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Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property

June 11, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. Once owned by a wealthy Milanese family, the building was recently divided into apartments and completely restored. Locally based Duearchitetti was then invited to overhaul one of the building’s ground-floor apartments, called Casa AG. The

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Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property

June 11, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. Once owned by a wealthy Milanese family, the building was recently divided into apartments and completely restored. Locally based Duearchitetti was then invited to overhaul one of the building’s ground-floor apartments, called Casa AG. The

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Richard Keep and Henry Goss unveil plans for Nairobi tower in rainy renderings

June 11, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

These foggy renderings by The Boundary forego the stereotypical blue-sky backdrop to depict a wedge-shaped tower by Richard Keep Architects and Henry Goss Architects, which has just been granted planning permission in Nairobi, Kenya. London-based Keep and Goss designed the 30-storey mixed-use Akili Tower for a spot on Upper Hill, where it will join a growing number of high-rises overlooking Uhuru Park and the

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Dieter Vander Velpen brings “understated luxury” to 1970s Belgian house

June 10, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio Dieter Vander Velpen has employed a luxurious material palette of dark walnut, black granite and limestone to overhaul the kitchen and bathroom of a house in Belgium. Antwerp-based Dieter Vander Velpen remodelled the kitchen and bathroom for a doctor couple. Built in the 1970s near the Belgian town of Leuven, the property named BC House had

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Dieter Vander Velpen brings “understated luxury” to 1970s Belgian house

June 10, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio Dieter Vander Velpen has employed a luxurious material palette of dark walnut, black granite and limestone to overhaul the kitchen and bathroom of a house in Belgium. Antwerp-based Dieter Vander Velpen remodelled the kitchen and bathroom for a doctor couple. Built in the 1970s near the Belgian town of Leuven, the property named BC House had

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Dieter Vander Velpen brings “understated luxury” to 1970s Belgian house

June 10, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio Dieter Vander Velpen has employed a luxurious material palette of dark walnut, black granite and limestone to overhaul the kitchen and bathroom of a house in Belgium. Antwerp-based Dieter Vander Velpen remodelled the kitchen and bathroom for a doctor couple. Built in the 1970s near the Belgian town of Leuven, the property named BC House had

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Dieter Vander Velpen brings “understated luxury” to 1970s Belgian house

June 10, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio Dieter Vander Velpen has employed a luxurious material palette of dark walnut, black granite and limestone to overhaul the kitchen and bathroom of a house in Belgium. Antwerp-based Dieter Vander Velpen remodelled the kitchen and bathroom for a doctor couple. Built in the 1970s near the Belgian town of Leuven, the property named BC House had

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Rediscovered attic space makes room for mezzanine level in Barcelona apartment

June 10, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Ras Studio has overhauled an apartment in Barcelona, uncovering a hidden gabled ceiling where it could fit a polycarbonate-walled mezzanine level. The Barcelona-based studio peeled back the existing ceiling slabs, revealing the attic area and enabling the architects to expand the single-level apartment – named La Dominique – into a two-storey loft with a bedroom on

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Rediscovered attic space makes room for mezzanine level in Barcelona apartment

June 10, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Ras Studio has overhauled an apartment in Barcelona, uncovering a hidden gabled ceiling where it could fit a polycarbonate-walled mezzanine level. The Barcelona-based studio peeled back the existing ceiling slabs, revealing the attic area and enabling the architects to expand the single-level apartment – named La Dominique – into a two-storey loft with a bedroom on

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Studio MK27 completes Miami Beach house with its own private lagoon

June 10, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27 has completed a luxurious Miami Beach residence, featuring a private lagoon where residents can swim with fish, and a bridge walkway that snakes over the top. Measuring 10 feet long (30 metres) and 30 feet wide (nine metres), the manmade lagoon is organically filtered and surrounded by vegetation to provide an “authentically manicured” natural environment for

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