided the geometric form of Butterfly House, an accessible home that London studio Oliver Leech Architects has added to the corner of a garden in Surrey. Nestled within a compact plot on the site of an existing home, the building is designed as future-proof accommodation for the client’s elderly mother and

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Benzene rings inform patterned facades of Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters

September 7, 2023 Katie Last 0

New York studio OLI Architecture used parametric technology to design the decorative facades of this office complex in Suzhou for biotechnology company Ascentage Pharma. The Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters is spread across seven distinct buildings with facades informed by benzene – a molecule composed of six carbon atoms in a ring. Comprising a range of repeating

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Olson Kundig references natural surroundings for Swedish holiday home

September 6, 2023 Katie Last 0

Dark timber and stone feature throughout Dalarö House, a summer holiday home that US studio Olson Kundig has added to a rocky waterside site in Sweden. Designed to blend in with the landscape, the home is built around rocks and features exposed natural materials that reference the surrounding stones and pine trees. “Dalarö House was

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Studio Ardete wraps sculptural concrete ribbon around Indian home

September 3, 2023 Katie Last 0

An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. Studio Ardete was commissioned to create a home in Punjab with an ambitious form that nods to its client’s work in the construction industry. The outcome is a white house encircled by a

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Looklen Architects sinks glass cafe into stepped circular landscape

September 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

A circular volume formed of concrete steps and planting wraps up and around The Pomelo Amphawa Cafe, completed by Bangkok studio Looklen Architects in Thailand. Set in a lychee garden overlooking the Mekong River, the north-facing cafe is contained within a rectangular glazed volume framed by the stepped circular landscape. It is the latest addition

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