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Measured Architecture designs Shor House to be a “test bed of recycling”

September 17, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Salvaged lumber and Corten steel were used to create a waterfront house on a British Columbian island that belongs to the founder of Measured Architecture and was designed to explore a “zero-take approach” to design and construction. The project, called Shor House, is located on Mayne Island, which is part of the Southern Gulf Islands

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Bliesgau House in German orchard takes cues from agricultural architecture

September 17, 2024 Katie Last 0

Agricultural architecture informed this timber house, which architect Roman Morschett has nestled into a grass-filled orchard site in rural southwest Germany. Named Bliesgau House, the home was designed to celebrate its orchard setting and draw from the rural Gersheim surroundings, with a simple timber structure that sits low in the landscape. Located next to the

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Benjamin Wilkes updates London home with vinyl-filled music room

September 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Benjamin Wilkes has extended a home in Leytonstone, London, named Vinyl House after its music room containing 40 linear metres of records. Benjamin Wilkes renovated the two-storey terraced home to better cater for its clients’ hobbies – cooking and music. Replacing a previous rear extension, the studio created a large kitchen and dining

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Moongate ADU by Cover Architecture offers intergenerational living near LA

September 15, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. The LA-based architect created the additional unit on his property in Altadena, north of Pasadena, so that his mother and her partner could be

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Moongate ADU by Cover Architecture offers intergenerational living near LA

September 15, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A large circular opening offers a glimpse through the white wall in front of this California accessory dwelling unit, designed by architect Yan M Wang of Cover Architecture for his mother. The LA-based architect created the additional unit on his property in Altadena, north of Pasadena, so that his mother and her partner could be

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Moke Architecten crowns wooden home in Muiden with greenhouse

September 15, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A greenhouse framed by a wooden pergola tops this home in Muiden, the Netherlands, designed by local studio Moke Architecten with landscape practice LA4Sale. Called Wooden House, the home is located in a new residential area in the port town that enjoys views of the nearby lake IJmeer. The clients desired a balance between open

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ARK Neighborhood Facility / LKSA

September 14, 2024 Valeria Silva 0

The act of architecture can be developed based on the concept of ‘metaphor.’ The image of a ship (ark) gently floating on the sea of a gray city has been used as a metaphor. By giving the form and material a sense of weight, the aim was to establish a serene and fundamental presence within the city as a sanctuary and womb-like space.

Zuzana & Nicholas transforms Brisbane cottage into own home and studio

September 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The founders of Australian studio Zuzana & Nicholas have used a “robust palette” of stone, concrete and steel to transform a former workers’ cottage in Brisbane into their own studio and house. Located in the Red Hill neighbourhood, the cottage was originally designed in the Queenslander style that defines much of Brisbane’s suburbs – a

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Eight living rooms decorated with autumnal hints of red and orange

September 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

As autumn draws near in the northern hemisphere, our latest lookbook showcases different ways to add cosy shades of red and orange to living rooms. Lounge chairs, coffee tables, artwork and even window frames are some of the ways the living rooms featured below introduce pops of autumnal colour to the interior. Ranging from rich,

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Vatn Architecture and Groma add curved extension to 1930s home in Norway

September 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Norwegian studios Vatn Architecture and Groma have extended a home called Dråpa in Oslo, adding a curved form with a large terrace looking towards the city and its archipelago. Designed for a painter and filmmaker, the extension pays homage to the 1930s architecture that characterises its suburban site. This informed its name Dråpa – a

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