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Architect builds herself concrete Casa Castaños on outskirts of Buenos Aires

July 13, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Casa Castanos by Ekaterina Kunzel and Maria Belen Garcia Bottazzini

Glass walls enclose the courtyard of this concrete house in Argentina, designed by architects María Belén García Bottazzini and Ekaterina Künzel. Casa Castaños is Belén’s home and is in a gated residential community about a 45-minute drive from the city centre of Buenos Aires. She design the house for her and her family with Künzel,

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Pale woodwork updates 1920s Riverside Apartment in New York’s Upper West Side

July 12, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Riverside apartment by Format Architecture Office

New York practice Format Architecture Office has reorganised a 1920s apartment with custom millwork in the city’s Upper West Side. The renovated apartment by Format Architecture Office is in a Gothic Revival building on Riverside Drive, giving the project its name, Riverside Apartment. Completed before the second world war, the original apartment building had large

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Vondalwig Architecture refreshes mid-century house in Upstate New York with blackened wood

July 11, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
The Bedford House by Vondalwig Architecture

New York studio Vondalwig Architecture has overhauled the exterior of a 1960s house in Hudson Valley with blackened wood, and updated the interiors with features like white-painted brick and a curved pink wall. Called House 23, the residence comprises a two-storey dwelling and a detached studio that was built in 1967 in Bedford in Westchester

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Five Casa Wabi pavilions include Álvaro Siza ceramics studio and Kengo Kuma chicken coop

July 5, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Atlantes by Bosco Sodi

The Casa Wabi artist retreat in Puerto Escondido, Mexico is filled with pavilions designed by architects such as Kengo Kuma, Álvaro Siza and Alberto Kalach. We’ve roundup up five from a chicken coop to an open-air structure for composting. The pavilions were built to assist with the everyday functions of Casa Wabi, which is led

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Álvaro Siza builds Casa Wabi ceramics pavilion with a thatched roof

July 3, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Casa Wabi ceramics pavilion by Alvaro Siza

A curved brick wall encloses the open-air complex for ceramics that Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza designed as part of the artist retreat Casa Wabi in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. The Pritzker Prize-winner was tasked by Casa Wabi Foundation founder Bosco Sodi to build the pavilion as a space for children who live in the area to learn

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Commune designs Serra marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles to be airy and luxurious

July 2, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Serra by Commune Design

Oak and brass display cabinets fill this cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles that local studio Commune designed to look like a jewellery store. Commune designed the store for Portland brand Serra that sells and produces cannabis products, from caramel treats to pre-rolled joints. Serra, whose Portland flagship was designed by OMFGCo and JHL Design, tasked

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Chunky limestone walls feature in California residence Atherton Contemporary

June 28, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Atherton by Pacific Peninsula and Leverone DesignAtherton by Leverone Design

This house in California’s Silicon Valley, designed by local studios Pacific Peninsula Architecture and Leverone Design, is built with blocks of Texas split-cut limestone. The residence was completed by Pacific Peninsula Architecture with interiors by Leverone Design for the CEO of a high-profile alternative energy company and his family. It is located in Atherton, which

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Offices after pandemic will “balance physical and virtual work” says Perkins and Will interior design director

June 26, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Perkins Will design post-Covid office

Offices after coronavirus should be designed for meetings and socialising while focused work should take place at home, says Perkins and Will interior design director Meena Krenek, who has developed proposals to rethink the purpose of the workplace. Krenek, who is based in the architecture firm’s Los Angeles office, led a team to create the

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Black gridded windows form Valley Street house extension in San Francisco

June 24, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Valley St by Siol Studios

San Francisco firms Síol Studios and Levy Art and Architecture have updated this house in the city’s Noe Valley neighbourhood with a gridded glass extension and two rooftop decks. Called Valley Street, the Craftsman-style house was renovated by Levy Art and Architecture with interiors by Síol Studios for a couple who is passionate about art.

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Copper panels adorn Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

June 23, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum by OMNIPLAN

Texas architecture firm Omniplan has topped the Holocaust museum in Dallas with a copper crown to represent “the strength of those who have stood up to injustice”. The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (DHHRM) encompasses three storeys on a corner lot in the downtown’s historic West End district. Omniplan created the building in a U-shape

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