residential

Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier

August 2, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier has transformed an old house in Porto into five studio apartments that feature matching dark blue shutters and a facade patterned with blue and red tiles. The house on Rua Faria Guimarães had been added to several times over the 20th century but had been abandoned for decades. However, as the area’s gentrification accelerated, Fala

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Glass box defines extension with basement pool for Victorian home in south London

August 1, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

British studio Guarnieri Architects has added a glazed box containing a swimming pool, hot tub and steam room to the rear of a Victorian terrace in Clapham Common, south London. A new floor excavated below the level of the main house provides space for these leisure facilities within the glazed extension, while a mezzanine above hosts a

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Kengo Kuma uses “borrowed scenery” to infuse nature into Suteki House

August 1, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has used an ancient East Asian landscaping principle to inform the design of this house outside Portland, Oregon. Kuma designed the concept house for Japanese builder Suteki, which constructed the residence as part of this year’s NW Natural Street of Dreams. The project in the leafy Happy Valley neighbourhood, southeast of

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Works Progress Architecture tops Portland apartment building with zigzagging roof

August 1, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Works Progress Architecture has created a residential building in Portland with gabled roofs, which help it stand out from the conventional boxy structures that are emerging in the Oregon city. Langano Apartments is situated within the Buckman neighbourhood, known for its tree-lined streets, restored bungalows, artisan shops and trendy restaurants. The 30-unit building is situated on a

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Lot-Ek uses shipping containers to overhaul Brooklyn carriage house

July 31, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Lot-Ek has used brightly painted, metal cargo containers to create a vertical enclosure and a rooftop penthouse for an urban residence owned by a creative couple in New York. The Irving Place Carriage House is situated on a leafy street in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighbourhood. An artist and gallery owner, and their daughter

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Cohta Asano builds his new Fukushima home as a cluster of nine cuboids

July 31, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan was the first in a series of grave events that prompted Fukushima-based architect Cohta Asano to develop the complex design for his new home. Made of up nine overlapping cuboids, of all different sizes and proportions, the house has little in common with the other residential properties in Fukushima, many

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Grace Quah’s Bartlett graduation project is a feminist film featuring homes that perform domestic chores

July 31, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Grace Quah has produced a feminist film featuring a conceptual housing estate where appliances become the architecture, reducing the amount of unpaid domestic labour women are required to carry out. Quah developed her Silvertown Plug-In project during her studies on the Bartlett’s MA programme. She was part of Unit 26, led by Simon Kennedy

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Zrobym Architects’ summer house combines references to Scandinavian and Belarusian architecture

July 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The cosy feel of classic Scandinavian cottages is referenced in the interior of this summer house near the Belarusian village of Raubichi, which is clad entirely in larch and cedar. Zrobym Architects, which is based in the nearby city of Minsk, designed the summer house (also known as a dacha) as a quiet retreat for

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Plywood-lined bedrooms feature in London loft conversion by Widger Architecture

July 30, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Behind a charred larch exterior, this London loft extension contains a pair of plywood-lined bedrooms that double up as quiet study spaces. British studio Widger Architecture designed the extension for a first-floor flat in Walthamstow, east London. The brief was to transform the old attic floor into new living spaces, including two generously sized bedrooms. The sloping roof presented

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Japanese house by Kouichi Kimura includes white-tiled courtyard for yoga

July 29, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A chimney-like tower covered in white tiles rises in the courtyard of this house in Shiga, Japan, which architect Kouichi Kimura has designed for the owner to host yoga classes. Located away from a busy main road, the two-storey residence combines a large block with a smaller one that appears to be slotted on top. There are no windows

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