Articles by Jenna McKnight

Studio Schicketanz creates California home with glass and textured stone walls

July 24, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Large expanses of glazing contrast heavy masonry portions of this residence on California’s Central Coast, designed by US firm Studio Schicketanz. The Tehama One house is located in Carmel, a scenic beach town about two hours south of San Francisco. The residence is situated within the exclusive Tehama development owned by actor Clint Eastwood, featuring a

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Jim Olson expands tiny cabin he built 60 years ago in rural Washington

July 24, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Jim Olson, co-founder of Seattle architecture studio Olson Kundig, has made a series of additions to a bunkhouse he designed and built aged 18, as a first-year architecture student. The Olson Cabin is located on a forested site in Longbranch, a village situated on a peninsula in the Puget Sound. The site has been in

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Katerra combines technology and modular construction to create large-scale prefabricated buildings

July 19, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

As prefabricated buildings become increasingly prolific, Silicon Valley design-build firm Katerra hopes to revolutionise the construction industry by using a technology-driven and full-services approach to creating structures at a large scale. Based in Menlo Park, California, Katerra was started in 2015 by Michael Marks, Jim Davidson and Fritz H Wolff. Combined, the three men have

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Un.Box Studio converts neglected stone building into progressive Austin hostel

July 18, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Un.Box Studio has transformed historic structures in Austin into a high-design hostel that is meant to serve as an alternative to pricey boutique hotels. Located near the city’s Downtown district, the Native Hostel and Bar & Kitchen occupy a two-storey stone building dating to the 1890s and a brick warehouse that was added

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Wine-tasting pavilions by Walker Warner perch on ridge overlooking Napa Valley

July 17, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Walker Warner Architects has created a trio of pavilions at a California winery with operable glass walls that enable tasting rooms to be fully open to the outdoors. The Quintessa Pavilions are located within the Quintessa Estate Winery, which covers 280 acres (113 hectares) in Napa Valley. San Francisco-based Walker Warner Architects had

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Low-lying residence by Dick Clark stretches across a Texas prairie

July 12, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

This rural home designed by Austin-based Dick Clark + Associates features walls made of concrete and glass, and deep roof overhangs that mitigate exposure to harsh sunlight. The Brownwood Residence sits on a property blanketed with prairie grass and dotted with mature oak trees. It is located in Brownwood, a town in central Texas. The clients wanted

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Jean Verville converts backyard shed into minimalist studio in Montreal

July 12, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has overhauled a storage shed at his home into an austere workspace lined with oriented strand board. The project, called IN 1, was envisioned as a “model on a human scale”. It is one in a series of recent works by Verville intended to embody the merging of art and architecture, through experimention with

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Brutalist library in Chicago gets interior update by Woodhouse Tinucci

July 10, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Woodhouse Tinucci Architects has spruced up reading room in the University of Chicago’s Joseph Regenstein Library, a 1970s building originally designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Totalling 18,000 square feet (1,672 square metres), the project entailed transforming a ground-level reading room of the brutalist library into a space more suitable for group meetings

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Desai Chia captures “quirky” character of media brand Quartz for its New York office

July 4, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Desai Chia Architecture wanted to capture the “intellectually playful aspects” of Quartz in the design of the digital media outlet’s new headquarters in Manhattan. The Quartz office occupies a rectangular space in a historic cast-iron building in the Flatiron District. Launched in 2012 and owned by Atlantic Media, Quartz runs a popular website focused on the

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ODA creates thick gridded facade for Manhattan condo building

June 21, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio ODA has taken cues from New York’s historic character while designing this apartment block, which aims to “combat the cold modernism of so much contemporary construction”. Called 15 Renwick, the luxury condominium building is located on a secluded street near Soho, and is surrounded by low-scale structures faced with brick and stone. “Renwick

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