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Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand

March 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O’Clock, a “communal hub” topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. Located in Phuket City, the centre provides the Villa Qabalah housing – which is due to complete at the end of 2024 – with a restaurant, bar, gallery, workshop, health studio and gardens,

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Eight closed staircases in tactile materials and sculptural shapes

February 24, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve gathered eight stylish closed staircases, ranging from a winding wooden spiral staircase to a light-filled “stairway to heaven”. Closed staircases – stairs that have been framed so that the threads and risers aren’t visible from the side – have become a popular search term on Dezeen’s Pinterest board. While they

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Mexico City community centre features blue-tinted concrete walls

December 20, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Design firms WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have created a multi-level, concrete community centre in an underserved neighbourhood that is meant to “promote the regeneration of social life”. The building by New York’s WORKac and local studio Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos – officially called PILARES Lomas de Becerra — is located in a hilly area and

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Mamout opens up Brussels townhouse with skylit atrium

December 15, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian architecture studio Mamout has refurbished a townhouse in Brussels with a series of simple alterations that “make the most of what already exists”. Located in Koekelberg, northeast of Brussels’ centre, the four-storey brick townhouse had previously been given a two-storey rear extension that Mamout said had left its interior dark and “almost unusable”. Instead

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WMR Arquitectos runs wood-framed house down a Chilean cliffside

December 12, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Chilean studio WMR Arquitectos has balanced a slanted wooden house with open interiors on a hillside overlooking the sea in Matanzas, Chile. Known as Casa Ladera, the 2,130-square foot (198-square metre) residence was completed in 2022 in La Vega de Pupuya along Chile’s central coast, which is known for its high cliffs and windy climate.

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MVRDV completes yellow office retrofit with zigzagging outdoor staircase

December 1, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled Haus 1, a bright yellow workplace adapted from a 1990s office building in Berlin with local studio Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten. Located south of Tempelhof Field, it is the second project completed for Atelier Gardens – the redevelopment of a 23,800-metre-square film and media campus into a hub for social entrepreneurship

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Eight sculptural wooden staircases that bring warmth to the home

November 4, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Our latest lookbook features eight sculptural staircases made of wood that make a statement and bring warmth to apartments from Hong Kong to Boston. Often the organizing principle in the planning of any space, a staircase can either blend in or stand out. The eight gathered in this lookbook lean into the latter – showcasing

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Linehouse adds tactile textures and warm tones to coastal home in Hong Kong

October 23, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Linehouse has designed the interiors of Cape Drive Residence in Hong Kong to respond to the surrounding coastal views. Located on the south side of Hong Kong Island, the three-floor home is a short walk from the beaches of Stanley and Chung Hom Kok and has panoramic ocean views to the east and west

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