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LUO Studio turns abandoned concrete foundations into community centre

March 17, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Party and Public Service Center of Yuanheguan Village by LUO studio in China

Architcture practice.  LUO Studio has extended the abandoned foundations and concrete columns of a residential project with a timber-framed upper storey to create a community centre in Yuanheguan, China. Perforated brick wraps the lower storey of the village’s Party and Public Service Centre, which includes offices and conference spaces. Located in Hubei province, the village

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PUP Architects extends Surrey Docks Farm with a sawtooth orangery and black tower

March 15, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Surrey Docks Farm by Pup Architects

PUP Architects has refurbished Surrey Docks Farm in London, reinstating a three-storey tower clad in black timber and topped by a golden pig weathervane. Surrey Docks Farm has occupied this site along the River Thames in Rotherhithe, south-east London, since 1986. It sits on a 2.2 acre site that provides space for rearing animals, along

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Irregularly stacked boxes hide central courtyard of village house in India

March 14, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

A cluster of irregularly stacked boxes forms a house for a village official in Talangpor, India, designed by Gujarat-based practice Neogenesis+Studi0261. Called Sarpanch House, the project is designed to be set apart from its rural surroundings while also offering privacy for the Sarpanch and their family. A Sarpanch is an elected decision maker who is the

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Fala Atelier adds colourful shower tower to small granite house

March 13, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Small house with a monumental shower by Fala

A skinny chimney-style tower houses the bathroom and shower of a residential renovation in Amarante, Portugal, designed by architecture studio Fala Atelier. The small, single bedroom house has been built in an old granite shack at the end of a garden patio. Called Small House with a Monumental Shower, the new tower that gives the

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Irregular balconies surround social housing stacked over school in Paris

March 11, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
O4a by Brisac Gonzalez

O4A is a Paris development with a primary school, sports centre and two tower blocks of social housing by architecture studios Brisac Gonzalez and Antoine Régnault. The scheme is located in the new eco-district of Clichy-Batignolles, a new neighbourhood in the city’s 17th arrondissement being built on a former rail yard. Brisac Gonzalez Architects and

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Tato Architects uses old barrels to clad exterior of home and shop

March 10, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
House and Office in Hofu by Tato

Wood salvaged from old miso barrels has been used to clad a house built by Tato Architects in Japan for the owner of a nearby brewery specialising in soy sauces. The home, which also includes a shop and warehouse space, is built around the steel structure of an existing 40-year-old building in the city of

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Paul Uhlmann Architects builds barn-like rural retreat in Australian bush

March 10, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
The Barn by Paul Uhlmann Architects

Agricultural barns were an inspiration for this holiday home in Pullenvale, Australia, designed by Paul Uhlmann Architects and featuring glazed gable-ends. Called The Barn, Paul Uhlmann Architects built the rural getaway for a couple, their children, and their horses, which live in the nearby paddocks. The two-storey wooden structure is clad with Australian hardwood and

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Blank metal facade of Tokyo home hides tree-planted courtyard

March 9, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Leaf by Apollo Architects & Associates

Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters. Leaf House is located in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Tokyo where its owners also run a dentistry clinic. Its name refers to the visual similarity of the roof rafters

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Anna and Eugeni Bach convert former chocolate factory into home and studio

March 8, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Dirk and the chocolate Factory by Anna & Eugeni Bach

Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has converted a 19th-century chocolate factory in the Spanish town of La Bisbal into a family home and studio apartment. Called Dirk and the Chocolate Factory after its owner, the architects preserved many interior details. Located in the town’s centre, a series of minimal modifications to the small brick

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Barozzi Veiga creates trapezoidal riverside arcade for Zürich dance centre

March 6, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Tanzhaus by Barozzi Veiga

Barozzi Veiga has completed the Tanzhaus dance centre in Zürich, which opens onto a promenade along the river Limmat with a concrete arcade of trapezoid openings. Barozzi Veiga  designed the building to replace an existing structure that originally housed the Tanzhaus and the Swiss Textile School, which was destroyed by a fire in 2012. The

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