residential

Christian Wassmann uses sun’s path to shape Miami bungalow extension

October 7, 2017 James Brillon 0

This plant-covered extension to a bungalow in Miami is supported by a spiral concrete core that was precisely calibrated to match the sun’s path at the height of summer. Completed for renowned chef Frank Prisinzano, the standalone Sun Path House comprises an exterior kitchen on the ground floor, a master bedroom on the first storey,

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Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney

October 7, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. The three-storey Victorian warehouse is located in an industrial neighbourhood in Hackney, close to London Fields park, and is home to a multidisciplinary design agency.

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Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney

October 7, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. The three-storey Victorian warehouse is located in an industrial neighbourhood in Hackney, close to London Fields park, and is home to a multidisciplinary design agency.

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Parking garage extension forms home for architects Ensamble

October 6, 2017 James Brillon 0

To build their own home in the Massachusetts town of Brookline, the principals of Spanish firm Ensamble Studio prefabricated individual parts of the structure in Madrid and sailed them across the Atlantic to be assembled on site. Although usually based in the Spanish capital, Ensamble founders Débora Mesa and Antón García-Abril conduct research at Massachusetts

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Parking garage extension forms home for architects Ensamble

October 6, 2017 James Brillon 0

To build their own home in the Massachusetts town of Brookline, the principals of Spanish firm Ensamble Studio prefabricated individual parts of the structure in Madrid and sailed them across the Atlantic to be assembled on site. Although usually based in the Spanish capital, Ensamble founders Débora Mesa and Antón García-Abril conduct research at Massachusetts

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Andrea Lenardin Madden adds cantilevering extension to midcentury LA residence

October 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

For a 1950s home in Los Angeles’ elite Bel Air neighbourhood, architect Andrea Lenardin Madden has added an angular volume with floor-to-ceiling glass that extends over the landscape. The project entailed restoring and expanding the Ward House, a landmarked residence designed by Rodney Walker, a notable midcentury-modern architect who conceived several Case Study Houses. Built

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Andrea Lenardin Madden adds cantilevering extension to midcentury LA residence

October 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

For a 1950s home in Los Angeles’ elite Bel Air neighbourhood, architect Andrea Lenardin Madden has added an angular volume with floor-to-ceiling glass that extends over the landscape. The project entailed restoring and expanding the Ward House, a landmarked residence designed by Rodney Walker, a notable midcentury-modern architect who conceived several Case Study Houses. Built

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Andrea Lenardin Madden adds cantilevering extension to midcentury LA residence

October 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

For a 1950s home in Los Angeles’ elite Bel Air neighbourhood, architect Andrea Lenardin Madden has added an angular volume with floor-to-ceiling glass that extends over the landscape. The project entailed restoring and expanding the Ward House, a landmarked residence designed by Rodney Walker, a notable midcentury-modern architect who conceived several Case Study Houses. Built

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Andrea Lenardin Madden adds cantilevering extension to midcentury LA residence

October 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

For a 1950s home in Los Angeles’ elite Bel Air neighbourhood, architect Andrea Lenardin Madden has added an angular volume with floor-to-ceiling glass that extends over the landscape. The project entailed restoring and expanding the Ward House, a landmarked residence designed by Rodney Walker, a notable midcentury-modern architect who conceived several Case Study Houses. Built

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High-rise buildings should only be used to house the very rich, says Neave Brown

October 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Tower blocks like Grenfell should never have been built, according to 2018 Royal Gold Medallist Neave Brown, who believes high-rise housing ostracises council tenants and should instead be reserved for the most wealthy in society. “Almost all those point blocks and slab blocks should never have been built because they ostracise the underprivileged into special

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