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MNY Arkitekter completes “down-to-earth” house for two sisters in Finland

April 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live “together separately”. To create a dedicated space for each of the two sisters, MNY Arkitekter divided the home into two standalone units joined by a central terrace overlooking the surrounding rocks and

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Mikhail Riches unveils plans for final phase of Park Hill regeneration

April 11, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will “tie together all the buildings and landscapes”. It will be the final stage of redevelopment at the brutalist Grade II*-listed complex, which has been underway since 2004, led by developer Urban Splash. Phase 5

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Mikhail Riches unveils plans for final phase of Park Hill regeneration

April 11, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

London studio Mikhail Riches has shared visuals for Phase 5 in the regeneration of Park Hill estate in Sheffield, which will “tie together all the buildings and landscapes”. It will be the final stage of redevelopment at the brutalist Grade II*-listed complex, which has been underway since 2004, led by developer Urban Splash. Phase 5

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Margine draws on Salento’s vernacular architecture for minimalist Italian villa

April 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A minimalist exterior of white render and local stone paving reference the traditional architecture of Italy’s Salento region at Casa Ulìa, a villa by local architecture studio Margine. Named Casa Ulìa, or Olive House, after the trees on the site, the 480-square-metre dwelling near Lecce was completed for a couple who wanted an “oasis of

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Tenjincho Place Apartment Complex / Hiroyuki Ito Architects

April 10, 2024 Pilar Caballero 0

The site is located along the approach to a renowned shrine and on the edge of a plateau in Yushima, Tokyo. In recent years, numerous hotels in the area have been replaced by apartment complexes, resulting from a rapid transformation of the area’s character. Two complexities of the site have been significant factors for the design–the shape of the plot and the lighting conditions resulting from high-rise buildings surrounding it from three directions. By wrapping a curved volume around a central void, each residential unit obtains light, wind, and views.

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“Water mirror” reflects light into villa overlooking Lake Zurich by PPAA

April 9, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. Stepping down a sloping site in Uetikon to the west of Zurich, the home is designed by PPAA to “blend into the terrain” with a pale concrete exterior and full-height glazing.

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Foster + Partners first Uruguay project to feature glass-lined courtyard

April 8, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners and local studio Ponce de León Arquitectos have broken ground on its first project in Uruguay, an apartment building wrapped around a multi-storey glass courtyard. Located in the upscale Carrasco neighbourhood of Montevideo along the beachside avenue Rambla Tomas Berreta, The Edge will contain eight apartments, with a pool, gym,

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Ae-Architecten layers old and new in Belgian house renovation

April 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian studio Ae-Architecten has used glazed yellow bricks and concrete-lined living spaces to renovate SL House, a detached home in Ghent, Belgium. Ae-Architecten was tasked with converting the home back into a single-family dwelling after it had been subdivided into two flats in the 1980s. The studio stripped away its later additions and opened up

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Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades

April 8, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Scalloped facades featuring tones of cream and red brick define a U-shaped housing block by Bell Phillips in Marylebone in central London. Named Cosway Street after the road on which the building sits, the design of the 49-home development in the Lisson Grove Conservation area aims to repair the fragmented streetscape by re-establishing the urban

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Ten homes where flooring enhances the connection between indoors and outdoors

April 7, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Our latest lookbook explores homes where flooring details and materials help to create the impression that a living space extends out beyond a house’s exterior walls. A range of different techniques can be used to create the sense of a continuous floor surface. The most obvious is to use the same flooring material, or one

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