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OMA inserts trio of “monumental” staircases into POST Houston cultural and retail venue

November 26, 2021 Dan Howarth 0
X-shaped staircases inside POST Houston

Architecture studio OMA has completed the first phase of transforming a US Postal Service building into a multi-purpose destination in downtown Houston. The public areas at POST Houston opened on 13 November 2021 within a 500,000-square-foot (46,450-square-metre) concrete mail-sorting warehouse and office building, which was used by USPS until 2015. The huge structure was built in

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White stucco wraps Getty View Residence by Abramson Architects in Los Angeles

November 6, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
Getty View Residence

White surfaces, both inside and out, offer the ideal backdrop for artwork in this light-filled home created by LA firm Abramson Architects for a creative client. The Getty View Residence is nestled into a sloped site on a quiet cul-de-sac in Los Angeles. As the name suggests, the 8,000-square-foot (743-square-metre) home is afforded vistas of

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AIM Architecture adds slide-like staircase to Shanghai store In the Park

September 3, 2021 Alice Finney 0

Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has inserted a red staircase that resembles a children’s slide in the middle of this clothing store to create a playful interior. Named In the Park, the Shanghai store was designed to reflect the playfulness of the clothing brand while drawing on the layout of traditional Chinese parks. AIM Architecture wanted to

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Superlimão converts single-family home for São Paulo couple’s multiple uses

August 20, 2021 James Brillon 0
Yoga house conversion by Superlimão

Brazilian architecture firm Superlimão has overhauled a large home in São Paulo, relocating the staircase to the facade and painting the front a deep shade of red. The Yoga House project was completed for an enterprising couple that wanted to convert a portion of their home into a yoga studio, a co-working space and a

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Bernardes Arquitetura tops Rio de Janeiro villa with wing-shaped roof

August 8, 2021 James Brillon 0
Asa House by Berardes Arquitetura

Rio de Janeiro-based firm Bernardes Arquitetura has completed a home topped by a dramatic curved roof that is meant to resemble a bird’s wing. Located atop a hill in Rio, the residence is known as Asa House for its swooping roof shape – “asa” means “wing” in Portuguese. The expansive property has a partially sunken

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Kengo Kuma designs sculptural metal-mesh curtain for Gaudí’s Casa Battló

August 3, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
Kengo Kuma at Casa Battló

Kengo Kuma and Associates has used 164,000 metres of aluminium chains to create this curtain that references the organic forms found inside Barcelona’s renovated Casa Battló. The intervention by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s studio is part of an extensive renovation of the house designed by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in 1904. Casa Battló

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Perkins&Will designs interiors with “sense of connectivity” for healthcare office in Texas

July 24, 2021 Jon Astbury 0
Signify office interior by Perkins&Will

Architecture firm Perkins&Will has completed an office interior in Dallas, Texas for healthcare provider Signify, centred around a large steel staircase and tiered wooden platform for meetings. The global practice, which has an office in Dallas, was approached to create a 13,700-square-metre workplace that would emphasise collaboration, connectivity and transparency while catering to a wide

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