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“Shifting shades” of rammed earth define Thai community building by Suphasidh Architects

May 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects. Overlooking the Bay of Bangkok in the seaside town of Sattahip, the 196-square-metre building contains a cafe and four floors of multipurpose community space, alongside an existing hostel.

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“Shifting shades” of rammed earth define Thai community building by Suphasidh Architects

May 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects. Overlooking the Bay of Bangkok in the seaside town of Sattahip, the 196-square-metre building contains a cafe and four floors of multipurpose community space, alongside an existing hostel.

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Mamout adds “smallest possible extension” to townhouse in Brussels

May 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian studio Mamout has extended a townhouse in Brussels, adding a small garden room built from a prefabricated shell of pastel green-coloured steel. Aiming to improve the connection between the home and its garden, Mamout drew on the form of an existing bow window on the rear facade to create a glazed seating area for the existing

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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey’s Arts and Crafts factory to its “former glory”

April 30, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London, which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. The studio renovated the Grade-II listed building – the only factory designed by the architect – into a “premium workspace” for property developer Dorrington. It will be occupied

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Mawi Garage by Dhaniē & Sal is an “homage” to utilitarian automobiles

April 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Indonesian architecture practice Dhaniē & Sal has completed Mawi Garage in South Tangerang, creating a steel structure that references the engineering of the cars and motorcycles inside. The client, a car collector, tasked the local practice with renovating an existing 488-square-metre shed that housed his extensive fleet, as well as extending it to add a

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Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club

April 8, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Urlo Studio has completed an “aesthetic and functional” gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. Known as the Mocolí Sports Club, or Club Deportivo Mocolí, the 8,772-square metre (94,421-square foot) complex is located on Mocolí Island, a small landmass in the Babahayo River outside of the

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Latticed-steel columns frame Lublin transport hub by Tremend

April 6, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Mushroom columns made of latticed steel support the large canopy above the Metropolitan Station in Lublin, Poland, completed by architecture studio Tremend. The bus and rail hub is located alongside Lublin’s 19th-century Central Railway Station and designed by Tremend as a modern contrast to this historic structure. “[The] simple, modernist pavilion is intended to contrast

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Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke design modular study pavilion for German university

March 14, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Berlin-based architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke have created a modular and demountable steel-framed pavilion for the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. Located centrally within the campus at a junction of existing pathways, the 1,000-square-metre gridded structure was designed to create flexible and non-hierarchical spaces for students to learn, study and socialise in a

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Klein Dytham Architecture wraps Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore with “flowing” steel roof

March 12, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling “outstretched arms” in Nagano, Japan. Located at the foot of Mount Asama, the space was designed by Klein Dytham Architecture to be a community hub for the local residents. It sits at the centre of a larger complex comprised

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Wittman Estes creates “rapid assembly” fire station in southern California

March 5, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Prefabricated steel modules were used to create Fire Station 67, which was designed by architecture studio Wittman Estes to be durable, adaptable and quick to construct and reconfigure. The fire station is located in Rancho Mission Viejo, a census-designated place in Orange County, California. The area consists of ranching operations, new residential developments and 17,000

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