Month: July 2023

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HKS reduces plans for its supertall Austin skyscraper by half

July 3, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

International architecture studio HKS has reduced the plans for its Wilson Tower in Austin, Texas just six months after unveiling the designs for the skyscraper. The 80-storey residential tower was set to be the tallest building in Texas at 1,035 feet (315 metres) tall with 450 apartments. After an unsuccessful January review with the City

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Cal Totxo Apartment Renovation / Cierto Estudio

July 3, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

Cal Totxo is a modernist house located at the foot of the Collserola Natural Park, which enjoys fantastic views and good solar orientation on its main facade. The original state of the apartment had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a small isolated kitchen, an interior space without ventilation or natural light, and a couple of very narrow and less interesting corridors. 

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MSG Sphere in Las Vegas covered in swirling lava visuals ahead of opening

July 3, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Footage has emerged of the Populous-designed MSG Sphere in Las Vegas lit up with cascading red and yellow lights and the greeting “Hello World” on its LED screen. The sphere, which is being designed by stadium specialist Populous for the company behind New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG), will be the world’s largest spherical structure

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Luxury Villa Layouts with Strict Sectioning & Alignment

July 3, 2023 HD Staff 0

A place for everything and everything in its place. That’s the notion that springs to mind when looking at these precise luxury home layouts, designed by Fäm Interiors. In these two UAE villas, zoning is sharp and uncompromised. Area rugs outline squares of functionality definitively. Linear furniture stands perfectly parallel and at right angles with […]

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Pine Lane House / Ballman Khapalova

July 3, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

The Pine Lane House is a renovation of a 1980s ranch house that included a 300-square-foot addition, a new roof, new wood exterior siding, and a new deck.  All mechanical systems were upgraded, and new windows were added and aligned with the existing windows to maximize all possible openings while keeping costs low. 

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Before & After – A Dark Retail Space Transformed Into A Bright Skincare Center

July 3, 2023 Erin 0

ISENSE DESIGN has shared photos of a recently completed retail design for Beauty Technology Skincare Center in Beijing, China. The designers transformed a dark store with a red facade and awning, into a bright and open retail design with a green facade and large windows. Seizing the opportunity to use color, the designers continued the […]

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Former Louvre Hotel / Diana Barros Arquitectura

July 3, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Built in the mid-19th century to be the house of a Douro nobleman, the building’s fame was consolidated over time by the meticulous decoration of the woodwork, framed within the compositional rigor of the 19th-century facade, and the incredible staircase in the core of the building, which extends to the top floor and is topped off by the central skylight.

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios wraps Dhaka school around courtyards

July 3, 2023 Katie Last 0

Decorative brick-clad buildings fold around courtyards at Aga Khan Academy Dhaka, a boarding school in Bangladesh designed by British practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Located in the capital Dhaka, the academy was created for the Muslim spiritual leader Aga Khan by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with local studio Shatotto Architecture. Aga Khan Academy Dhaka comprises a

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