Architecture studio Cairn, has shared photos of a house renovation and extension they completed for a home in London, England, that uses a new low-carbon concrete. The ‘House made by many hands’ is the first building structure in the UK to specify a low-carbon limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) concrete, a new material that generates […]
Being an extension house project of the previously designed house by DP+HS Architects, this was a notable project due to its strong presence and unique brief. The clients wanted a tailored home that was sumptuous yet subdued, having the quality of outdoor activity yet enclosed and a private atmosphere. Due to its nature as an extension house, the program is quite straightforward: a collection of rooms to support the activity of the main house, which are a swimming pool, sauna, lounge, playing room, and basketball court.
The intervention consists of two parts: the restoration of the old stable and its expansion. The new body was designed in continuity with the existing volume and does not follow the shape, maintaining the same dimensions in height, depth, and length. Between the two buildings, placed parallel to each other, there is a necessary offset to respect the minimum distance from the border. The two bodies are connected by a lower volume with a flat roof that forms a single element with the window that closes the old portico: it acts as a trait d’union between the old building and the new one.
Arenales is a central district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria where the presence of old country houses predominates. After decades of degradation, clearly marked by being the epicenter of prostitution and drug trafficking in the city, the neighborhood is undergoing a progressive transformation, driven by the purchase of housing by private developers, which is an opportunity to recover the identity of the place.
The project is about the renovation and expansion of a residential building. The existing portion consists of a building with stone walls, inserted in a once rural and now more densely urbanized context. The building is located near a historic street which represents one of the few entrance roads to the town. References to ancient buildings coexist in this place in contrast with the more recent residences.
This single large room is dedicated to one function, to enjoy a private collection of art. Inserted in a steep slope of a garden of a villa in Brussels, the room connects the two different levels on each side of the building. On the higher level, the sliding door opens to a steel platform and a spiral stair that takes you down from the street level to the lower garden level. On the other side, a large window gives way to a roofed terrace overlooking the garden.
Architecture office MoDusArchitects www.modusarchitects.com has unveiled the Tartan School, an extension to an existing school building located on the outskirts of Terlano’s town centre, nestled in the Adige Valley between the South Tyrolean cities of Bolzano and Merano. Tartan School is both a renovation of, and an intervention to, an existing school—an unwieldy 1990s U-shaped structure that had been modified in the early 2000s and that, like many small-town schools, combined a number of different programs into one. To accommodate the growing population, the township of Terlano decides to enlarge the school and opts to maintain the existing structure while adding onto it.
Heliotrope Architects has shared photos of a contemporary extension they completed for a home in Seattle, Washington, that was originally designed and built in 1933 by Norwegian boat captain Ole E. Nelson. The new addition added 500 square-feet to the home and created space for a new kitchen and dining area, while the exterior finishes […]
AR Design Studio has shared photos of a project they completed that included a new contemporary single-storey extension for a private residence. Mature trees surround the site to the north and east, and tall lush hedges to the south and west perimeter of the property that provide privacy. The new extension features a spacious new […]
Upstairs Studio Architecture has shared photos of a 900 sqft addition in South Miami, Florida, for owners who were looking for a little extra room in their traditional home, that was open to the outdoors, and allowed for a private primary bedroom and studio apart from the main residence. The existing house was a traditional […]
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