KRFT adds two-tone brick theatre to Singer Laren museum

November 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Amsterdam studio KRFT has updated and extended a museum and cultural complex in the Dutch town of Laren, adding a new brick-clad theatre and a glazed foyer wrapped in a “curtain” of slatted timber. Singer Laren is a museum and theatre dedicated to preserving and displaying the collection of American artist William Singer, and his

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Office S&M uses scale-like tiles and vibrant colours to add personality to London house

November 6, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This revamp of a family home in west London features a loft extension covered in scale-like wooden shingles, yellow-framed arch windows, and interiors that use colour to separate spaces for adults and children. Architects Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen of Office S&M were asked to oversee the improvements to a Victorian terraced house in Ealing,

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Mole Architects builds house “like a seagull’s wing” on Suffolk coast

November 6, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

An angular, asymmetric roof tops this house designed by Mole Architects for a site overlooking an estuary in Suffolk, England. Cambridge-based Mole Architects designed the two-storey Marsh Hill house for a couple, on a site overlooking the estuary of the River Alde. A dilapidated old property had to be demolished to make way for the new house. Planning regulations

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O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects adds “simple, warm and characterful” extension to London house

November 5, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has extended a typical terraced home in northwest London, by adding a new timber-lined room that opens onto a brick-paved garden. The Dewsbury Road extension was designed by locally based O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects to replace a 1970s addition at the rear of a property in Dollis Hill, which had split the kitchen and dining area into two

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Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Haddo Yard housing in Whitstable

November 4, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Denizen Works references traditional fishing huts with this apartment building in the English seaside town of Whitstable, which features black brick walls and pointed ceramic details. London-based Denizen Works designed Haddo Yard for a site directly opposite the Kentish town’s train station. As a result, the three-storey building is designed to have a strong presence

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Vipp offers “out of the ordinary” hotel stays in a woodland cabin or an urban loft

November 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Danish retailer Vipp has expanded into the hospitality industry – it is now offering guests the opportunity to stay in a prefabricated micro dwelling in a Swedish forest, or in a loft apartment on top of its Copenhagen headquarters. From 1 November, fans of the brand best known for its pedal-controlled metal waste bins can

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Giant pivoting door connects Columbia Road extension to secluded rear courtyard

October 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A frameless glass roof panel connects with a window to allow natural light to flood this extension added to the rear of a Victorian house in east London by The D*Haus Company. The house is located on Columbia Road, which hosts a famous weekly flower market in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Local studio The

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Arched openings punctuate brick-clad house in Seoul by Tectonics Lab

October 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean studio Tectonics Lab has completed a house for a retired professor in Seoul, featuring pale brick facades interrupted by arching windows that frame views from rooms arranged around a skylit parlour. The studio founded by architects Hyundai and Sukyung Kim designed Cheongun Residence for a site in the South Korean capital’s historic Cheongun neighbourhood that

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Arched openings punctuate brick-clad house in Seoul by Tectonics Lab

October 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean studio Tectonics Lab has completed a house for a retired professor in Seoul, featuring pale brick facades interrupted by arching windows that frame views from rooms arranged around a skylit parlour. The studio founded by architects Hyundai and Sukyung Kim designed Cheongun Residence for a site in the South Korean capital’s historic Cheongun neighbourhood that

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Arched openings punctuate brick-clad house in Seoul by Tectonics Lab

October 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean studio Tectonics Lab has completed a house for a retired professor in Seoul, featuring pale brick facades interrupted by arching windows that frame views from rooms arranged around a skylit parlour. The studio founded by architects Hyundai and Sukyung Kim designed Cheongun Residence for a site in the South Korean capital’s historic Cheongun neighbourhood that

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