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Concrete floor splices House L224 by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac in two

March 8, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
L224 by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac

Argentinian architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac has used folding wooden blinds and a chunky concrete floor slab to provide shade to this house near Buenos Aires. House L224 is a 220-square-metre (2368-square-foot) house located in the neighbourhood of City Bell, which is just outside of Buenos Aires. It comprises two glazed floors separated by a chunky

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Concrete floor splices House L224 by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac in two

March 8, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
L224 by Felipe Gonzalez Arzac

Argentinian architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac has used folding wooden blinds and a chunky concrete floor slab to provide shade to this house near Buenos Aires. House L224 is a 220-square-metre (2368-square-foot) house located in the neighbourhood of City Bell, which is just outside of Buenos Aires. It comprises two glazed floors separated by a chunky

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Five hotels and holidays homes that double up as showrooms

February 29, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
The Audo by Menu and Norm Architects

Holiday homes and hotels that also function as shoppable furniture showrooms are growing in popularity. Here are five examples including a Copenhagen hotel, a Melbourne apartment and a Hamptons house. Stephen Kenn Loft, Los Angeles, by Stephen Kenn Studio Stephen Kenn Studio turned a Los Angeles apartment inside an old factory building into “part showroom,

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Terracotta brick and stucco create rustic aesthetic in Mexican restaurant Loqui

February 27, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Loqui Restaurant by Wick Architecture and Design

Wick Architecture & Design chose materials “that could be found on a construction site” to decorate this Mexican restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. Located in the Art District neighbourhood, Loqui occupies part of the ground floor inside a four-storey concrete building that is being converted into office, restaurant and retail space. Local studio Wick Architecture & Design

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Eight designs that make use of waste products

February 19, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

The Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art features projects that repurpose waste products. Dezeen’s Kristine Klein has selected eight highlights, including shoes made from the byproducts of pineapple harvesting and vases sculpted from melted PVC pipes. The exhibit comprises over 30 projects that reimagine discarded materials and byproducts – sourced

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Pastel hues decorate New Haven’s B-Natural Kitchen by Atelier Cho Thompson

February 16, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
B-Natural Kitchen by Atelier Cho Thompson

US studio Atelier Cho Thompson has contrasted soft and bold finishes in this restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut. Atelier Cho Thompson designed the restaurant to occupy a space in a historic building located near Yale University. Called B-Natural Kitchen, it serves up a menu filled with local and fresh ingredients. Bright white-painted walls and ceiling provide

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Vaulted concrete roof tops brick house Casa Martha by Naso

February 15, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Casa Martha by Naso

Architecture studio Naso has built a pale earthen brick house on a sloping site in rural Mexico to replace a property left devastated by the country’s deadly 2017 earthquake. Naso designed Casa Martha as part of the initiative led by Mexican organisation ReConstruir México to rebuild 50 houses left at risk following the natural disaster.

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Renzo Piano’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures nears completion in Los Angeles

February 12, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by Renzo Piano

New construction images of the Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures have emerged, which actor Tom Hanks revealed at the Oscars will open this year. Located on Wilshire Boulevard, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures project comprises the renovation of the 1930s May Company Building, and a new glass sphere designed by the Italian

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An Aesthetic Pursuit designs shoppable Airbnb in Maine

February 10, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Brooklyn creative agency An Aesthetic Pursuit has designed a bold rental house in Maine with furniture and products that guests can purchase. Available to rent on Airbnb, Pieces Homes is a “shoppable stay” experience created by An Aesthetic Pursuit to launch and showcase designs from its Pieces collection. “The first Pieces Homes design-destination concept creates a

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Framlab proposes modular vertical farms for Brooklyn neighbourhoods

January 31, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Glasir by Framlab

Creative agency Framlab has proposed building modular vertical farms in Brooklyn to provide low-income neighbourhoods with access to fresh produce. The conceptual Glasir project comprises a stack of greenhouse-like modules that could be built in various locations across the New York borough, where Framlab’s research has found that 20 per cent of the population are

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