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Kamwokya Community Center / Kéré Architecture

November 1, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

The Kamwokya Community Centre is the fruit of a partnership between the local non-profit Kamwokya Christian Caring Community, which runs sports, leisure, and artistic activities in one of the poorest areas of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and the Ameropa Foundation, which works internationally on projects that aim to improve the lives of marginalized communities.

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Finnish Design Shop / Avanto Architects

November 1, 2022 Bianca Valentina Roșescu 0

Finnish Design Shop is the world’s largest online store of Nordic design. The company’s fast growth accelerated during the pandemic, as physical stores needed to close their doors. The new building, the headquarters of the company, comprises a logistics center delivering products to over one hundred countries, a showroom, and a restaurant.

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Atelier Andy Carson finishes coastal home in Sydney with stone and bronze

November 1, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A curved bronze facade sits atop a sandstone podium at this home renovation in Sydney, Australia, designed by local architecture studio Atelier Andy Carson. Called Matopos, the home designed for the gallerist Judith Neilson involved a complete overhaul of an existing structure on the 178-square-metre corner plot, which overlooks a beach in the Sydney suburb of

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Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton

November 1, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. The housing units are located at 12 Rue Jean-Bart in Paris’ wealthy sixth arrondissement, one of the city’s central districts, and were designed to destigmatise social housing by giving it

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Beijing Leuchte Lighting Design clads immersive theatre venue in luminous tiles

November 1, 2022 Alice Laycock 0

Beijing Leuchte Lighting Design has orchestrated a lighting scheme for an open-air theatre complex in Emeishan City, China, centred on a pavilion encrusted with 50,000 illuminated tiles. The venue, named Unique Mount Emei Land of Dramas, spans 78,000 square metres and three distinct locations, including the main tile-clad pavilion, an outdoor courtyard area and a

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Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge and the Spatialization of Content

November 1, 2022 Christele Harrouk 0

From ending up by accident in architectural studies, to eventually falling in love with the complexity of the field and the multitude of its layers, Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge was amazed by the dual nature of architecture; its intellectual aspect, and physical outcome. Founder of Meyer-Grohbrügge in Berlin, the architect, and her studio seek to spatialize content, create relationships, and find solutions for living together.

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A Curved Brick Facade Presents A Contemporary Face For This Collection Of Townhomes

November 1, 2022 Erin 0

Architecture firm KUD has designed the Imperium Town Homes, a collection of 4 townhouses in Australia, with a curved brick facade. The exterior features natural earth-colored bricks accented by protruding black metal window frames. The black frames cast shadows onto the brick, adding even further interest to the building’s exterior. Here’s a look at the […]