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Hoggs & Lamb recreates features of ancient Babylon in Sydney restaurant

September 7, 2019 Semi Han 0

Babylon restaurant and bar by Hoggs & Lamb

Recessed arches, free-standing stone plinths and hanging rooftop plants are designed to recall the ancient ruins of Babylon inside a restaurant and bar in Sydney. The restaurant, which takes its name from the city of Babylon, is located on the rooftop floor of Westfield shopping centre. Hogg & Lamb designed it with numerous arches and niches from travertine and natural

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Stark monochromatic interior of Saint Rocco church brings stone ruins into focus

September 1, 2019 Semi Han 0

Renovation of Saint Rocco's Church into a theatre by Luigi Valente and Mauro di Bona

Architects Luigi Valente and Mauro Di Bona have renovated the former church of Saint Rocco in southern Italy into a theatre with a black and white interior. Located in the small commune of Rotello near Campobasso, the historic landmark has been restored into a permanent performance venue and multi-purpose hall. Fragments of the stone floor

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Granite boxes form clifftop house overlooking a lake in India

August 17, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Stacked boxes clad in stone perch on a rocky outcrop overlooking Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Hyderabad in this house designed by architecture studio Collective Project. Called Lakehouse, the house in southern India has two distinct sides to its granite and wood facade. A plain facade with few windows faces the road, but on the lake-facing

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Tuñón Arquitectos’ Casa de Piedra is formed of nine cube-shaped rooms

July 2, 2019 Tomek Zylski 0

Tuñón Arquitectos has completed Casa de Piedra, a house in the town of Cáceres, Spain, which is built from solid stone and laid out in a grid of nine cube-shaped rooms. Casa de Piedra is built from local quartzite, with widows framed in granite. Located on a plot sloping slightly down towards the town, Tuñón

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Saavedra Arquitectos creates “brutal” stone tower for Luzia House in Mexico

July 1, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Casa Luzia by Saavedra Arquitectos in Avandaro, Mexico

A long, low bar and a tall stone volume make up this holiday home, which Mexican firm Saavedra Arquitectos has nestled into a woody hillside. Luzia House is located in the historic lakeside town of Valle de Bravo, about 140 kilometres west of Mexico City. The dwelling sits on a sloped site filled with ferns,

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Nomo Studio clads Stone House in Menorca with limestone dug from its site

June 30, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

A patchwork of roughly hewn local stone and smooth plaster forms the facades of this house, designed by architects Nomo Studio to overlook the sea in Menorca. The Barcelona-based architects used limestone that was excavated from the foundations of Stone House for its facade. “In Stone House the strong concept lies in the facade composition and

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Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich

May 29, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture’s minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. The house is designed by local studio Think Architecture to “merge with the landscape” of its sloping-parkland site, located beside a forest overlooking Lake Zurich. It has two floors, with one embedded

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AP Valletta adds extension with “woven” stone facade to The Coach House in Malta

May 19, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office AP Valletta has restored an old coach house in the town of Balzan, Malta, adding a contemporary extension featuring a weave-patterned stone facade. The Coach House occupies a building situated alongside the 18th-century Palazzo Bosio, which is located within a conservation area on the edge of Balzan’s historic centre. The original building is

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This Modern Tropical Home Floats Above A Base Of Stone And Glass

May 9, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Maurício Froldi F: POLES architecture have designed the A.B Residence, a new and modern house that’s located in Brazil. At the front of the multi-storey house, a wood path leading to the front door is surrounded by lush landscaping on one side, and a lawn with a single tree on the […]

Bernardo Bader Architekten designs stone-clad ski centre with irregular forms

April 9, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Alpin Sport ski centre by Bernardo Bader Architekten

The Alpin Sport ski resort headquarters in the village of Schruns, Austria, by Bernardo Bader Architekten, has mismatched windows and is clad in irregularly quarried stone. The offices for the Silvretta Montafon ski resort also features an unusual, roughly square plan where each side angles gently in or out. Described by Bernardo Bader Architekten as

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