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Wooden louvres create “subtle seclusion” at Tokyo house by Keiji Ashizawa Design

September 5, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa referenced louvres on townhouses in Kyoto when designing the concrete House in Aoyama, which is intended to foster a sense of privacy. Located in Tokyo’s central Aoyama area, the home is designed for a family with a child and two dogs. House in Aoyama’s location at a busy intersection led Keiji

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Wheeler Kearns wraps Michigan lake house with two tones of wood

September 4, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Chicago-based studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has created a wood-wrapped lake house with three separate structures whose design was informed “by the natural beauty and tranquillity” of Lake Michigan. Completed in August 2022, the Meadow Lane Retreat is a multi-structure house on a wooded site in Michigan. “By using natural materials and optimising the home’s orientation

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David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium

September 4, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed the Hertogensite residential complex in Leuven, Belgium, with a series of interconnected brick-clad forms. Situated on a narrow site between a fragment of the city’s medieval wall and a branch of the river Dyle, the complex comprises a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block united

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Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture overhaul mid-century Montreal house

September 3, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Local studios Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture have renovated and expanded a mid-century modern house in Montreal, dividing the original residence from the addition with a monumental skylight. Architects Morin & Cinq-Mars originally constructed Residence Ave Duchastel on Mount Royal in the Outremont district in the 1950s, drawing inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs. Completing

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Studio Terratects nestles earthy home into Keralan forest

September 3, 2024 Katie Last 0

Indian practice Studio Terratects has completed Urul, a house on a forested site in Kerala, India, which features a mud-plastered interior. Designed for a client engaged in environmentalism, the home in Wayanad has a natural material palette intended to evoke nature as much as possible. Studio Terratects has also celebrated local craftsmanship and “artisanal techniques”

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“Common sense and local culture” inform social housing block in Mallorca

September 3, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Spanish architect Joan J Fortuny and studio Alventosa Morell Arquitectes have created 54 social housing units in Inca, Mallorca, wrapped in larch shutters and perforated bricks. Located on an empty plot at the edge of the town, the project provides socially rented flats for low-income tenants and is designed as a response to its urban

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Porsche reveals plans for first residential tower in Asia

September 2, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

German car brand Porsche has unveiled the design for its third residential high-rise building, Porsche Design Tower Bangkok, which it describes as an “architectural masterpiece”. The brand’s luxury goods company, Porsche Design, worked with real estate company Ananda Development on the luxury apartment block in Thailand’s capital city. Once complete, the 95-metre-tall building will be Porsche’s

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Studio Jean Verville Architectes adds “graphic dimension” to brutalist apartment

September 1, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Bright yellow accents stand out against concrete and metal surfaces within this “creative laboratory” that architect Jean Verville has created for himself inside a residential tower in Quebec City. The Canadian architect, who is currently dividing his time between practice and teaching at the School of Architecture of Laval University in Quebec City, designed the

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Nati Minas & Studio installs climbing wall inside São Paulo apartment

August 31, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

A bouldering wall in this São Paulo apartment designed by Nati Minas & Studio allows a sports-loving couple to scale their double-height living room. The 220-square-metre Musa apartment in the Itaim Bibi neighbourhood was renovated to reflect its residents’ active lifestyles. Local firm Nati Minas & Studio added colourful hand and foot holds up one wall

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Eight homes punctuated by dramatic circular openings

August 31, 2024 Starr Charles 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve gathered eight home interiors and exteriors that are crowned by circular openings and skylights. While often used to draw daylight into interior spaces, openings may also provide unexpected visual connections between a home’s spaces or – as shown in a project below – offer a structural frame through which trees

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