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Huis van Albrandswaard Municipal Building / Gortemaker Algra Feenstra

July 30, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

The Huis van Albrandswaard is a new office building for the municipality of Albrandswaard. The building was designed by Gortemaker Algra Feenstra architects, after convincingly coming out on top with their eye-catching round design at the architect selection process in 2018. Residents, politicians, and civil servants have to feel welcome in this new building, which will also house several other departments alongside the town hall, such as the district team, the Albrandswaard Well-being Foundation, RTV Albrandswaard, the multifunctional council chamber which can also be used as a space for events, as well as the sports cafeteria of the gym next door.

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Tsingpu Wulin Retreat / Nazodesign Studio

July 30, 2021 Collin Chen 0

Tsingpu Wulin Retreat is located in the ancient village of Wulin, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province, with a site area of about 6,000 square meters, consisting of 13 traditional houses of Fujian. Entrusted by the famous cultural resort group TSINGPU, we presided over the design and transformation of this ancient building community into a multi-business cultural tourism resort destination with guest rooms, restaurants, teahouses, exhibitions, forums, etc.

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Expansion of Tsenpo Museum / Ji Architects

July 29, 2021 Collin Chen 0

Commissioned by Tsenpo Museum, Jí Architects has designed a plan to expand the existing 500㎡ campuses with an additional space of 800 m2, so as to meet the ever-growing needs for exhibition and cultural exchanges. The Tsenpo Museum was founded and built by the 9th H.E Chakme Rinpoche in Jizha township of Nangqian county, YushuQinghai Province. Its main volume, modeled after Yumbu Lakhang Palace of the first King of Tibet during the Tubo period and constructed by piling one stone on another with the craftsmanship of Shannan, Tibet, stands as the visual center of the entire architectural complex of Tsenpo Museum. Most of its exhibits are Buddha statues, thangkas, and Tibetan folkloric articles.

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Wisconsin train station becomes The Harvey House restaurant by Home Studios

July 29, 2021 Dan Howarth 0
Harvey House restaurant interior

Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a former rail baggage handlers’ building in Madison into dining spaces that evoke “the golden age of train travel”. Hidden behind an old train depot in the Wisconsin capital, The Harvey House is a 5,000-square-foot restaurant that nods to the Midwestern state’s supper club culture of the 1930s and 40s.

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Yarram and District Health Services, Integrated Healthcare Centre / McBride Charles Ryan

July 29, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

Located in the heart of Yarram, South Gippsland, the Yarram and District Health Service (YDHS) Integrated Healthcare Centre is a small-scale healthcare project that forms part of a greater medical precinct. The new building responded to a need for the consolidation of allied health functions for the small town of 2000. It was hoped that the new centre would provide an environment that the public can attend as they would a public gallery, encouraging residents to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and get on top of issues before they develop into chronic health problems – including a range of health services such as mental health, counselling, and proactive well-being.

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Ichijo-toma Apartment / kooo architects

July 29, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

ichijo-toma is a lifestyle design service focused on Japanese styled enjoyable and comfortable ways of living. We value the wisdom that has been cultivated in the lives of Japanese people over the centuries, as well as the materials that have been long respected.

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Shipping containers used to build LA housing complex for the homeless

July 29, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
The Hilda L Solis Care First Village is made of shipping containers

American firms NAC Architecture and Bernards have used shipping containers to form private apartments in a Los Angeles facility for people experiencing homelessness. The Hilda L Solis Care First Village – formerly known as the Vignes Street Interim Housing Project – is located on a 4.2-acre (1.7-hectare) site in Downtown Los Angeles. The complex is

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Big Wood Residence / de Reus Architects

July 29, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

Local agricultural vernacular and a minimalist concept drove the design of the Big Wood Residence, situated just south of Sun Valley, Idaho. This home for Mark de Reus and his family celebrates the career of its architect, who incorporated lessons from thirty-five years of practice into this, his most personal work. The project features themes that our firm is known for— innovation, unpredictability, clarity of design, the use of natural materials, careful detailing and craftsmanship, and livability. Most significantly, the design has a simplicity that belies its complexity.