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Concrete vaults support rooftop football pitch in China by UAD

February 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A vaulted concrete base supports an elevated football pitch and running track at the Hexi Sports Field, which The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed in Shaoxing, China. Hexi Sports Field is located on a site to the northwest of Shaoxing University’s campus, which borders the old town and overlooks the

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Spaceworkers frames views through deep concrete reveals at Portuguese house

February 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal, recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Located on a sloping site near the town of Sobrado, the blocky, three-storey home occupies a plot once occupied by the home of the client’s grandfather. It is formed from board-marked concrete, designed by Spaceworkers

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Alors Studio extends exposed-concrete home in rural France

February 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A cantilevering concrete canopy shelters a new entrance at this extension to a modernist-style home in Ardèche, which has been completed by French practice Alors Studio. Located in a small village in the south of the French, the house was originally built in 2007 as a holiday home and is comprised of three separate areas

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Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout narrow Mexican house

February 15, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. With a floorplan of 251 square metres, Casa Malbec was completed in 2022 by Cesar Andrés Mancillas de la Torre, an architect based in the northern Mexico state of Baja

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Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout narrow Mexican house

February 15, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. With a floorplan of 251 square metres, Casa Malbec was completed in 2022 by Cesar Andrés Mancillas de la Torre, an architect based in the northern Mexico state of Baja

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Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania

February 15, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed its designs for three visitor centres in Albania, which will be topped with protruding concrete slabs that reference “shifting tectonic plates”. CEBRA has designed the centres for Vjosa National Park – Europe’s “first wild river national park” – which was established in 2023 to preserve 13,000 hectares of the

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Concrete ring connects cluster of South Korean homes by AOA Architects

February 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. Located in Gangwon-do, Hoji Gangneung includes a family house for the owner and three guesthouses, along with a communal building. AOA Architects designed one of the four homes with

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Concrete ring connects cluster of South Korean homes by AOA Architects

February 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. Located in Gangwon-do, Hoji Gangneung includes a family house for the owner and three guesthouses, along with a communal building. AOA Architects designed one of the four homes with

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Herzog & de Meuron unveils sculptural concrete museum on Qatari island

February 12, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Cultural institution Qatar Museums has released visuals of the Lusail Museum, a robust, drum-shaped gallery and museum designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Located on Al Maha Island near Doha, the museum will reference historic Islamic architecture throughout its interior, aiming to become a cultural destination for education, exhibitions and research. Herzog &

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Lin Architecture designs Concrete Pavilion in China as “lighthouse” for farmers

February 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Lin Architecture abstracted and merged local architectural forms for the design of this angular pavilion in rural Yunnan, which is made from white-painted concrete. Simply named Concrete Pavilion, the structure is surrounded by rice fields near Botou Village in Eryuan County and functions as a pumphouse, as well as an orienting landmark for

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