Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Jürgen Mayer H’s FOM Hochschule building features bulging balconies and seamless stairs

October 14, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The metal cladding of German architect Jürgen Mayer H’s FOM Hochschule university building in Düsseldorf is carved into sculptural shapes that connect windows, balconies and stairs. The Berlin-based studio of Jürgen Mayer H designed the building for Germany’s largest private university, FOM Hochschule, which required additional space for its increasing student intake. The new facility is located within

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Chris Collaris Architects completes black wooden cottage with exaggerated roof

October 13, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch architect Chris Collaris has built a house in Amsterdam that is clad entirely in blackened timber, featuring an asymmetric gabled roof that extends out to form a sheltered entrance. House MM is situated in the former industrial area of Amsterdam Noord, on a site that was previously occupied by an “old and decayed” brick house

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Chris Collaris Architects completes black wooden cottage with exaggerated roof

October 13, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch architect Chris Collaris has built a house in Amsterdam that is clad entirely in blackened timber, featuring an asymmetric gabled roof that extends out to form a sheltered entrance. House MM is situated in the former industrial area of Amsterdam Noord, on a site that was previously occupied by an “old and decayed” brick house

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Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti uses local stone and plaster for lakeside house

October 11, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Variously sized openings scattered across the traditional stone and plaster facades of this house in the Swiss town of Ascona provide views of the garden and Lake Maggiore. Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti, which is based on the opposite shore on the lake, was tasked with updating an existing house situated close to the centre

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Silver House by Hyde + Hyde comprises pair of mono-pitched volumes perched on a stone plinth

October 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Solid wooden beams rest on top of dry-stone walls to support a balcony that cantilevers to shelter a parking spot for DeLorean at this house designed by Hyde + Hyde for a site on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales. Swansea-based architecture office Hyde + Hyde created Silver House for a family who relocated to Wales from

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Prefabricated holiday home by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen is clad in charred timber

October 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This prototype house overlooking Lake Maggiore was designed by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen to demonstrate the capabilities of prefabricated wood construction, and features charred-timber facades enclosing a bright-white interior. Lachelle and Niessen are the founders of fashion label No Editions, and more recently established a studio called The Wood Creative to explore innovative ways

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Prefabricated holiday home by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen is clad in charred timber

October 8, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This prototype house overlooking Lake Maggiore was designed by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen to demonstrate the capabilities of prefabricated wood construction, and features charred-timber facades enclosing a bright-white interior. Lachelle and Niessen are the founders of fashion label No Editions, and more recently established a studio called The Wood Creative to explore innovative ways

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Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney

October 7, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. The three-storey Victorian warehouse is located in an industrial neighbourhood in Hackney, close to London Fields park, and is home to a multidisciplinary design agency.

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Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney

October 7, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. The three-storey Victorian warehouse is located in an industrial neighbourhood in Hackney, close to London Fields park, and is home to a multidisciplinary design agency.

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Richard Meier’s Cittadella Bridge separates traffic and pedestrians as they cross an Italian river

October 5, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

American architect Richard Meier has completed an arching single-span bridge across a river in the Italian city of Alessandria, which provides lanes for traffic and pedestrians separated by a central void. The 185-metre-long Cittadella Bridge connecting the city in northwest Italy with the 18th-century citadel on the opposite bank of the Tanaro River is the

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