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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur adds larch-clad extension to villa in Swedish apple orchard

February 27, 2023 Katie Last 0

A larch-clad extension by Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur adds a modern twist to this 1920s villa in an apple orchard in Lund. Named Timjan, the extension was designed by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur to contrast the style of the existing villa, which dates back to the 1920s but has been frequently renovated by the clients

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Mirrored cladding helps Belgian villa “disappear” into forest

February 17, 2023 Katie Last 0

Belgian practice Studio Okami Architecten has completed a woodland villa in Antwerp named Beli House, which features a mirrored facade and draws on 1960s design. Located in Kalmthout, the building replaces an experimental 1960s villa, which had to be demolished due to Belgian regulations and the client’s desire for more space. To pay tribute to

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Architektura draws on “children’s spontaneity” for Větrník Kindergarten in Czech Republic

February 12, 2023 Katie Last 0

Brightly coloured volumes and angular forms characterise this nursery in the Czech Republic, which was designed by Czech studio Architektura to echo childhood playfulness. Located in Říčany, a town in the Prague-East District, the Větrník Kindergarten features a gym, garden, classrooms and a playground, spread across coloured blocks that branch out from a central white

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Fraser/Livingstone adds angular tenement to historical Edinburgh site

February 10, 2023 Katie Last 0

Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone has completed a mass-timber tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh named Simon Square. Comprising six flats, the housing block replaces an old builder’s yard on a site closely bordered by 19th-century stone tenements, in Edinburgh’s Southside. It was designed by Fraser/Livingstone as a contemporary addition to the historic site and marks Scotland’s first developer-led mass-timber

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Sweeping facade animates manga artist’s house in Tokyo by Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL

January 22, 2023 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL has created a house and studio with a curved facade for an up-and-coming manga artist in Tokyo, Japan. Named A Japanese Manga Artist’s House, the home is located on a narrow site with a rich artistic history and draws upon the storytelling aspect of manga – a type of

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Crossboundaries converts houseboat into tiny solar-powered home

January 21, 2023 Katie Last 0

Beijing architecture studio Crossboundaries has carried out “a full makeover” of a boat to create a tiny solar-powered house named Fàng Sōng. Transformed from the client’s existing houseboat, the 60-square-metre home by is moored in Berlin and features a series of interlinked, adaptable spaces. According to Crossboundaries, Fàng Sōng is able to travel as far

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Studio Andrew Trotter creates earth-toned villa from local sandstone in Puglia

January 5, 2023 Katie Last 0

Italian architecture practice Studio Andrew Trotter has completed an earth-toned villa named Casa Maiora that is made from sandstone sourced locally in Puglia, Italy. Located on an elevated site in Carovigno with views of the nearby sea, the house was influenced by the forms and colours of villas along the coast of Puglia. It is

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Dockley Apartments in London take cues from collective housing in Europe

December 20, 2022 Katie Last 0

Residential units and a shared courtyard feature in this angular mixed-use scheme in London, designed by architecture firms Studio Woodroffe Papa and Poggi Architecture to encourage communal living. Named Dockley Apartments, the Southwark development comprises 111 homes around a central courtyard, along with commercial, restaurant and retail spaces on the ground floor. The building ranges

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Christ & Gantenbein adds “techno-futuristic” lobby to Oxford Street office

December 8, 2022 Katie Last 0

Swiss studio Christ & Gantenbein has completed its upgrade of UK House on Oxford Street, adding a baroque-influenced lobby informed by the building’s history. The renovation of the Grade II-listed building aims to respond to the need for communicative corporate architecture. Designed to be a welcoming “place of arrival”, the new lobby combines the baroque

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Clementine Blakemore Architects transforms 19th-century stone barns into accessible holiday homes

December 6, 2022 Katie Last 0

London-based studio Clementine Blakemore Architects has renovated a series of derelict agricultural buildings in Dorset to create the Wraxall Yard accessible holiday homes. The Wraxall Yard complex, which also features a community space and a workshop, is part of a wider project by the owners of the site to provide universal access to the landscape

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