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Casa Dosmurs by Mesura “disappears entirely from the street’s view”

April 22, 2023 Nicole Rambla 0

Spanish studio Mesura has created a brick and concrete house that steps down a steep hill and features giant windows that frame the surrounding Mediterranean landscape. Named Casa Dosmurs, the home is designed to blend in with its site in the residential area of Alella in Catalonia, Spain, with its flat roof the only part

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Atelier Data completes house between pine trees in Portuguese national park

February 22, 2023 Nicole Rambla 0

Local studio Atelier Data has built the Praia Grande house in Portugal’s Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, which is made from five interconnected volumes and features a swimming pool designed to look like a pond. Atelier Data’s Praia Grande consists of five volumes clad in metal-sheet facades and finished in projected cork. These were placed to fill

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Dan Marks adds charred-wood extension to his family home

February 13, 2023 Nicole Rambla 0

Mata Architects founder Dan Marks has extended his self-designed home in London, adding a charred wood-clad garden studio using Japanese technique Sho Sugi Ban. The refurbishment of the 19th-century, mid-terrace house also added a rear extension containing a large kitchen and living room. Now called ZigZag House, the extension aimed to add additional spaces to the

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Office S&M unveils its own colourful office with plastic-bottle wall enclosed meeting room

January 30, 2023 Nicole Rambla 0

Architecture practice Office S&M has completed its own office inside a former paint-making workshop in Hackney, London. With an entire wall of material samples and areas for modelling and sketching, Office S&M’s workspace aims to act as a laboratory to support its ongoing exploration of materials “that are both practical and fun.” The studio, headed

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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Leo Villareal “enliven the atmosphere of Thames” with Illuminated River installation

November 9, 2022 Nicole Rambla 0

Architecture studio Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has collaborated with New York artist Leo Villareal to create a light installation that spans nine bridges in London. Shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category at this year’s Dezeen Awards, the LED installation was installed across nine bridges on a 3.2-mile stretch of the River Thames in central London. Commissioned by the Illuminated

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