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Vergalhão Apartment / CoDA arquitetos

August 17, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

In this apartment, we had the experience of adapting a previous project, which had not fully met the owners’ needs. The focus of the renovation was the living room and kitchen space, which also included the integration with the balcony area, which was not often used by the couple.

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Louveira Building apartment brings together 1940s style and broken-plan living

August 15, 2021 Amy Frearson 0
Living space in Louveira Apartment by Ana Sawaia

Brazilian designer Ana Sawaia has renovated a home in an iconic São Paulo apartment block, creating a more open layout filled with vintage furniture and colourful patterned surfaces. The 140-square-metre apartment is located in the Louveira Building, built in 1946 by architects João Batista Vilanova Artigas and Carlos Cascaldi. Sawaia felt it was important to celebrate

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Paeiz 6 Residential Building / Hamedart

August 14, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

The PAEIZ 6 project is located in Tehran, at the intersection of 3 streets. There is a small green space in the northern part of the project. For this reason, the entrance of the complex was defined in this section to ensure easier access, and to be able to enjoy the desired view of the greenery from the lobby. The facade shell with its positive and negative horizontal levels is inspired by NAHAZ O NAKHIR (a kind of bricklaying method in Iranian historical architecture) so that the viewer can see different lights and shadows at each hour of the day. Among these shapes, Using plants also helps to avoid routine.

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Dr. Prévost Housing / Nomos

August 9, 2021 Pilar Caballero 0

Dr. Prévost housing project is situated in a residential neighbourhood close to the city centre and in the process of being urbanized. The master plan of the area, insensible to its context and partly ignoring the topography, demands a sturdy L-shaped, eight story building in the middle of a neighbourhood composed of individual villas with neat gardens. A dense programme, severely regulated by housing laws and economical pressure, intends for a predefined mix of social housing and affordable condominiums.

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Living on the Roof / rotunnojustman

August 8, 2021 Alexandria Bramley 0

In Paris, the scarcity of land partly explains the city’s low housing production capacity. The research for alternatives to densification must be encouraged. The Rotunno Justman architectural firm has just raised a small building in the 15th arrondissement. Through the accuracy of the architectural intervention, the project requalifies the existing building and contributes to harmonious densification of the district, in connection with its skyline.

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Lume Residential Building / SJB

August 7, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

LUME aims to disrupt the multi-residential typology along Newcastle’s Honeysuckle foreshore with an injection of colour, texture and sense of place. Residing in a former industrial area turned liveable foreshore precinct, this seven-story mixed-use development comprises 138 bespoke waterfront apartments, 10 terraces and three commercial/retail offerings on the ground floor.

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Holme Apartments / John Wardle Architects

August 5, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

Situated in what was originally one of Melbourne’s early industrial districts, Holme Apartments are located on an island site in Collingwood. With deftly woven gestures to the working and cultural history of the neighbourhood, this residential tower is bordered by Cambridge, Derby, Langridge and Wellington Streets and highlights exemplary design, robust materials and the integrity of vision.

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Residence Alma / Atelier Barda architecture

August 4, 2021 Valeria Silva 0

Atelier Barda, an architectural firm renowned for its constructive thinking in approaching every design, introduces Residence Alma, a full renovation project of a residential triplex in Montreal’s Little Italy district. Commissioned by a private client of Atelier Barda, the program focused on redeveloping an existing commercial ground floor space, as well as consolidating two upper floor apartments in order to design a single-family residence.