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Houston contractor builds her own charred-timber residence designed by Suyama Peterson Deguchi

July 21, 2017 James Brillon 0

The owner of a construction company in Houston has collaborated with Seattle architects Suyama Peterson Deguchi to create a Japanese-influenced home that she built for herself. The design and construction of the Shou Sugi Ban House was joint effort between the architects and Erin Stetzer. Because the client, the proprietor of Stetzer Builders, was also

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10 contemporary homes that integrate arched doorways, windows and nooks

July 21, 2017 Trudie Carter 0

This week’s roundup from our Pinterest boards focuses on home interiors that feature arched openings – from an Arts and Crafts-inspired Melbourne house to a renovated Barcelona apartment. Vault Beach House, USA, by Johnston Marklee Johnston Marklee carved arches into the facades of this California beach house to frame sea views. The form is carried throughout the

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Arhitektura DOO refurbishes Edvard Ravnikar-designed apartment in modernist Ljubljana tower

July 21, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

Slovenian studio Arhitektura DOO has refurbished a small apartment inside one of the five Ljubljana towers that modernist architect Edvard Ravnikar built in the 1960s. The renovation project, named Life After Madrid, saw Arhitektura DOO’s Aleš Gabrijelčič and Kaja Todorovič transform their one-bedroom apartment into a minimal space with stark white walls and doors, stainless-steel worktops and

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Arhitektura DOO refurbishes Edvard Ravnikar-designed apartment in modernist Ljubljana tower

July 21, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

Slovenian studio Arhitektura DOO has refurbished a small apartment inside one of the five Ljubljana towers that modernist architect Edvard Ravnikar built in the 1960s. The renovation project, named Life After Madrid, saw Arhitektura DOO’s Aleš Gabrijelčič and Kaja Todorovič transform their one-bedroom apartment into a minimal space with stark white walls and doors, stainless-steel worktops and

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Woven metal-mesh curtain wraps Melbourne house extension designed by Matt Gibson

July 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Australian architect Matt Gibson and his studio have renovated and extended a traditional villa in Melbourne, adding deep verandahs that can be protected from harsh sunlight using woven steel-mesh curtains. Matt Gibson Architecture + Design was tasked with upgrading the property in the Australian city’s Barrington heritage area, in order to create more liveable spaces with a better connection

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DCPP designs low-lying concrete and glass weekend retreat at Mexican country club

July 20, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio DCPP has slotted huge windows between the concrete walls of this long, low house in Mexico to offer residents views of a golf course and mountains. Casa Paraíso is located near the Cuernavaca – the capital city of Mexican state Morelos – at the Paraíso Country Club, providing a city lawyer with a weekend retreat. Mexico City-based DCPP designed the 350-square-metre,

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Matter curates show home at The Standish condominiums in Brooklyn

July 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York design showroom and gallery Matter has outfitted a model apartment in a historic Brooklyn Heights hotel undergoing conversion into residences. Matter selected and styled the furniture and accessories for one of 29 condos inside the 12-storey building that once housed the Standish Arms Hotel, completed by local architect FS Lowe in 1903. Developers

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ODA creates stepped terraces at corner of Brooklyn condo building

July 20, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Cascading balconies top this Brooklyn apartment block by American studio ODA, which is shown in a movie starring the design team throwing footballs, catching flowers and passing balloons between the terraces. Photographer and filmmaker Miguel de Guzmán of Imagen Subliminal shot the film to showcase the “optimistic atmosphere of the life in the terraces”, which ODA created on the upper corner of

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ODA creates stepped terraces at corner of Brooklyn condo building

July 20, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Cascading balconies top this Brooklyn apartment block by American studio ODA, which is shown in a movie starring the design team throwing footballs, catching flowers and passing balloons between the terraces. Photographer and filmmaker Miguel de Guzmán of Imagen Subliminal shot the film to showcase the “optimistic atmosphere of the life in the terraces”, which ODA created on the upper corner of

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