Articles by James Brillon

Seattle Granny Pad by Best Practice provides living space in unused garage

December 28, 2018 James Brillon 0
Granny Pad in Seattle by Best Practive Architecture

Seattle firm Best Practice Architecture has converted an unused garage on a property in the city into a black house for the owners’ elderly relative. The Granny Pad was commissioned when the family were struggling to find housing for their ageing grandmother. The clients could not afford to relocate to a larger house in Seattle’s

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YH2 nestles cedar-clad Triptych ski retreat into snowy Quebec woods

December 24, 2018 James Brillon 0
Triptych by YH2

Three volumes clad in pale cedar form this holiday home for skiing in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains, which Montreal-based studio YH2 has arranged to make the most of views to its forested surrounds. YH2 completed the Triptych residence in Wentworth-Nord, a small community roughly 100 kilometres north of Montreal. The 2,500-square-foot (232-square-metre) property is split into three

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Michael Doty’s charred-timber Shaw Mesa chalet overlooks Rocky Mountains in Idaho

December 14, 2018 James Brillon 0

US architecture firm Michael Doty Associates has embedded this blackened-wood residence into its mountainous surroundings in rural Idaho. Called Shaw Mesa residence, the 3,850-square-foot (358-square-metre) property is located on a site in between the Sawtooth and White Clouds Mountains, which form part of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States. Michael Doty Associates excavated

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Angular white Zoid pavilion frames views across New York arts centre

December 8, 2018 James Brillon 0

Six trapezoidal shapes cluster to form a courtyard within this pavilion, which architecture studio Levenbetts has built on the grounds of an arts centre in Upstate New York. New York City-based Levenbetts created the Zoid structure as part of “on-going geometric” experiments for Art Omi in Ghent. The centre is known for its vast sculpture

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Yellow accents brighten Lone Tree Wellness Center by Neumann Monson

December 2, 2018 James Brillon 0

An elevated running track encircles this sports centre that Neumann Monson Architects has designed for the residents of Lone Tree, Iowa. The 21,400-square-foot (1,988-square-metres) Lone Tree Wellness Center was created for the community of approximately 1,400 people, located halfway between the state’s capital Des Moines and Chicago, Illinois. The project was the result of a

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Mexico City housing by HGR Arquitectos surrounds circular Japanese-style garden

November 25, 2018 James Brillon 0

This housing block in Mexico City, designed by locally based HGR Arquitectos, is arranged around a large circular courtyard where a Japanese guava tree grows. The MX581 residential building is located in the city’s southern San Jeronimo Aculco district, near to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Completed earlier this month, the housing block

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Mexico City housing by HGR Arquitectos surrounds circular Japanese-style garden

November 25, 2018 James Brillon 0

This housing block in Mexico City, designed by locally based HGR Arquitectos, is arranged around a large circular courtyard where a Japanese guava tree grows. The MX581 residential building is located in the city’s southern San Jeronimo Aculco district, near to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Completed earlier this month, the housing block

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Neumann Monson creates zero-energy East 2nd Street Parking Garage in Des Moines

November 24, 2018 James Brillon 0

US architecture firm Neumann Monson has completed a glass-fronted parking garage in Des Moines, Iowa, as part of a scheme to help revitalise the city’s East Village neighbourhood. The six-storey structure was built to efficiently accommodate 540 vehicles, in addition to creating new public spaces on the “pedestrian-minded redevelopment block”. “With its efficient footprint tucked

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