Month: April 2018

Modernist bank to be razed for Gehry’s Sunset Strip development

April 2, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Los Angeles officials have approved plans to demolish a mid-century modern bank by architect Kurt Meyer in order to build Frank Gehry’s mixed-use complex on the city’s Sunset Strip. LA’s court of appeal gave Gehry’s 8150 Sunset Boulevard project permission to raze the modernist Lytton Savings building on Friday 23 March 2018. Meyer’s 20,000-square-foot (1,850-square-metre)

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Bookshelf House / Shinsuke Fujii Architects

April 2, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

By making the wall diagonal, a new easy-to-use bookshelf integrated with the building was born. Because all the shelves of the bookshelf are inclined, children, women and old people can easily climb without a ladder, and books of high position can be easily taken out and put in. In addition, books don’t collapse when an earthquake occurs. 

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Artron Arts Center / Atelier Deshaus

April 2, 2018 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang 0

Artron (Shanghai) Arts Center is reconstructed from Shanghai Towel 16th Factory. The overall reconstruction is base on the principle of maximum reservation and taking advantage of original space, which is fully considered about the convenience and economical efficiency of construction. The combination of original industrial spatial scale and atmosphere with new design is another benefit of reservation in this reconstruction.

Yun Architecture refurbishes historic Tribeca townhouse

April 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. The Tribeca Townhouse was built in 1828, in the area that was home to the Washington Street Market until the late 1960s. Used as an egg and poultry distributor for much of its history, the house is

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Yun Architecture refurbishes historic Tribeca townhouse

April 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. The Tribeca Townhouse was built in 1828, in the area that was home to the Washington Street Market until the late 1960s. Used as an egg and poultry distributor for much of its history, the house is

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Yun Architecture restores character of historic Tribeca townhouse

April 2, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Yun Architecture has brought a landmarked federal-style townhouse in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighbourhood back to life. The Tribeca Townhouse was built in 1828, in the area that was home to the Washington Street Market until the late 1960s. Used as an egg and poultry distributor for much of its history, the house is

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Dovecote / Atelier Andy Carson

April 2, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

This new home designed by Atelier Andy Carson is a sanctuary from its harsh surrounds, perched on a sprawling coastal site overlooking Werri Beach, New South Wales. Green pastures and paddocks running dairy cows line this 150-acre property on one side, rugged coastal cliffs and ocean on the other.