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DHaus brings “sense of openness” to Datum House with wall-to-wall skylight

November 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio DHaus has used a full-width skylight to draw light into this extension in north London, which is finished with a pared-back palette of pale brick, plaster and oak. Named Datum House, the existing Victorian maisonette in the Dartmouth Park Conversation Area has been opened up by DHaus at its lower ground-floor level and

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DHaus brings “sense of openness” to Datum House with wall-to-wall skylight

November 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio DHaus has used a full-width skylight to draw light into this extension in north London, which is finished with a pared-back palette of pale brick, plaster and oak. Named Datum House, the existing Victorian maisonette in the Dartmouth Park Conversation Area has been opened up by DHaus at its lower ground-floor level and

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Tropical Architecture Bureau blends “old-world charm with the modern” for Keralan home

November 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Rounded layers of smooth cement plaster take cues from traditional stone-carved architecture at TropiBox, a home in Kerala, India, designed by local studio Tropical Architecture Bureau. Located in the city of Kochi, TropiBox is informed by the architecture of tropical modernism – a style developed in the late 1940s as a blending of European modernism

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Black timber and metal cloak low-lying Weald House in Kent

November 11, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studios Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects have completed Weald House, a barn-like home designed to be “deeply connected” to its rural site in Kent, UK. Described by Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects as a “contemporary interpretation of the familiar agricultural black barn”, the home has a low-lying, pitched-roof structure wrapped with blackened-timber

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Builtin Studio combines and renovates two Upper West Side apartments

November 10, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York-based Builtin Studio has helped a young family expand their Upper West Side apartment into the adjacent unit and create mid-century-influenced interiors that complement the historic details. After the family jumped at the chance to buy the neighbouring apartment to their current home, they tasked Builtin Studio with combining the two spaces and uniting

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Jason Good Architecture tops London home with patinated copper “top hat”

November 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A roof of dark patinated copper distinguishes this house in Wimbledon Village, London, designed by local architecture studio Jason Good Architecture. Jason Good Architecture drew on the leafy neighbourhood’s combination of Arts and Crafts-style architecture and more modern houses for the two-bedroom dwelling, which replaces an existing 1980s cottage. “We aimed to design a house

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Eight homes where plywood panelling creates warm interiors

November 10, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

We’ve gathered interior projects that feature tactile plywood panelling for our latest lookbook, from a Swedish summer house to a London micro apartment. Plywood, which is made from glued-together layers of thin wood veneers, is often used for structural applications but has also become popular as a choice for decorative wall panels. Using it throughout

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Eight homes where staircases fulfil additional functions

November 9, 2024 Ruby Betts 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve selected eight homes with multi-purpose staircases that double up as seating, storage and in one case even a climbing wall. Integrating additional uses into staircases can make them characterful interior features rather than just functional structures. This can be especially favourable in smaller spaces where storage is a priority and

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Mark Jeavons and Ohlo Studio restore 1970s home in Australia

November 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Australian architect Mark Jeavons worked with interior design practice Ohlo Studio to restore Tomich House, a heritage-listed 1970s house in City Beach, Perth. Originally designed by brutalist Bulgarian architect Iwan Iwanoff in 1971, the home features a landscaped garden and sculptural curved walls built from white-painted concrete blocks. Tomich House had recently been acquired by

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Towering house extension in New Zealand mimics “childhood treehouse”

November 8, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Wood is the dominant material throughout Karaka Tower, a vertical house extension in Wellington, New Zealand, designed by local studio Arête Architects to evoke a treehouse. Located on a densely vegetated and sloped site, the tower-like structure comprises an art studio and bedroom, which connects to the main house via a polycarbonate corridor. Karaka Tower

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