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So Architecture adds textured “sanctuary” to cottage in Tasmania

May 23, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A vaulted ceiling clad in wooden slats features inside Harriet’s House, a cottage in Tasmania extended by local studio So Architecture. Located in the city of Launceston, the 50-square-metre addition replaces two dated extensions previously added to the rear of the Georgian-style dwelling. As the site of the cottage is overlooked on both sides, So Architecture

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Modektura adds sand terrazzo flooring to Kyiv apartment

May 23, 2024 Fardous Khalafalla 0

A balcony-turned-conservatory features in an apartment renovated by architecture and interior studio Modektura in Kyiv, Ukraine. Kyiv-based Modektura designed the interior to reflect the history of the apartment block, which was initially constructed in 1900. “We wanted to tie it back to the house itself,” Modektura founder Maksym Dietkovskyi told Dezeen. “Colours and textures were

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Modektura adds sand terrazzo flooring to Kyiv apartment

May 23, 2024 Fardous Khalafalla 0

A balcony-turned-conservatory features in an apartment renovated by architecture and interior studio Modektura in Kyiv, Ukraine. Kyiv-based Modektura designed the interior to reflect the history of the apartment block, which was initially constructed in 1900. “We wanted to tie it back to the house itself,” Modektura founder Maksym Dietkovskyi told Dezeen. “Colours and textures were

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Kiron Cheerla Architecture crowns home in India with lantern-like roof

May 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Indian studio Kiron Cheerla Architecture has completed Pott House, a home in Hyderabad topped by a lantern-like roof that draws light and natural ventilation into its interiors. Pott House occupies half of a garden plot characterised by loose black cotton soil, leading Kiron Cheerla Architecture to design a lightweight gridded structure with pile foundations. It

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Three designs addressing housing shortages revealed as Davidson Prize finalists

May 22, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

This year’s Davidson Prize shortlist includes three conceptual projects that propose adapting existing buildings with sustainable materials to tackle climate change and housing shortage. The annual prize, which explores the concept of home, was launched in 2021 in memory of architectural visualiser Alan Davidson. Entrants this year were asked to respond to the theme Rethinking Home

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Alarquitectos lines Lisbon apartment with colour-blocked walls and pine wood

May 22, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Portuguese studio Alarquitectos has used walls of pink and blue to brighten São Sebastião 123, an apartment converted from a 20th-century office in Lisbon. Tasked with revitalising the old workspace’s dark and poorly ventilated interiors, Alarquitectos opened it up by removing the existing partitions and adding a courtyard. Along with an existing outdoor space that has

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Stepped villa in Menorca by Nomo Studio offers “an abundance of textures”

May 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A cluster of white-plaster volumes steps down a hillside to frame views of the Mediterranean Sea at Bundle House, a villa in Menorca by architecture practice Nomo Studio. In response to a sloping, awkwardly-shaped site, Nomo Studio divided the home into nine distinct blocks that are organised to create small pockets of outdoor space and a

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Rammed-earth wall fronts Parisian townhouse by Déchelette Architecture

May 20, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Déchelette Architecture has completed Casa Franca, a townhouse and artists’ studio in Paris distinguished by a large wall of rammed earth. Located in the city’s 18th arrondissement, the 400-square-metre space combines living spaces for its owner and resident artists with the headquarters of the charity Greenline Foundation, which uses art to encourage the

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Botijo House / ALE Estudio

May 19, 2024 Pilar Caballero 0

The Botjio house is located on a street where low houses are interspersed with small industrial buildings of the early 20th century. It is a neighborhood within the neighborhood, with a reduced scale.

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IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades

May 19, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Students and researchers at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have constructed a mobile home in Barcelona using wood from Collserola Natural Park. Called Moca, an abbreviation of Mobile Catalyst, the prototype two-person dwelling is mounted on a trailer and designed to be easily transported by car. It is built from cross-laminated timber (CLT)

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