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Linehouse adds tactile textures and warm tones to coastal home in Hong Kong

October 23, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Linehouse has designed the interiors of Cape Drive Residence in Hong Kong to respond to the surrounding coastal views. Located on the south side of Hong Kong Island, the three-floor home is a short walk from the beaches of Stanley and Chung Hom Kok and has panoramic ocean views to the east and west

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Figure and Studio J Jih perform “stair gymnastics” inside Boston rowhouse

October 22, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

American firms Studio J Jih and Figure have overhauled a historic house in Boston, which now revolves around a sculptural “hairpin” staircase influenced by the twists and turns of mountain roads. Locally based Studio J Jih and San Francisco studio Figure collaborated on the transformation of the four-storey rowhouse in the city’s South End. The

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in “bold yet friendly” Vancouver house

September 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project is in Hastings-Sunrise, a residential neighbourhood in East Vancouver, a mixed residential and industrial area that borders the city’s harbour. The home replaces a “tired, 1950s bungalow” that did not accommodate

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Bindloss Dawes maximises light and space in London mews house

July 12, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Architecture firm Bindloss Dawes has reorganised a mews house in Chelsea, adding a full-height lightwell with a dramatic oak-and-steel staircase to forge “a sense of volume and theatre”. The client initially commissioned Bindloss Dawes to simply create a more spacious kitchen and living area on the lower ground floor of this typical London property and

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Dumican Mosey includes red staircase for “sculptural relief” in San Francisco renovation

May 26, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Dumican Mosey has completed a renovation of a 1907 house with a four-storey, red staircase in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighbourhood. Dumican Mosey completed the 3,300-square foot (300-square metre) house, named the Red Stair House, in 2022. The completed residence preserved the original building footprint but expanded the living space by excavating a

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Espacio 18 Arquitectura cantilevers a sculptural concrete house in Oaxaca

April 13, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican studio Espacio 18 Arquitectura has balanced an expansive concrete house designed like a “rock carved to create a sculpture” on a hillside in Oaxaca. Known as Casa del Alma, the 460-square metre (4,950-square foot) house was completed in 2023 as the client’s “last refuge” after a “long life of work and travel”, according to

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Black staircases link SC Workplace by Behnisch Architekten

February 25, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A variety of black staircases dogleg and spiral between the levels of this office in Southern California, designed by global firm Behnisch Architekten. Tasked with bringing personality to a four-storey “developer box”, Behnisch Architekten 110,000 square feet (10,220 square metres) for an undisclosed client. “We had the opportunity to work with a great client to

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Splyce Design centres Vancouver house around “weightless” staircase

February 15, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. Completed in 2021, the 5,700-square-foot (530-square-metre) residence, known as Yield House, is oriented east-west and responds to the varied setting in both directions. The front of the house – functioning

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