residential

Office S&M uses scale-like tiles and vibrant colours to add personality to London house

November 6, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This revamp of a family home in west London features a loft extension covered in scale-like wooden shingles, yellow-framed arch windows, and interiors that use colour to separate spaces for adults and children. Architects Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen of Office S&M were asked to oversee the improvements to a Victorian terraced house in Ealing,

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Existing decor leads Nook Architects’ redesign of Barcelona dwelling

November 6, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A wall that depicts a scene of overflowing greenery is one of the original features that Nook Architects has preserved during the overhaul of this apartment in Barcelona. Located in the city’s Gothic quarter, the End of the Roc apartment follows four other renovation projects that Nook has completed in the same building. Others include

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Mole Architects builds house “like a seagull’s wing” on Suffolk coast

November 6, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

An angular, asymmetric roof tops this house designed by Mole Architects for a site overlooking an estuary in Suffolk, England. Cambridge-based Mole Architects designed the two-storey Marsh Hill house for a couple, on a site overlooking the estuary of the River Alde. A dilapidated old property had to be demolished to make way for the new house. Planning regulations

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Office of Architecture swaps walls for walnut furniture in Tribeca apartment

November 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Walnut cabinetry, sliding doors and industrial steel columns are used to replace walls in this loft in Tribeca, New York, which has been renovated by Brooklyn-based Office of Architecture. Measuring approximately 3,000 square feet (279 square metres), Tribeca Loft occupies an entire floor of a 19th-century warehouse – one of many industrial-era buildings in the Lower Manhattan neighbourhood. Office

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O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects adds “simple, warm and characterful” extension to London house

November 5, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has extended a typical terraced home in northwest London, by adding a new timber-lined room that opens onto a brick-paved garden. The Dewsbury Road extension was designed by locally based O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects to replace a 1970s addition at the rear of a property in Dollis Hill, which had split the kitchen and dining area into two

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BFDO completes wooden Surfboard House near Rockaway Beach

November 5, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

New York firm Barker Freeman Design Office has built a house clad in white cedar that sits directly on the beach just outside the city. Measuring 1,950 square feet (181 square metres), the Surfboard House sits on an ocean-facing lot that was reduced to sand after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The residence is located in

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Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Haddo Yard housing in Whitstable

November 4, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Denizen Works references traditional fishing huts with this apartment building in the English seaside town of Whitstable, which features black brick walls and pointed ceramic details. London-based Denizen Works designed Haddo Yard for a site directly opposite the Kentish town’s train station. As a result, the three-storey building is designed to have a strong presence

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“Cabinets of curiosities” define rooms in art collector’s apartment by MOS

November 4, 2017 James Brillon 0

Deep walls with built-in storage are designed to accommodate an expansive collection of art objects at this renovated apartment by New York City-based MOS Architects. Named Collector’s Apartment, or Apartment no 2, the dwelling is located in New York’s Chelsea neighbourhood and encompasses 1,200 square feet (111 square metres). The residence contains a master suite,

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“Cabinets of curiosities” define rooms in art collector’s apartment by MOS

November 4, 2017 James Brillon 0

Deep walls with built-in storage are designed to accommodate an expansive collection of art objects at this renovated apartment by New York City-based MOS Architects. Named Collector’s Apartment, or Apartment no 2, the dwelling is located in New York’s Chelsea neighbourhood and encompasses 1,200 square feet (111 square metres). The residence contains a master suite,

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UNStudio hopes to create “neighbourhoods in the sky” with Canaletto Tower in London

November 3, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Bands of aluminium and concrete divide up sections of this London residential skyscraper by UNStudio, to foster different communities within the building, while also framing panoramic views for residents. The 31-storey Canaletto Tower is located at 257 City Road, not far from Shoreditch. It is one of several new high-rises underway on this street, along with Foster + Partners’

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