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Dezeen Debate features “absolutely delightful” concrete lookout point

July 16, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a concrete lookout on the Belgian coast by Studio Moto. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Belgian practice Studio Moto has designed a ring-shaped concrete viewpoint on a beach in De Panne that overlooks the North Sea. Readers praised the structure, with one calling it “a delightful

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Studio Moto creates sculptural concrete lookout point on Belgian coast

July 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian practice Studio Moto has completed a ring-shaped concrete viewpoint on a beach in De Panne, which rises and falls to echo the surrounding sand dunes. Named Westerpunt, the structure was built alongside an existing promenade that connects De Panne to Dunkirk and overlooks the North Sea. Informed by the idea that “the journey is

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Studio Cochi Architects creates raw concrete house in Japan

July 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Thick walls of exposed concrete create a buffer from the surrounding city at House in Nishizaki, Japan, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Cochi Architects. Located in a newly developed residential area on a former landfill site in Okinawa, the clients wanted an “urban oasis” that would protected from overlooking by neighbouring buildings

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“Simple and clear” service centre draws on roadside buildings in Norway

July 5, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studios Jørgen Tandberg Architecture and Vatn Architecture looked towards the simplicity of utilitarian roadside buildings when designing Brunstranda Service Building in Norway. Located in Lofoten, an archipelago in the north of Norway, the concrete service centre provides rest spaces and bathroom facilities for cyclists and surfers visiting the area. It replaces old and dilapidated

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“Kan-ye not?” asks commenter

June 26, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. Ye’s transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping out the ocean-facing windows, kitchen, marble-clad bathrooms, concrete hot tub and indoor fireplace. Commenters were far from impressed. “A wrecking

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“Kan-ye not?” asks commenter

June 26, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. Ye’s transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping out the ocean-facing windows, kitchen, marble-clad bathrooms, concrete hot tub and indoor fireplace. Commenters were far from impressed. “A wrecking

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Dezeen Debate features forest house with “brutal privacy screens”

June 25, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home surrounded by concrete blocks by design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Design studio Nendo has completed a home in Japan that has a triangular form and is enclosed in walls made out of concrete blocks. Commenters discussed the home, with one asking “Why

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Angled concrete blocks screen home in Japanese forest by Nendo

June 21, 2024 Katie Last 0

Screens of concrete panels surround Block Wall House, a triangular home that design studio Nendo has nestled into a forest in Japan. Located in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture, the home has a long triangular form extending 110 metres along the side of a road, which winds through the forested landscape. Nendo has screened the house from

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Ye strips Tadao Ando beach house in Malibu back to its structure

June 19, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has removed the windows and gutted the interior of a concrete home in Malibu, California, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Images of the home’s bare structure have been widely shared following a New Yorker article where contractor Tony Saxon detailed how the house was gutted at the

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A Material Palette Of Pale Brick, Concrete, And Timber Echoes This Home’s Coastal Site

June 17, 2024 Erin 0

Architecture firm studioplusthree has shared photos of a project in Sydney, Australia, that included the alterations and additions to an existing house. The home features a material palette of pale brick, concrete, and timber evoking the project’s coastal location and echoing the natural sandstone outcrops and manmade concrete platforms of nearby Clovelly Beach. Custom handmade […]