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TOPAZ Shinokachimachi Residential Building / Yuko Nagayama & Associates

May 14, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

This 15-story studio apartment is located in Shin Okachimachi, Tokyo. Having old market streets and artisan businesses scattered around, the area has been re-gaining its popularity today. As well as the charming presence of the historical scenes, the site is tightly surrounded by multistory post-war buildings and contemporary developments of apartment and office towers.

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Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence

May 13, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow

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Studio Vio surrounds concrete holiday home in Vietnam with lush gardens

May 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Vio has blended contemporary materials with traditional crafts and lush gardens at De Hue Space, a holiday home in Hue, Vietnam. Located in the village of Thuy Bieu just west of the city centre, De Hue Space has seven guest rooms alongside common living areas and is intended to promote local tourism.

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OFIS Arhitekti adds looping extension to modernist villa in Slovenia

May 12, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

A semi-enclosed, winding extension that aims to facilitate “inside-outside living” defines Ring House, a 1930s villa in Slovenia renovated by local studio OFIS Arhitekti. Located in the suburbs of the capital city Ljubljana, the modernist villa required updating to improve its connection to the garden, as it had no direct access from the ground floor.

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Eight minimalist kitchens where materials provide the decoration

May 12, 2024 Alice Laycock 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve compiled eight functional kitchens that prove that conventional construction materials have their place in domestic interiors. The kitchens featured in this roundup utilise common construction materials, including wood, metal and concrete, to create an atmosphere of durability and serenity. Combining these materials creates a balanced interior scheme, with wood providing a

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BoND revives mid-century Sears Catalog kit house in Fire Island Pines

May 11, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio BoND has “brought back the simplicity” to this modernist home on Fire Island by stripping away finishes from previous renovations and adjusting the internal layout. The 1,100-square-foot (102 square metres), two-bedroom home is a Sears Modern kit house – the blueprints and building supplies for which were originally ordered from the American

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Hebra Arquitectos tucks Lone Oak House within wooded site in Chile

May 10, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated home with steel pilotis and a V-shaped roof, aiming to create a building that “floats in the middle of the forest”. Hidden within a densely wooded area, the Lone Oak House is located in a river region in southern Chile. The project was commissioned during the Covid

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Emil Eve Architects brightens London house with terracotta tile-clad extensions

May 10, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London, adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The terraced Victorian home in Newington Green required an update due to its dark interior and series of narrow, disjointed rooms, said Emil Eve Architects. “Like many Victorian terraces,

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H3O creates “unpredictable” zigzagging interiors for lightning-struck home

May 10, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Three jagged walls delineate the colourful spaces inside this converted barn in Sant Just Desvern, Spain, transformed by Barcelona studio H3O to reference a lightning bolt that struck the building generations ago. The one-storey Relámpago House is a former barn with a white-painted barrel-vaulted ceiling in the Spanish town of Sant Just Desvern on the

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Mira Developments encircles Bentley Home villas with private lagoon

May 9, 2024 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: UAE-based developer Mira Developments has unveiled its plans for a community of luxury residences in Dubai, named Mira Villas designed by Bentley Home. Located around a 15-minute drive from the Burj Khalifa, Mira Villas designed by Bentley Home will contain 36 five-bedroom homes with fully furnished interiors by Bentley Home. Mira Developments designed the

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