Articles by Hana Abdel

Situated in a small alley in the heart of Hue city, Ton Corner – a coffee shop that embodies an open and dynamic spirit, is inspired by the simple life of small street corners. The original small, deteriorating house was demolished to raise the foundation to prevent flooding. Since the land is leased on a short-term basis, the project is built with a steel structure with the main covering materials being corrugated iron, old wood, and tempered glass. Corrugated iron is considered a roofing material and is only used for covering industrial works. In humid, rainy climates like Hue, people use corrugated iron to cover the outside walls of their houses to prevent water seepage, However, using corrugated iron without proper aesthetic and technical treatment will cause the house to lose its original aesthetic value, even creating a shabby appearance in the urban landscape.

House B – T – two-family house for a comfortable old age – A house to live in for the rest of their lives, was the explicit request of the clients. Moreover, they loved the concrete architecture of Brutalist architect  Juliaan Lampens. The result of their assignment is an aesthetic two-family house in which brutal materials are delicately combined with a particularly fine finish.

Located at 8 South 4^th Street, One Domino Square is Selldorf Architects’ first residential skyscraper in the world and features connected 55-story and 39-story towers covered in shimmering porcelain tiles, giving it an alluring complexity. The façade acts as a mirror capturing and reflecting the site’s remarkable light, the ever-changing water of the East River, and the dynamic natural surroundings of Domino Park. The project’s eye-catching design and two towers place it in dialogue with the skylines of Brooklyn and Manhattan and the rest of the Domino Sugar Factory site. The Condominium tower also boasts sweeping and unmatched views of the Manhattan skyline, the Statue of Liberty, and the Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Williamsburg bridges.

Lonavla, a hill station in the Sahyadris, is the nearest and most popular weekend retreat for the residents of Bombay. Its natural topography, cooler+drier climate, verdant landscapes, and history (Ancient forts + Buddhist cave temples) have attracted uncontrolled development leading to a substantial erosion of the character that defined it.

This is an interior design project for a part of the newly constructed 5-story high-rise residential building (approx. 2220 m²) with a roof terrace of approximately 570 m².

The Gallery House by Ben Hudson Architects has been designed to reflect the people who live here, each space telling a story. In this residence, the warmth and richness of timber combine with a palette of neutral whites and the raw beauty of polished concrete to create a series of layered interiors and intimate, gallery-like spaces that showcase the owners’ passion for art and sculpture.

Brief: The owners of this space are a family of four. The husband is a founder of a closed fund and the wife a PhD scholar ably assists him in his venture. The couple has two grown-up kids doing their advanced studies in foreign countries. The core requirement of this family was to have a clutter-free cozy space with emphasis given on functional planning and at the same time a breakaway aesthetic. Also due to their social nature/status, they wanted a space that was inclusive and could serve as a perfect entertainment pad.

The nuclear family structure, which the anthropologist George Murdock argued was universal, has been the predominant family structure in Japan since the postwar period.