Articles by Natasha Levy

Competition: win a book that showcases the homes of surfers from around the world

August 6, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving away three copies of Surf Shacks, a book of full-colour photography capturing surfers’ homes around the world. Compiled by surf culture blog Indoek, Surf Shacks features residences ranging from hidden rural cabins to converted vans, tropical bungalows and city apartments – putting paid to the idea that surfers reside exclusively by the coast.

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Glass box defines extension with basement pool for Victorian home in south London

August 1, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

British studio Guarnieri Architects has added a glazed box containing a swimming pool, hot tub and steam room to the rear of a Victorian terrace in Clapham Common, south London. A new floor excavated below the level of the main house provides space for these leisure facilities within the glazed extension, while a mezzanine above hosts a

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Luxury materials bring hotel feel to headquarters of PDG property developers

June 16, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Studio Tate has revamped the 17th floor of an unusual hexagonal building to create lavish offices for PDG, a property development firm based in Melbourne. The studio was given the task of turning the six-sided space – which was previously occupied by the Australian airline Ansett – into an inviting headquarters that would encourage communication

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Competition: win two books that celebrate the career of Frank Lloyd Wright

June 8, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving three readers the chance to win a pair of books that celebrate the 150th anniversary of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Today marks 150 years since the American architect was born, and to honour the occasion publishers Lund Humphries have reissued a new edition of Wright’s 1939 book, An Organic Architecture: The

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Competition: win tickets to the Royal Academy’s 27th Annual Architecture lecture

June 6, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen has teamed up with the Royal Academy of Arts to give away five pairs of tickets to this year’s annual architecture lecture, which will be delivered by celebrated Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Apart from being one of the most influential Indian architects of the 20th century and an important collaborator of Le Corbusier, Doshi

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Gridded glazing frames garden views from NitaProw’s organic beauty shop in Bangkok

May 24, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Bangkok-based practice NitaProw has used the dismantled structure of a house boat to create this window-covered shop for an organic beauty brand in a lush garden setting in the city. The transparent structure set in Bangkok’s Thonglor district acts as a shop, showroom and 25-seat cafe for the organic health and beauty brand Patom. Its gardens are also

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Waataa transforms Lisbon offices in compact studio apartments with fold-out furniture

May 15, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Brightly coloured niches define living spaces inside these three compact studio apartments, which Portuguese practice Waataa has created instead a former office building in Lisbon. The Tondela-based practices added two brightly coloured modules to each of the apartments to help define specific areas for sleeping and dining within the open-plan space. This cabinetry forms a golden-yellow niche for a kitchenette

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Competition: win a book filled with over 250 mobile architecture designs

April 28, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving three readers the chance to win a copy of Mobitecture: Architecture on the Move, a book profiling structures that roll, slide and even float across water. As well as tents and caravans, the publication – by author Rebecca Roke – presents modern houseboats, wearable structures and designs of the future. Sibling’s Walking

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Competition: win a book filled with over 250 mobile architecture designs

April 28, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving three readers the chance to win a copy of Mobitecture: Architecture on the Move, a book profiling structures that roll, slide and even float across water. As well as tents and caravans, the publication – by author Rebecca Roke – presents modern houseboats, wearable structures and designs of the future. Sibling’s Walking

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10 homes from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards that take mezzanines to new heights

April 28, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

This week we’ve found 10 homes from our Pinterest boards that feature space-maximising mezzanines, including a Russian residence with elevated net hammocks and a lofty extension in a Parisian apartment. Barn House, Portugal, by Inês Brandão The upper level of this former barn has been converted into a quiet living and office space by Inês Brandão. The

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