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Steven Holl winds Meander housing around gardens in Helsinki

September 13, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

US studio Steven Holl Architects has completed Meander, a housing project in Helsinki, Finland, with a snaking form that frames gardens and maximises outward views. Completed with local studio ARK-house Arkkitehdit and property developer Newil&Bau, the 7,500-square-metre project comprises 115 unique apartments with a concrete structure and lined with wood and glazing. The 180-metre-long form

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Gold-leaf wall divides renovated Barcelona apartment by Raúl Sánchez Architects

September 10, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Raúl Sánchez has renovated a flat in a typical Barcelona apartment building, adding built-in cabinetry and furnishings in hues that echo the original mosaic flooring. The 85-square-metre flat was created following the subdivision of a larger apartment with aspects towards the Carrer d’Enric Granados on one side and a large internal courtyard on the

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Bureau Tempo applies subtle tones and textures to renovated Brooklyn loft

September 8, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Bureau Tempo has completed a “gentle redesign” of a loft space in Brooklyn, New York, which features a subtle pale green kitchen and fritted glass partition walls. The home faces the busy Atlantic Avenue thoroughfare that runs through the Brooklyn Heights neighbourhood and enjoys tall ceilings and large windows at either end. Measuring

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Atelier L’Abri renovates trio of apartments for a family in Montreal

September 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Montreal design-build studio Atelier L’Abri has overhauled a triplex residence in the city’s Petit Laurier neighbourhood, using a stark white palette inside to contrast the building’s burgundy exterior. The 3,000-square-foot (280-square-metre) Triplex Fabre project was designed to accommodate two generations of the same family. The triplex typology, which comprises three connected units stacked on top

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Atelier L’Abri renovates trio of apartments for a family in Montreal

September 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Montreal design-build studio Atelier L’Abri has overhauled a triplex residence in the city’s Petit Laurier neighbourhood, using a stark white palette inside to contrast the building’s burgundy exterior. The 3,000-square-foot (280-square-metre) Triplex Fabre project was designed to accommodate two generations of the same family. The triplex typology, which comprises three connected units stacked on top

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Eight contemporary living rooms with sculptural coffee tables

September 7, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Block-shaped, curved and wavy tables are among the unusual designs in this lookbook, which features sculptural coffee tables from around the world. In these homes. from India to Sweden, interior designers have used coffee tables with sculptural shapes to add a fun detail to the living room. While the designs may feel a bit quirky,

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Mouzinho da Silveira Building / Diana Barros Arquitectura

September 6, 2024 Valeria Silva 0

The building, located in the heart of Porto’s historic center, stands as a testament to the end of the 19th century. Comprised of 5 floors, it is intended for housing on the upper floors and commerce on the upper floor. As the street where it is located (Rua de Mouzinho da Silveira) is perfectly delimited by a continuous urban front and, for the most part, made up of residential buildings with commerce on the ground floor, from this perspective, the rehabilitated building essentially assumes , a role of continuity, contributing to the coherence and quality of the complex, not only from a programmatic point of view, but also in the treatment of the facades.

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S2B Studio separates levels of London home with slatted floor

September 6, 2024 Katie Last 0

A slatted floor is among the wooden features that fill the interior of Cooper House, the self-designed home of the founders of local practice S2B Studio in north London. Nestled in the garden of a listed building, Cooper House is designed by the husband-and-wife founders of S2B Studio to reference the history of the site, which

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Artefact expands Epsom home with “optimistic” extension overlooking park

September 6, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

A pale blue and terracotta-hued rear extension inspired by the warmth of the Caribbean has been added to a 1950s home in the suburbs of south-west London by local studio Artefact. Named Triangle House, the home overlooking Roseberry Park in Epsom has been extended by Artefact to create a new wing with a series of

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The DHaus Company clads Gingerbread House extension in wooden shingles

September 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Local studio The DHaus Company has combined digital fabrication with arts and crafts influences at this extension in London, which is covered in shingles in a variety of shapes. Named Gingerbread House, the 1960s home in the north London neighbourhood of Muswell Hill was refurbished and expanded to create a new kitchen and dining area

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