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Jean Verville lines Montreal row house with sculptural plywood interiors

April 17, 2022 James Brillon 0

Jean Verville Architectes has completed a residence in Montreal where nearly every surface is made of plywood for a “minimalist, functional, artistic experiment”. The MB House is a two-storey property in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, a residential area that was initially made up of industrial and working-class residential buildings. Jean Verville Architectes has completed a

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Laurent Troost creates Tropical Shed as archaeologist’s office in Brazil

April 12, 2022 James Brillon 0

Laurent Troost Architectures has completed an office in Brazil for an archaeological consultancy, adding a garden courtyard and trellises for vines. The Tropical Shed project is located in Manaus, a city in the Amazon rainforest, where the Amazon River and Rio Negro converge. Though the city lies in the rainforest, the office was built in

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Naturehumaine splits Quebec ski cottage La Brèche in two

April 4, 2022 James Brillon 0
La Breche ski cottage by Naturehumaine in Quebec

A narrow passageway divides this cottage with a metal roof by Naturehumaine, marking the entrance to the home and providing privacy to a detached guest suite and atelier. The opening lends the cottage its name, La Brèche, which roughly translates to The Fault. This was the driving concept for the second home near Quebec’s Orford

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Colle-Croce completes all-white steel home in Buenos Aires

April 1, 2022 James Brillon 0
Casa Tronador viewed from the street

Argentinian architectural office Colle-Croce has designed this white home on a compact lot in Buenos Aires to make the most of the available outdoor space. Colle-Croce, based in the city, completed Casa Tronador for an infill lot between two existing party walls, in a neighbourhood that includes a mix of private homes and shops. The

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Heusch restores Beverly Hills home to honour original design

March 29, 2022 James Brillon 0

Architecture firm Heusch has renovated this Beverly Hills villa, referencing historical images to remodel the home more closely to its original construction. Originally built in the popular mid-century modern style by Wusthoff and Gallian, the 427-square-metre home had fallen into disrepair, prompting its new owners to commission Los Angeles-basedHeusch to revamp the home. “The dialogue

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Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos wraps Curitiba residence with wooden curtain

March 25, 2022 James Brillon 0

A screen made up of chevron-patterned wooden planks shrouds the exterior of this residence with a spiral staircase in Curitiba, by local firm Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos. Casa Thomé Beira da Silva is located in the south of Brazil, near the capital of Paraná province. It was designed by Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos, a Brazilian firm with

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Studio MK27 nests living areas under giant roof of Brazilian beach house

March 24, 2022 James Brillon 0

Studio MK27 has designed a Brazilian seaside villa with wide openings to frame views of the surrounding landscape “like a wide-angle camera”. Vista House is located in Trancoso, a tranquil seaside town in Brazil’s Bahia province. Studio MK27, which is led by architect and filmmaker Marcio Kogan, completed the 8,343-square-metre home in early 2020. The

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La Firme reorganises centuries-old Montreal loft with contemporary finishes

March 22, 2022 James Brillon 0
Renovated Montreal apartment

Montreal architecture studio La Firme has reorganised an apartment in a 1800s textile mill, using cabinetry to shape the new interior configuration. The Elmire Condo was completed for a young couple in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal area. “This project took a space in a mid-19th century building that’s been a textile mill, a Campbell’s soup factory,

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RAMSA overhauls 120-year-old Schwarzman Student Center at Yale

March 20, 2022 James Brillon 0
The main hall inside the Schwarzmann Center

A student centre at Yale University has reopened for the first time since 2017, following a restoration project by New York City architect and former dean of the school of architecture Robert A M Stern. Formerly known as the Yale Commons, the new Schwarzman Student Center reopened on 1 September 2021, in time for the

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Snow Kreilich completes holiday home overlooking Michigan’s Lake Superior

March 18, 2022 James Brillon 0
X House

The two wings of this house on the shores of Michigan’s Lake Superior intersect at an irregular angle, offering a variety of views of the surrounding forest and waterfront. Named X-House after its layout, the home was conceived by Minneapolis-based firm Snow Kreilich as an isolated retreat for a large family that had been coming

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