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Nine contemporary homes where ruins reveal layers of the past

January 20, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

In this lookbook, we feature nine residential projects that demonstrate unique ways of interacting with a site’s history by weaving existing ruins into their designs. Until recently, it has been common practice to hide away old structures during adaptive reuse projects. However, the architects in this list embrace the past by stitching domestic spaces with

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Juan Alberto Andrade adds workspace onto multifamily housing in Ecuador

January 19, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Ecuadorian architect Juan Alberto Andrade has completed an extension to a multifamily housing complex with rammed earth walls in Guayaquil. Known as El Retiro, the nine-square metre (97-square foot) addition doubles the common space of a 305-square metre (3,282-square foot) residential complex, protruding into the front setback along the street and blurring the line between

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Triptyque wraps Onze22 high-rise in Brazil with large balconies

January 19, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has completed an 85-metre-tall residential tower in São Paulo that offers its occupants indoor-outdoor living. The 24-storey building is part of the Onze22 development, which includes a smaller adjacent structure. In the residential tower, balconies wrap the building on three sides, allowing apartments to extend outdoors. Triptyque aimed to offer “total

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Moroccan riads inform London extension by Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing

January 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Clay-plaster walls, exposed brickwork and tile floors aim to evoke a feeling of a traditional Moroccan home at this London house, overhauled by local studios Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing. Merrett Houmøller Architects and interior designer All & Nxthing renovated and extended the Victorian home for clients who have travelled extensively to Morocco

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Hassell designs inflatable moon base for the European Space Agency

January 19, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Hassell has designed the conceptual Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a scalable system of inflatable pods that could be partly constructed from moon materials and 3D-printed on site. Designed for the European Space Agency’s Discovery program, the settlement would be designed to house 144 people and comprise residential spaces as well as sports arenas,

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Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London

January 18, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

British studio Tikari Works has completed an outbuilding for a south London residence that is framed by a latticed timber roof structure and configured to weave around a Lebanese cedar tree. Tikari Works crafted the project, named A Room Around a Tree, to have a minimal impact on the woodland setting while accommodating a versatile

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Sam Crawford Architects tops Sydney home renovation with “garden oasis”

January 18, 2024 Starr Charles 0

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Situated within a conservation zone, the home has been updated by Sam Crawford Architects to brighten its dark interior and transform it into an urban “sanctuary”. Alterations to the 198-square-metre home’s interior are

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Vallet de Martinis Architectes designs assisted housing complex as “extension” of forest

January 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Vallet de Martinis Architectes has created an assisted living complex for the Joffre-Dupuytren Hospital beside a forest in the suburbs of Paris. Located at the edge of the hospital’s campus, the site sits between the Rue de l’Erminage, a main entrance to the town of Draveil and the Sénart Forest, of which Vallet

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“So many moves in a small project” says commenter

January 17, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a compact infill home in Dublin with red brickwork and perforated metal panels, completed by Irish architecture studio Gró Works. Located on Dublin’s southern perimeter, the home was designed to reflect both the nearby Victorian redbrick terraces and the more “utilitarian” quality of the backstreet it overlooks.

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Spikey Kaktus Towers by BIG nearing completion in Copenhagen

January 17, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Photographer Rasmus Hjortshøj has captured a pair of spikey-looking high-rise buildings by Danish studio BIG as they near completion in Copenhagen. Named Kaktus Towers, the pair of jagged buildings comprise 495 residences and are linked by a raised public park that slopes between them. According to BIG, they are scheduled to open in the Danish

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