Articles by Natasha Levy

Deep-blue cabinetry and coral-pink arches redefine Barcelona apartment

February 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Colombo and Serboli Architecture has made room for colourful storage units and a pink bathroom by opening up the plan of this apartment in Barcelona’s historic El Born neighbourhood. Apartment in Born is set within a residential building that dates back to the 13th-century. It’s owner, a young Italian women who works in the fashion

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OMA unveils plans for coloured glass courthouse in Lille

February 20, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Dutch firm OMA has revealed its design for a six-sided courthouse in Lille, France, which will features sheer facades of coloured glass. Commissioned by the Ministry of Justice, the Palais de Justice will play host to Lille’s high and district courts. It will be situated west of the city centre, a short distance from a historic fortress.

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Studio Edwards uses shipping containers to create getaway on Australia’s Great Ocean Road

February 20, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

A trio of shipping containers has been converted into a weekend retreat set on stilts on a hillside overlooking Australia’s Otway Coast by Melbourne practice Studio Edwards.  The residence named House 28 is located on the edge of Wye River, a town that has grown up along a waterway that feeds into the sea on

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Schemata Architects adds sequence of plywood boxes to redefine spaces inside House in Nobeoka

February 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

A magazine paired Schemata Architects with the owners of this house in Miyazaki prefecture for a renovation project in which the Japanese studio has reconfigured the former factory space by creating a series of plywood-lined rooms. The house owned by a married couple was originally the husband’s childhood home and had previously played host to a family-run

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Schemata Architects adds sequence of plywood boxes to redefine spaces inside House in Nobeoka

February 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

A magazine paired Schemata Architects with the owners of this house in Miyazaki prefecture for a renovation project in which the Japanese studio has reconfigured the former factory space by creating a series of plywood-lined rooms. The house owned by a married couple was originally the husband’s childhood home and had previously played host to a family-run

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Schemata Architects adds sequence of plywood boxes to redefine spaces inside House in Nobeoka

February 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

A magazine paired Schemata Architects with the owners of this house in Miyazaki prefecture for a renovation project in which the Japanese studio has reconfigured the former factory space by creating a series of plywood-lined rooms. The house owned by a married couple was originally the husband’s childhood home and had previously played host to a family-run

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Lim + Lu uses brightly coloured walls and furnishings for fashion designer’s Hong Kong home

February 14, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Yellow, turquoise, and coral-pink furnishings brighten this previously colourless apartment in Hong Kong, which has been overhauled by local studio Lim + Lu for a fashion designer. The Twin Peaks Residence is located within one of on Kowloon island’s many high-rise residential towers. Its owner, a Parisian fashion designer, approached Lim + Lu to redesign the apartment to

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Cubículo Arquitectos installs birch-plywood storage units inside Porto flat

February 13, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Cubículo Arquitectos has added extra storage to a Porto apartment, by installing custom-built cupboards and shelves around the old structural columns. Situated on the first floor of a housing block, Apartment Largo Soares dos Reis belongs to a graphic designer, who shares the flat with her mum and younger brother. The family tasked Cubículo Arquitectos, with improving

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Snøhetta unveils plans for “energy-positive” Arctic Circle hotel

February 12, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Snøhetta has revealed plans for a sustainable ring-shaped hotel, that will be nestled at the base of Norway’s Almlifjellet mountain, within the Artic Circle. The architecture firm claims that Svart Hotel, which takes its name from the nearby Svartisen glacier, will be energy-positive – meaning it will produce more energy than it consumes. While consumption rates

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Raúl Sánchez Architects updates Barcelona apartment with grey granite and bright white walls

February 8, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Spanish practice Raúl Sánchez Architects has employed contrasting materials to carve out different zones in the open-plan living space of this apartment in Barcelona’s Eixample district. The owner of the Villarroel apartment, a bachelor in his early forties, approached the locally based practice with an open renovation brief. He requesting the addition of an en-suite to his

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