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A Small London Courtyard With a Serene Water Feature (11 photos)

July 22, 2017 Jo Froude 0
Most garden design involves rethinking a space that doesn’t work. But when landscape architect Stefano Marinaz was asked to come up with ideas for a small walled plot behind a new-build home in London’s Chelsea area, his starting point was an uninspiring drawing. “There was already a design for the project,…

31/44 Architects builds grey-brick house around three small courtyards in London

July 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

One of the founders of 31/44 Architects has built his own London home, which is arranged around three courtyards to make it easy for domestic life to spill outdoors. The two-storey house, named No 49, provides a home for Stephen Davies, who is one of three founders of London- and Amsterdam-based 31/44 Architects. It is is located on an infill site in

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Norvento Building / Francisco Mangado

July 22, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

The building for the research center of the firm Norvento is located on the border between an industrial enclave and a forest, close to the city of Lugo. The project adopts the form that enables the building to open on to the forest and be in a continuum with it, capitalizing on all the attributes that the woods can contribute to the architecture, while closing up on the side facing the adjacent industrial scene. It uses the opportunity to establish a clear-cut scheme through architectural, typological, and spatial attributes.