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Nook Architects favours living space over bedrooms in Barcelona flat revamp

July 28, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

Caldrap Barcelona Apartment by Nook Architects

Nook Architects has reduced the size of bedrooms in Caldrap, a flat in Barcelona, to make room for a spacious and versatile new living and dining space. The home is located in an ageing high-rise in the city’s Poble Sec neighbourhood. With 67 square-metres of floor space, it was spacious enough to accommodate its new

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Shutterflats Apartment Building / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten

July 27, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Sliding shutters, in vertically open wooden slatted work, provide intimacy, serve as sunscreens against overheating, as privacy screens at busy peak times and as a dynamic factor of the building. This creates a relationship with the city, coupled with an optimal utility value for the residents. The facade is not static; it is constantly changing. It is partly determined by the residents, by the moment, by the seasons, day and night, so that life and building merge into one another. The entrance at the back is part of the urban circuit. One enters on the side through a small street in a mysterious urban slit between the building and the neighbouring building.

Jennifer Robin balances elegance and exuberance in San Francisco apartment

July 25, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

San Francisco apartment by Jennifer Robin Interiors

Californian studio Jennifer Robin Interiors has used colour, texture and custom pieces to create a comfy urban apartment for clients who formerly lived in Napa Valley. The San Francisco dwelling was designed for a retired couple who were transitioning to city life after residing in a single-family home in California’s wine country. The lifestyle change

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M Villa / D1 architectural studio

July 25, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

This duplex villa is situated on a 600-m2 land plot adjacent to the Hoi An River in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The surrounding context is still wild and under-developed, with lots of nipas being the signature tree of the area.

“I didn’t expect to build in Manhattan” says Álvaro Siza

July 24, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

In this exclusive video interview, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Viera discusses his first building in the US, a luxury condominium tower in New York City. Speaking to Dezeen in New York, the 86-year-old architect said that he did not imagine he would ever receive such a commission. “I didn’t expect to build in Manhattan,” he

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MAD’s first European building nears completion in Paris

July 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

A sinuous facade of stepped terraces envelops MAD’s UNIC apartment tower, which is nearing completion in Paris, France. Developed in collaboration with local studio Biecher Architectes, the 13-storey residential building will become MAD’s first completed project in Europe. The block is wrapped in balconies that will be fitted with planters to double as “raised gardens”

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Walan Residential Development / bureau^proberts

July 19, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

This 14-story residential development, located at the river’s edge and adjacent to the Kangaroo Point cliffs, is a contemporary take on the traditional ‘Queenslander’. Liam Proberts, bureau^proberts Managing, and Creative Director say Walan can be described as ‘Queenslanders in the sky’.

Ture No8. Apartments / Vera Arkitekter

July 18, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Ture No8 is a 9-story residential building with ground-floor commercial premises and a basement garage. Residing on Grev Turegatan 8, in Östermalm, central Stockholm, it sits between an early 20th-century building and a 1970s mixed office and housing block.

SABO Project creates family-friendly Sacha apartment in Paris

July 10, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Peg-hole walls and a curved child-proof staircase are some of the quirky details inside this Parisian apartment, which SABO Project has overhauled for a young family with a baby on the way. Set within a residential block in the city’s fifth arrondissement, the Sacha duplex apartment had previously featured a series of “very dated” rooms

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Blackened wood appears throughout R Apartment by Francesc Rifé Studio

July 5, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Black-stained wood partitions meet time-worn tile floors inside this Valencia apartment, which has been overhauled by Francesc Rifé Studio. Set within La Finca Roja – a red-brick residential block in Valencia’s Jesús neighbourhood that dates back to 1929 – the R Apartment has been re-designed by Francesc Rifé Studio to feature a mix of old

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