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standing 272 ft tall in chicago’s hyde park neighborhood is a residential tower designed by studio gang. named ‘solstice on the park’ the project explores the concept of ‘solar carving’, in other words shaping architecture to maximize sunlight in winter and minimize solar gain in summer. image © nick fochtman (main image © tom harris) […]

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as part of a recent project 314 architecture studio envisions a new house for a coastal area in a southern suburb of athens. titled ‘besso nami’ the main design concept behind the proposed residence is to create an organic language for both the exterior and the interior forms, in a way that provides privacy and […]

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antony gibbon presents an architectural translation of the formal and material characteristics of reptiles with his latest project, reptilia house. while gibbon often works with undulating, organic geometries envisioned in concrete — including his twine and mobius house — this most recently imagined residential work comprises a singular, sharply faceted volume expressing nested materials. an outer […]

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with cabin Y, belgian architecture studio dmvA merges flexibility with sustainability. rather than fixed structure, the small project is comprised of transformable residential objects that can be grouped on the outskirts of cities and villages. however, the reproduction of this prototype proved not to be feasible from a financial point of view. the cabin is […]

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​dan brunn architecture (DBA)  has completed the bridge house in the heart of hancock park, los angeles, a one-of-a kind project designed to demonstrate innovative systems and ​forward-thinking processes. the house, which stretches over 60 meters and literally creates a bridge over a natural stream, exemplifies the architect’s signature minimalist aesthetic, evident in dynamic spatial […]

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located along cat street in a residential area in the back streets of tokyo‘s omotesando avenue, nobuo araki / the archetype‘s the mass project comprises a small museum complex split in three exhibition spaces, each with its own entrance and approach. part of a larger ongoing project titled harajuku expanding landscape project, which consists of […]

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situated on a small island on the banks of prague‘s vltava river, czech design studio edit! has transformed a former guardhouse into a new family residence. the existing building, which dates back to the austro-hungarian empire, had been abandoned for decades and left to decay. this new intervention works within the remaining brick shell to […]

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following an 18-month renovation of the historic rand hall at cornell university in ithaca, new york, the ‘mui ho fine arts library’ opened in august 2019. the redesigned space was designed by architect wolfgang tschapeller, whose goal for the project was ‘a 21st-century interpretation of the grand reading rooms associated with great research collections’. the […]

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john lautner‘s iconic 1961 wolff residence in los angeles is now for sale at an asking price of $ 6,500,000. one of the visionary american architect’s personal favorite five, the midcentury masterpiece was commissioned by marco wolff, an interior designer who asked for a building similar to frank lloyd wright‘s fallingwater house. lautner, a taliesin […]

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tasked with updating its art deco codes, italian architect and interior designer fabrizio casiraghi has redesigned the drouant restaurant in paris. considered one of the city’s jewels, the historical establishment recently reopened in time to host the prix goncourt, a prestigious french literary ceremony held in one of its private salons since 1914. images courtesy […]

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