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Society Particular crowns mall in Qingdao with amphitheatre-style terrace

September 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao, China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. Society Particular was enlisted to create a glass-walled VIP lounge for the mall but instead proposed a freely accessible events space, terrace and stage to help reinstate a visual

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BIG set to top Museum for Paper Art with “a single sheet of paper”

September 24, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Danish architecture studio BIG is expanding a former Aldi supermarket in North Jutland, Denmark, to create a museum with a folded roof that emulates a sheet of paper. Named Museum for Paper Art, the building is being developed by BIG in collaboration with psaligrapher Bit Vejle to celebrate the history of paper art in Denmark.

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Benjamin Wilkes updates London home with vinyl-filled music room

September 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Benjamin Wilkes has extended a home in Leytonstone, London, named Vinyl House after its music room containing 40 linear metres of records. Benjamin Wilkes renovated the two-storey terraced home to better cater for its clients’ hobbies – cooking and music. Replacing a previous rear extension, the studio created a large kitchen and dining

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Vatn Architecture and Groma add curved extension to 1930s home in Norway

September 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Norwegian studios Vatn Architecture and Groma have extended a home called Dråpa in Oslo, adding a curved form with a large terrace looking towards the city and its archipelago. Designed for a painter and filmmaker, the extension pays homage to the 1930s architecture that characterises its suburban site. This informed its name Dråpa – a

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Snøhetta adds “weightless” pavilion to Nebraska’s largest art museum

September 12, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Architecture studios Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture have completed a renovation and expansion of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha with the addition of a “weightless” pavilion. The project encompassed the renovation of pre-existing buildings and landscape at the Joslyn Art Museum and adding a 42,000 square-foot (3,900 square metre) extension that juts off

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Artefact expands Epsom home with “optimistic” extension overlooking park

September 6, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

A pale blue and terracotta-hued rear extension inspired by the warmth of the Caribbean has been added to a 1950s home in the suburbs of south-west London by local studio Artefact. Named Triangle House, the home overlooking Roseberry Park in Epsom has been extended by Artefact to create a new wing with a series of

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Haller Gut Architekten adds “light and delicate” extension to Swiss school

August 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Swiss studio Haller Gut Architekten has completed an extension to a school in Aeschi, providing classrooms with colourful accents and clad in thin planks of white wood. Haller Gut Architekten added additional teaching and administrative spaces to the school, which was originally spread across four detached buildings from different decades. Instead of creating a new,

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Lynch Architects creates “sympathetic architectural atmosphere” for Westminster Coroner’s Court extension

August 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

London studio Lynch Architects has completed the extension of Westminster Coroner’s Court, creating a barrel-vaulted courtroom illuminated by stained glass windows by artist Brian Clarke. The project involved updating the interiors of the Grade II-listed Victorian redbrick building in London – originally built in 1833 – as well as the creation of a new extension,

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Beacon House extension by Office S&M features bubblegum pink tiles

August 8, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A London house extension designed by Office S&M features a ceramic facade with the same pink glaze used for Tube station tiles on the Hammersmith and City Line. Office S&M designed Beacon House, a single-storey rear extension, for a Victorian terraced house in Tottenham, north London. It creates a larger kitchen and dining space for

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Conner + Perry Architects adds spa and theatre lounge to Lautner house in LA

July 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Conner + Perry Architects has made additions to the area surrounding the Sheats-Goldstein Residence in Los Angeles, which American architect John Lautner designed in the 1960s. Conner + Perry Architects completed work on the lower terrace of the steep site, with the original Lautner house at the top of the site. The entire

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