Articles by Natasha Levy

Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by HUUM

September 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a book documenting over a decade of work by American architecture studio Hughesumbanhowar Architects. The hardback book looks closely at 21 current and completed projects by HUUM, ranging from private residences, to commercial spaces and public buildings. Each structure has been captured in colour photography, and is accompanied

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Competition: win a book full of architecture projects by HUUM

September 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Dezeen is giving five readers the opportunity to win a book documenting over a decade of work by American architecture studio Hughesumbanhowar Architects. The hardback book looks closely at 21 current and completed projects by HUUM, ranging from private residences, to commercial spaces and public buildings. Each structure has been captured in colour photography, and is accompanied

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Slices of timber align to form roof of outdoor classroom near Moscow

September 22, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A huge tree trunk has been sliced into sections to create the slatted roof of this outdoor classroom designed by architecture students for a school at an art park in Russia’s Kaluga region. The semi-outdoor classroom is affixed to an existing school building set within Nikola-Lenivets, an art park in a village around four hours from

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Populous updates Lord’s cricket stand with fan-shaped roof

September 19, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Splayed wooden ribs support the new gauze-like roof of the Warner stand at Lord’s cricket grounds, and was designed by Populous as part of a wider overhaul of the stadium. The update of the Warner stand is the first phase of a 20-year masterplan orchestrated by Marylebone Cricket Club, the owners of Lord’s, which will see extensive

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10 double-height rooms that bring ample space and light into home interiors

September 8, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

From lofty living rooms to towering lightwells, this week’s Pinterest roundup focuses on double-height interiors that use elevated ceilings to their advantage. Fukushima house, Japan by Cohta Asano Asano’s home in Fukushima is composed of nine overlapping cuboids, creating a complex interior arrangement of double- and triple-height rooms. The building’s wooden grid structure, which has

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10 double-height rooms that bring ample space and light into home interiors

September 8, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

From lofty living rooms to towering lightwells, this week’s Pinterest roundup focuses on double-height interiors that use elevated ceilings to their advantage. Fukushima house, Japan by Cohta Asano Asano’s home in Fukushima is composed of nine overlapping cuboids, creating a complex interior arrangement of double- and triple-height rooms. The building’s wooden grid structure, which has

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Nishizawa Architects adds movable walls to multi-family home in southern Vietnam 

September 3, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Nishizawa Architects has replaced the facade and interior walls of this residence in Vietnam’s An Giang province with moveable corrugated metal panels to create a “half-outdoors” dwelling for three families. The house, which is set in the city of Chau Doc, is close to the Mekong river and raised on pilotis above flood-prone grounds. It is shared

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Nishizawa Architects adds movable walls to multi-family home in southern Vietnam 

September 3, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Nishizawa Architects has replaced the facade and interior walls of this residence in Vietnam’s An Giang province with moveable corrugated metal panels to create a “half-outdoors” dwelling for three families. The house, which is set in the city of Chau Doc, is close to the Mekong river and raised on pilotis above flood-prone grounds. It is shared

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10 of the best home workspaces from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

August 18, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, cosy corner desks and minimalist furnishings are recurring features in this week’s Pinterest roundup, which focuses on well-designed home offices and study nooks. London apartment, UK by the Klassnik Corporation Walnut-lined walls feature in the office of this London apartment designed by the Klassnik Corporation. The room is entered via a doorway with

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Paris’ most eye-catching buildings take centre stage in Sebastian Weiss’ latest photo series

August 17, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

The silvery skin of Jean Nouvel’s Philharmonie de Paris concert hall and the cauliflower-like balconies of the Choux de Créteil tower blocks by Gérard Grandval are among the details captured by photographer Sebastian Weiss on his last trip to Paris. The photos are the second instalment from Weiss’ ongoing Dramatis Personae series, which has previously seen the architectural photographer document landmark buildings in Portugal, Denmark and

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