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London’s best new house extensions revealed in 2019 shortlist for Don’t Move, Improve!

November 27, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

A loft library, a converted chapel and a Japanese-inspired flat are in the running to be named London’s best home-improvement project of 2019. There are 37 projects on the shortlist for this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! – an awards programme that champions creative and innovative home extension and renovation projects across the UK capital. Other

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North Fork Bluff House / Resolution: 4 Architecture

November 27, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

Located in Mattituck on the North Fork in Long Island, this modular, prefab home is designed as a multi-generational retreat for three siblings, their families, and their parents. The home is composed of four modular units that were fabricated in Scranton, Pennsylvania then shipped and set in place at the home’s site that looks out over a bluff to the Long Island Sound.

snøhetta’s far rockaway library in new york will feature translucent glass façades

November 27, 2018 philip stevens I designboom 0

the new building will replace the existing facilities, which date back to 1962, doubling the amount of available space.
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interval architects creates a botanic art center from a disused brick kiln in china

November 27, 2018 macnadusa 0

the shanghai based practice, interval architects, has designed a new botanic art center in the hebei province of china. the ‘tower of bricks’ project is located between a wetland park and the city of hengshui. after a government plan to convert the wetland into a botanic park, the scheme called for the design of an art […]

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Chicago Church Becomes a Home for a Music Lover (12 photos)

November 27, 2018 Gwendolyn Purdom 0

Tim Gray’s living room was once lined with pews. Today, the recently renovated space has an open-concept lounge feel with exposed timbers and pops of rich color. But from 1920 until about 2004, the structure in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood was …

Wilkins Terrace / Levitt Bernstein

November 27, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

Through UCL’s masterplan, Levitt Bernstein identified an opportunity to create a new courtyard terrace above an existing service yard. As well as providing a high-quality outdoor space for staff and students, this opens up a new east-west route to improve accessibility across campus. The existing service yard had become unsightly but was overlooked by a number of important university buildings. The challenge was to connect these disparate elements with one cohesive design – all the more problematic considering the Wilkins Building is Grade I listed.

Frank Gehry’s Jagged Aluminum Luma Arles Takes Shape in France

November 27, 2018 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

New photography by Hervé Hôte has been released, showcasing the Frank Gehry-designed Luma Arles complex as construction continues in the French town of Arles. The arts center, situated on a former SNCF rail yard, will offer exhibition, research, education, and archive space within a 46-meter-tall, aluminum tile-clad tower.

Design Criticism Ignores the Places that it Could Help the Most

November 27, 2018 Zach Mortice 0

This article was originally published on CommonEdge as “The Design Media Needs to Examine its Own Privilege.“

Antwerp Cathedral chapel turned into modern gothic cafe

November 27, 2018 Anna Winston 0

Van Staeyen Intérieur Architecten has created a gothic-inspired cafe in one of the former chapels of Antwerp’s medieval cathedral. Cafe De Plek occupies the former Chapel of Saint John inside the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp’s gothic cathedral. Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has turned the chapel into a bar, cafe and meeting space for both residents

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House Over the Backyard / DDAANN

November 27, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

A home for a young couple and their two little girls was built in one of the Prague urban areas where family houses blend with high-rise blocks of flats as well as wild greenery. In the middle of this varied composition and on a very narrow site, we have designed a house which communicates with its surroundings and uses its benefits. The building is divided into two volumes – a family house and a tiny study over the (back)yard.