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House FT / Leonardo Junqueira Arquitetura

March 31, 2022 Valeria Silva 0

This weekend house located near São Paulo, was designed for a couple with two small children. Situated in a gated community, the ground had a sloped topography towards the street, facing east, which defined the deployment in a “T” shape form, with the pool right in the center, for widening the views to the valley ahead. Distributed in 3 distinct areas, the program includes 6 bedrooms, a social area with integrated spaces, and functional premises, which contain the garage and service facilities. As requested by the clients, the house should be single-footed, which defined its alignment towards the length, being trespassed by the living area volume, with higher ceilings.  

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Cultural Center Flying Roof / OVERCODE architecture urbanisme

March 31, 2022 Luciana Pejić 0

The Town Hall of Quedillac wanted to build a Cultural Center for the city. The main objective was to battle against capsularisation by providing a place where a diversity of publics could mix and gather around a common ground, thus fostering a social bond among the citizens. The new building would include a multimedia library, a hall – coffee area, a youth space for teenagers, and a childcare section for small children.

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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur designs timber barn on a historic Swedish farm

March 31, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Wooden barn in Swedish farmland

Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a timber barn on a historic farm in Skåne, southern Sweden, that was created to be used as anything from storage and workshop space to a games room. Commissioned by a regular client and friend of the Lund-based practice, the new barn replaces a 1950s tractor shed and

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Offices in Pasaje Mas de Roda / Garcés-de Seta-Bonet Arquitectes

March 31, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

The action refers to the area of an old factory built in 1916, which was part of the well-known “Companyia d’Indústries Agrícoles S.A.” by Josep Suñol and Jaume Carner, a place popularly known as “Pasaje del Azúcar”, -or Sugar Passage-. In accordance with the plan drawn up in 2003, which included the whole of the old factory on both sides of the road, in 2008 the former industrial buildings on the north side, with a constructed area of 4,500 m2, were converted into 29 unconventional dwellings or lofts.

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Meta unveils King’s Cross office designed by Bennetts Associates

March 31, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0
King's Cross Meta office with wooden stairs

Social media brand Meta, formerly the Facebook Company, has opened the first of two offices in London’s King’s Cross neighbourhood, featuring landscaped roof gardens and terraces. The office at 11-21 Canal Reach, which opened after a three-year build and fit out, was designed by Bennetts Associates and marks the start of an “expanded presence” by

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BEEHA Headquarters / Zaha Hadid Architects

March 31, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

BEEAH Group’s new headquarters in Sharjah, UAE, was opened on Wednesday, March 30 by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah. Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new headquarters has been designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to achieve net-zero emissions and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.