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Meandering alleyways encourage “spontaneous interactions” at Pune clubhouse by Studio VDGA

October 26, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated brick walls, courtyards and arcades are intended to imitate the bylanes of an Indian city at The Street, a community clubhouse in Pune, India, designed by local practice Studio VDGA. The Street was created to provide facilities and communal gathering spaces for a new community on the outskirts of Pune in Maharashtra, which comprises

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Rahul Pudale Design wraps Indian home in perforated adobe facade

November 5, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Porous Adobe is a compact family home named after its perforated earth facade, completed by architecture studio Rahul Pudale Design on a narrow plot in India. Its constrained site, which measures just six metres in width and 15 metres in depth, is opened up by a series of courtyards that help maximise access to natural

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Perforated brickwork wraps The Gong music centre by Atelier Oï

October 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated brick walls wrap an open-roof stage at this circular music centre in Cambodia, completed by Swiss architecture studio Atelier Oï. Named The Gong after its circular shape, the centre was designed for the 150-hectare campus of Smiling Gecko, an educational charity founded by Swiss photographer Hannes Schmid in 2014. It contains recording studios, a

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Tropical Space wraps kiln and workshop in perforated brick walls

July 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Perforated brick walls surround the Terra Cotta Workshop in Vietnam, which contains a brick kiln and visitor centre by architectural studio Tropical Space. Located alongside a river in Dien Phuong, the workshop was constructed to complement Terra Cotta Studio, a cuboid brick structure designed by the studio in 2016 for artist Le Huc Da. For

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HKS references “forts and palaces” for monolithic arena in Saudi Arabia

March 15, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio HKS has unveiled plans for The Arena in Diriyah, a 20,000-seat venue for sports and entertainment in Saudi Arabia that references the country’s traditional architecture. Designed by HKS for developer Diriyah Company, the arena will be located in the town of Diriyah and intended as a “tourism hallmark” that helps draw visitors to the

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Mono Architekten tops perforated concrete car park with public plaza

December 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Berlin studio Mono Architekten has combined a perforated concrete viewing tower with a car park topped by a public park to create a new entrance to the town of Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. Located close to the border with France and Switzerland, the project is situated between the town itself and the recently redeveloped green

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Eight bright and airy interiors illuminated by perforated brick walls

November 25, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Dezeen’s latest lookbook explores eight interiors – from bright, airy residential spaces to cool, open-plan offices – illuminated by perforated brick walls. Perforated brick walls are often used as a cooling strategy in warmer climates. This lookbook highlights their effect on the lighting and shading of interior spaces and how they can be used to create

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Bloom Architecture uses handmade cement blocks to decorate Cambodian houses

September 28, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Handmade blocks made of grey and red cement define the facades of Small Houses, a collection of homes that Cambodian studio Bloom Architecture created as a “haven” from the bustling streets of Phnom Penh. Located in a compact urban area in a historic part of the Cambodian capital, the homes are accessed by a narrow

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Industrial warehouses inform Melbourne office block by Carr

September 8, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Australian architecture studio Carr drew on 20th-century industrial warehouses for this office building in Melbourne, which features a stepped frontage of perforated red-brick columns. The office on Bruce Street is the first large building to reach completion in the redevelopment of an “industrial wedge” in Kensington, a suburb defined by brick warehouses and grain siloes

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Studio North juxtaposes industrial garage with delicate garden in Calgary

July 31, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local architecture firm Studio North designed a custom garden and garage combination complete with Corten steel planters and a green roof in Calgary, Alberta. Known as the Garden Garage, the 700-square foot (65-square metre) garage sits on the sunny edge of a 12,000-square foot (1,115-square metre) lot and holds two cars for a 1,785-square foot

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