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Olson Kundig references natural surroundings for Swedish holiday home

September 6, 2023 Katie Last 0

Dark timber and stone feature throughout Dalarö House, a summer holiday home that US studio Olson Kundig has added to a rocky waterside site in Sweden. Designed to blend in with the landscape, the home is built around rocks and features exposed natural materials that reference the surrounding stones and pine trees. “Dalarö House was

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Studio Ardete wraps sculptural concrete ribbon around Indian home

September 3, 2023 Katie Last 0

An undulating skin of concrete weaves around the exterior of Ribbon House, a home in India designed by architecture practice Studio Ardete. Studio Ardete was commissioned to create a home in Punjab with an ambitious form that nods to its client’s work in the construction industry. The outcome is a white house encircled by a

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Looklen Architects sinks glass cafe into stepped circular landscape

September 2, 2023 Katie Last 0

A circular volume formed of concrete steps and planting wraps up and around The Pomelo Amphawa Cafe, completed by Bangkok studio Looklen Architects in Thailand. Set in a lychee garden overlooking the Mekong River, the north-facing cafe is contained within a rectangular glazed volume framed by the stepped circular landscape. It is the latest addition

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PPAG Architects adds “village” of buildings to Austrian hillside restaurant

August 25, 2023 Katie Last 0

An angular glasshouse for dining and food growth features at Steirereck am Pogusch, a restaurant that Viennese studio PPAG Architects has extended and renovated in Austria. Located on a forested site in the rural village of Pogusch, the glasshouse is intended as an eye-catching addition to the leading Viennese restaurant. Surrounded by farmland at the

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Contaminar stacks concrete layers to enclose twisting Portuguese home

August 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Warping layers of glass and concrete have been stacked to form Quinta do Rei, an angular four-storey home designed by Portuguese studio Contaminar. Located at the highest point of the Portuguese city Leiria, the residence was designed to function like a watchtower and features long spans of windows that frame views of the surrounding landscape.

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Eric Parry Architects staggers “cascade of garden terraces” down Singapore office block

August 23, 2023 Katie Last 0

Sweeping curves and planted terraces feature in this staggered office building which London-based studio Eric Parry Architects has created alongside a Singapore park. Spread across seven floors punctuated by planted gardens and curving balconies, the office block was designed by Eric Parry Architects as the headquarters for Singaporean company Wilmar. It contains laboratories as well

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Curving glass walls puncture pink-toned house in Thailand

August 9, 2023 Katie Last 0

A blocky pink form and curving glass walls define House R3, a residence by Bangkok studio PHTAA on a compact roadside site in Thailand. Made from concrete, the 400-square-metre home features living spaces across five levels to maximise the available space for a family of five. To give privacy from the nearby road, PHTAA infilled

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Mix Architecture refreshes Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory with red brick extensions

August 8, 2023 Katie Last 0

Chinese studio Mix Architecture has turned a disused 1950s factory into an updated office and public park in Nanjing, China. Named Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory, the new development builds upon a 1950s factory in the north of the city. The building was abandoned by its occupants, a machinery manufacturing company, towards the end of the

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Elliott Architects arranges textural Hushh House around courtyards

August 7, 2023 Katie Last 0

Blocky volumes clad in roughly textured materials surround a series of courtyards at this home, which Northumberland studio Elliott Architects has created in a village in Yorkshire. Named Hushh House, the home is arranged across three low-lying blocks informed by the site’s existing sandstone boundary walls and its history as a source of local stone.

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