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Translucent glazing and concrete encase compact Japanese home by IGArchitects

January 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large translucent windows bring a lantern-like quality to Check Patterned House, a concrete home in Saitama, Japan, completed by local studio IGArchitects. Designed for a family of three with a limited budget, the home occupies a 70-square-metre site and is planned around two large concrete blocks. These blocks provide structural support and contain service spaces,

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Rectilinear and sculptural forms converge at Bridgehampton Beach House

January 24, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

A curvy canopy with a rooftop reflecting pool is among the standout features at a Long Island house designed by US studios Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts & Partners to embrace its sand-dune setting. Located on a hilly site in the Hamptons, the project was created for an urban, art-loving couple who wanted a

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Estudio Albar completes cork-clad Casa Eñe overlooking Spanish national park

January 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish practice Estudio Albar has used cork cladding to help this home near Madrid blend in with the scrub-like landscape of a neighbouring national park. Named Casa Eñe, the home is located half an hour’s drive from the Spanish capital and was designed for clients who wanted a home that would have a minimal impact

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Plus One Architects uncovers original paintwork of 100-year-old Czech apartment

January 24, 2024 Alice Laycock 0

Prague studio Plus One Architects has restored the “original splendour” of this 1902 apartment in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, by reinstating some of its original features. Located in a turn-of-the-century apartment block, the two-bedroom flat was renovated by Plus One Architects, who exposed the original paintwork present on the walls and ceilings. The studio also

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Moises Sánchez uses local construction methods for cubic Mexican house

January 23, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Guadalajara-based architect Moises Sánchez has created a stucco-clad, cube-shaped holiday home shaded by a large tree in western Mexico. The simple, 450-square foot (42-square metre) structure, known as Tonalli House, was completed in 2023 in Jocotepec, Jalisco, minutes from Lake Chapala, the country’s largest lake. “The project arises from the pursuit of a peaceful experience,

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Corridor Building / Pereda Han Estudio

January 23, 2024 Pilar Caballero 0

Located in the city of Chihuahua, in the Panamericana neighborhood, a strategically positioned area with abundant infrastructure, Edificio Corredor is situated on an irregularly shaped plot of 60 m2, adjacent to a gym that previously housed an underutilized warehouse lacking ventilation, lighting, and a connection to its surroundings.

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Fletcher Crane Architects creates red-brick home overlooking River Thames

January 23, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

UK studio Fletcher Crane Architects has completed Lowater, a house in Buckinghamshire comprising a group of red-brick forms that draw on the area’s traditional architecture. Lowater is located within a conservation area in the town of Marlow and sits alongside a church overlooking the River Thames. This led Fletcher Crane Architects to blend forms familiar

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Atelier ST completes Leipzig house disguised to look like two

January 23, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

German studio Atelier ST has completed Duplex, a generous family house near Leipzig that was designed to look like two semi-detached properties. Home to a family of four, the residence spreads across two matching gabled blocks. They sit side by side, although one is positioned further forward than the other. Atelier ST founders Silvia Schellenberg-Thaut

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CAZA employs passive cooling for concrete FR House in the Philippines

January 22, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

New York studio CAZA has completed a cast-concrete house in the Philippines, aiming to optimise passive cooling and natural ventilation. FR House comprises a series of “concrete cubes” that facilitate cross-ventilation and regulate the building’s temperature at the warmest times of the day. According to Carlos Arnaiz, founder of CAZA, this is essential in a

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Ideas of Order selects bright colours for New York apartment renovation

January 21, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Bright hues define the different interventions that New York architecture studio Ideas of Order has made in this apartment at the northern tip of Manhattan. The 1,000-square-foot primary residence in Hudson Heights was partially renovated for a couple, who had been living in the space for several years before deciding to invest in making it

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