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Studio Est adds “brutalist elements” to Battersea Power Station apartment

August 18, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

London interiors firm Studio Est referenced the industrial heritage of Battersea Power Station when creating the interiors for this apartment set within the redeveloped landmark. The apartment’s owner wanted to transform the empty shell into a space that would reflect both his personal tastes and the home’s setting within the former art deco power station.

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White Arkitekter draws on Scandinavian principles for east London estate regeneration

August 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed an assortment of apartment buildings for the latest phase of the Gascoigne Estate regeneration in Barking, east London. Led by the Barking and Dagenham council and developed by urban regeneration company Be First, the West Phase 2 development encompasses 386 homes arranged across five apartment blocks. The project also includes

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Marie & Alexandre takes over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse

August 12, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French designers Marie Cornil and Alexandre Willaume have filled an apartment in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille with custom furniture, including a leather-and-metal armchair informed by the architect’s work. Marie & Alexandre is the latest design studio to create a scenography within Appartement N°50 after it was restored to its original

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Dezeen Debate features “an elegant melange and a triumph of design sensitivity”

August 6, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a refurbished apartment in Milan by design studio David/Nicolas with interior details by architect Gio Ponti. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. David/Nicolas has redesigned the interiors of a 1920s Milan apartment, originally designed by architect Mario Borgato and refurbished by Ponti, blending contemporary details with original

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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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David/Nicolas balances classic and contemporary in renovated Gio Ponti apartment

August 1, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

French-Lebanese design studio David/Nicolas has refurbished a Milan apartment from the 1920s, bringing in contemporary details while retaining features added by Italian architect Gio Ponti. The art deco-style apartment, originally designed by Mario Borgaro in 1923, was refurbished by Ponti in 1952. Since then, much of the fit-out was torn away by the apartment’s previous

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Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten clads Netherlands apartment block in red brick

July 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch studio Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has adorned the Miller Apartment Building in Maastricht with red brickwork to reference the city’s Amsterdam School style of architecture. The block of 38 apartments stands alongside a new boulevard in the neighbourhood of Wyckerpoort, which reconnects an area of the city formerly isolated between a motorway and

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Neri&Hu animates gridded Taipei apartment block with arched screens

July 24, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has completed a residential building in Taiwan that features a gridded facade filled with inverted-arch screens. Located on a former US military base in Taipei, the apartment block is intended to echo the community feel and slower pace of life in the district, contrasting the city’s bustling commercial areas. It is

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