Mamout and AUXAU update Brussels townhouse with mint-green staircase

May 20, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A staircase with living areas on its large landings replaces unnecessary rooms at the centre of this Brussels apartment, which was renovated and extended by Belgian architecture studios Mamout and AUXAU. The project undertaken by the team made up of architects from Mamout and AUXAU aimed to readdress the typical layout of properties in the

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Educational Complex Kajzerica / Sangrad + AVP

May 20, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

The concept of the Cultural – Educational Complex in Kajzerica has been deducted from a contextual inspiration: by shifting the direction of the buildings from the street of the old Kajzerica Neighbourhood, we get a public area and an extension of the urban space under a green canopy. The lifted classroom volume slabs are outdoing the access to the school yard, opening transparency, lucidity, continuity and relations within the site, metaphorically substituting crowns and shadows of the trees, freeing the public space and rendering an artificial forest merged with the authentic green surface.

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M Greenhouse / Lapo Ruffi Architetti / LRA

May 20, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

The project was realised as a replacement of an old greenhouse to accommodate the growing collection of citrus trees during the colder months. Cultivators for passion, the client requested a new service building, a little architecture able to contain a room for tree winter rest and a storage room for agricultural tools but also a space for silence and meditation among the plants.

Rafael de Cárdenas renovates rundown Brooklyn brownstone for himself

May 19, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas has transformed a tired 20th-century brownstone house into a home for himself, featuring “multiple living rooms of varying moods”. The brownstone property in the Clinton Hill neighbourhood was built in 1889. Despite the building being in poor condition, locally based Cárdenas was drawn to its ornate Victorian-era fixtures such as

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The House Between a Well and a Light Tower / Harsh Vardhan Jain Architects

May 19, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

The project entailed altering a 1970’s structure to accommodate the client’s current functional / programmatic requirements. The building is a generational home belonging to a single family. This led to a mixed-use development for the site which incorporates a lawyer’s office, a dentist clinic and a residence for on-site staff. The terrace is conceived as a public space for the occupants as well as the city beyond.

Minimalist art and horse stables influence rural Gauthier Residence by Atelier Barda

May 19, 2018 James Brillon 0

Massive brick walls and simple geometric forms define this home in a Canadian forest by Montreal-based studio Atelier Barda, which overlooks the client’s horse stables. The home is located near Mont Tremblant, a popular holiday location known for its natural landscapes. The clients own a horse farm on the remote site, and wanted to add

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