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Brutalism is “very simple and honest architecture” says Ludwig Godefroy

January 29, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

French architect Ludwig Godefroy discusses how working in Mexico has helped him to develop his concrete-heavy style in this exclusive interview. Hailing from Normandy in northern France, Godefroy opened his eponymous studio in Mexico City in 2011 and has since become known for his distinctive Brutalist-style buildings that are often punctuated by geometric openings and

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PAT completes off-grid Kenyan holiday home with raised bedrooms

January 29, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Open-air bedrooms and terraces are raised above the treetops at this holiday home designed by Italian architecture studio PAT on Kenya’s Manda Island. PAT teamed up with fellow Italian architect Ferdinando Fagnola on the project, which involved renovating a 2oth-century “white house” and adding a series of elevated, pavilion-like structures. The resulting Falcon House is

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Lovers Unite revives interiors of mid-century Silver Lake home

January 28, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

California design studio Lovers Unite has reinvigorated a 1950s home with sweeping views of the Los Angeles hills, turning an unused balcony into an extension of the indoor social space. The wooden dwelling in LA’s Silver Lake neighbourhood belongs to production designer James Chinlund and artist Clare Crespo. A “previously a boring, nondescript mid-century house”,

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Ten New York City loft interiors that make innovative use of open space

January 28, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

For our latest lookbook, we explore ten loft conversions and renovations in New York City where designers have inserted partitions, storage and other elements to cleverly organise open space. Characterised by spacious open floor plans, high ceilings and large windows, loft apartments are as synonymous with New York City as coffee and bagels – at

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ConForm Architects models green-terrazzo flat extension on bay windows

January 27, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Green terrazzo is teamed with concrete and clay-toned plaster at Terzetto, a London flat extension that architecture studio ConForm Architects has modelled on bay windows. Located in a conservation area in Hampstead, the sunken rear extension opens up the existing flat, ridding it of its low ceilings and dark interiors, while reorienting its living spaces towards

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Eight living rooms where vintage furniture adds an “unknown history”

January 27, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Our latest lookbook features living rooms where vintage furniture and accessories add interest to contemporary interiors, including a concrete apartment in São Paulo and a home in the BBC’s former London headquarters. Vintage furniture can create cosy interiors and add a sense of timeless style to both modern new builds and historic homes. Whether it’s

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Daniel Canda adds “suspended glass box” to 1980s residence in Argentina

January 26, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architecture studio Daniel Canda & Asociados has renovated a 1980s country club residence in Argentina, opening up the interior and wrapping the second floor in ribbon windows. Located in the Los Cardales suburbs outside of Buenos Aires, Cabin 192 was originally built by architect Horacio Iovine in the early 1980s. Faced between updating an

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Kendle Design clads Arizona “micro building” in weathering steel

January 26, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

US architecture studio Kendle Design Collaborative has designed an accessory building for a family home with a metal roof extension meant to frame an outdoor garden while “celebrating the Arizona sky”. The Flex Pavilion was designed as a companion to a modern-style residence that was built in 2016 and was also designed by local studio

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Skylit home offers a “seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living”

January 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Funnel-shaped concrete skylights illuminate a plant-filled courtyard at the centre of this home in Bangalore, India, which has been designed by local studio A Threshold to “blur boundaries between the inside and outside”. Named Ineffable Light, the four-storey family home is located on a tight urban plot with neighbouring buildings on three sides, which required

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D’Arcy Jones adds subterranean garage to century-old house in Vancouver

January 25, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architecture studio D’Arcy Jones Architects has completed a project called John Street Redo, which involved renovating and enlarging an early 1900s home in a way that is “forward-looking without erasing an old building’s original charm”. Located in East Vancouver, the project was designed for a young couple who had a baby upon the home’s

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