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Beyond Space designs colourful office around reconfigurable grid system

March 1, 2021 James Parkes 0
Office with grid interior in Amsterdam

Beyond Space has created a flexible office interior for a security company in Amsterdam using a colourful grid system that allows the user to change the layout when needed. Informed by an endless repeating grid system, the studio used a structure made from beams and columns to knit together two office floors. The rigid grid

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Masquespacio creates colour-blocked interiors for Bilbao student housing

February 22, 2021 James Parkes 0
Zones are defined by colour blocking

Valencia-based creative studio Masquespacio has completed an open-plan colour-blocked interior with a community feeling for the Resa San Mamés student accommodation in Spain. The interior design for the Bilbao student residence was commissioned by student accommodation company Resa with the aim of letting its occupants “share experiences as a community”. Masquespacio created an open-plan design

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Construction begins on MVRDV’s Pyramid of Tirana renovation

February 19, 2021 James Parkes 0
Steps line the roof and facade

Work has begun on the conversion of the 1980s brutalist Pyramid of Tirana in the Albanian capital into a youth-focused cultural hub. Dutch-architecture studio MVRDV is set to convert the 11,835-square-metre pyramid in central Tirana into a “peoples monument” that contains cafes, studios, workshops and classrooms where free lessons will be available to young Albanians. Built as a museum dedicated to former communist

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Jonathan Tuckey Design creates school theatre clad with red cement

February 9, 2021 James Parkes 0
Red theatre

Jonathan Tuckey Design has designed the David Brownlow Theatre for a school in Berkshire that was informed by Renaissance architecture and constructed using cross-laminated timber and red composite cement panels. The theatre at Horris Hill School in Newbury was designed to host assemblies, drama productions and music recitals. The studio’s concept for the theatre was

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Declerck-Daels Architecten clads multi-use office in patinated copper

February 9, 2021 James Parkes 0
Green copper clad facade

Architecture studio Declerck-Daels Architecten has renovated an early 20th-century home in the Belgium town of Ingelmunster into a multifunctional office clad in green-patinated copper cladding. Belgian-based Declerck-Daels Architecten renovated the offices of Belgian construction group Monument Group, which specialises in historical restorations, to reflect the ethos of the company. The renovation updated the offices to create a space that

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Ten escapist hotels featuring luxury cabins nestled in the countryside

February 4, 2021 James Parkes 0
Different shaped cabins placed along a mountain terrain

A new wave of hotels is offering guests the chance to sleep in individual cabins set amid spectacular landscapes instead of in a traditional building with corridors. Here’s our selection of 10 of the most interesting cabin hotels. From China to Denmark, studios including ZJJZ Atelier, Sigurd Larsen and Snøhetta have designed hotels featuring individual

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Austin Maynard Architects adds steel-and-glass extension to brick cottage in Melbourne

January 22, 2021 James Parkes 0
Facade of Union House by Austin Maynard Architects

Playful accents including an indoor slide and a climbing wall fill Union House, a steel-and-glass home with an original Dutch-gabled facade designed by Austin Maynard Architects in Melbourne, Australia. The Dutch-gabled facade is all that remains of the original home in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick, Melbourne, which has been given a steel-and-glass extension. Recycled

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Julius Taminiau Architects’ timber-clad Rhythm House is informed by music

January 21, 2021 James Parkes 0
Rhythm House by Julius Taminiau Architects

Rhythm House in Amsterdam is clad in rough-sawn timber and designed to be a modern adaptation of the area’s previous agricultural houses. Built in the neighbourhood of Sloten on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Julius Taminiau Architects named the home Rhythm House to reflect how music impacted the design. We use music often as an inspiration in our designs,

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Biasol plays off Wes Anderson’s whimsical style with The Budapest Cafe in Melbourne

January 18, 2021 James Parkes 0
The Budapest Cafe by Biasol

Melbourne-based interior design studio Biasol used earthy hues and stylised architectural motifs to create a destination inspired by Wes Anderson’s symmetry and nostalgic colour palette. The Budapest Cafe in Carlton, Melbourne is Biasol’s second edition of its Wes Anderson-informed concept, following a first location in Chengdu, China, that featured marble surfaces and pale pastel greens.

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Jon Danielsen Aarhus designs spruce-clad holiday home overlooking the Oslofjord

January 14, 2021 James Parkes 0
Cabin Son by Jon Danielsen Aarhus

Oslo-based Jon Danielsen Aarhus has designed Cabin Son, a holiday home set on the water’s edge overlooking the Oslofjord and Jeløya island on the south coast of Norway. The spruce-clad, L-shaped home was designed to follow the topography of the site’s naturally occurring ledges. Jon Danielsen Aarhus let the contours of the landscape guide the

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