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Kanna Pavillion / Laure Friès Architecture

September 28, 2024 Valeria Silva 0

Kanna is a fishermen’s retreat, a cabin nestled on the shores of Marlens’ water body, offering tranquility and privacy away from prying eyes. Its triangular shape unfolds to reveal the panorama, safeguarding the majesty of the mountains. Standing at a height of 4.50 meters, it enables precise lure casting and effortless fishing. Poetic and practical, Kanna entices both fishing enthusiasts and wanderers seeking escape.

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MCHAP Selects Natura Futura + Juan Carlos Bamba’s Community Production Center as its 2024 Emerging Practice Winner

September 27, 2024 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) has announced the winner of the fifth MCHAP.emerge award: the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras in Guayas, Ecuador, designed by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. The project offers a hub for local women artisans, providing them with spaces to learn, create, and showcase their textile creations. The winner announcement was made at the Conference on Critical Practice held at Mies van der Rohe’s S. R. Crown Hall, an inaugural event that brought together the four MCHAP.emerge finalists to open up conversations about the future of the architecture profession across the Americas.

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Women’s Centre in Rufisque / Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects

September 27, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

In the spring of 1996, a group of students from the Department of Architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology travelled to Senegal to address a challenge through architectural means. Among them were Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter, and Helena Sandman, students at the time. They were introduced to the work of a local women’s group, who suggested the idea of designing a centre for the women’s associations in their neighbourhood. Initially, this was undertaken as a learning exercise.

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6 New Kitchens With Rich Wood Cabinets (6 photos)

September 27, 2024 Mitchell Parker 0

We recently highlighted stylish kitchens that feature light oak wood cabinets. Here you’ll find kitchens featuring wood cabinets in slightly richer tones. See how pros used alder, walnut, cherry and oak in various stains to create a warm, sophisticate…

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Brooks + Scarpa envision California housing block as “carved-out cube”

September 27, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has completed an all-electric, affordable housing complex in Santa Monica called 1819 Pico, which departs from the area’s typical “defensive apartment buildings” with their solid walls and fences. Located across the street from Santa Monica College, the residential complex – also known as Brunson Terrace – was designed for a

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Shelburne Museum unveils replacement for dropped Adjaye Asssociates scheme

September 27, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Shelburne Museum in Vermont, USA, has unveiled a design by architecture studios Annum Architects, Reed Hilderbrand and Two Row Architect for its Native American Art Center after cancelling a scheme by Adjaye Associates last year. The replacement design for the Perry Center for Native American Art features a circular structure covered in red-coloured shingles with

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PINGA ÃO Store / Clube + Marc do Nascimento

September 27, 2024 Andreas Luco 0

As a result of a geometric interpretation of Oscar Niemeyer’s building, a metallic biombo–made of natural aluminum profiles and reused galvanized steel sheets–duplicates the store’s curvilinear window shop and reveals its construction through straight segments. Two openings and a mirror break up its regular structure. This device, responsible for displaying objects and clothing, acts as a mediator between the exterior and interior–offering privacy for those changing clothes, as a large dressing room in one of the busiest corners of downtown São Paulo.