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MC Escher works inform Montreal home by Naturehumaine

April 20, 2022 James Brillon 0
Escher House

An angular steel staircase crosses through this Montreal residence by Naturehumaine, which was inspired by the fantastical paintings of Dutch artist MC Escher. The Escher House, located in the Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood, used to be a duplex. Local studio Naturehumaine converted it into a single-family home. The project included a complete overhaul of the interiors, new

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Colle-Croce completes all-white steel home in Buenos Aires

April 1, 2022 James Brillon 0
Casa Tronador viewed from the street

Argentinian architectural office Colle-Croce has designed this white home on a compact lot in Buenos Aires to make the most of the available outdoor space. Colle-Croce, based in the city, completed Casa Tronador for an infill lot between two existing party walls, in a neighbourhood that includes a mix of private homes and shops. The

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Graal Architecture extends university refectory with green steel pavilion

February 23, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Crous University Refectory was designed by Graal Architecture

Graal Architecture has renovated and extended a university refectory building in France, adding a lightweight rooftop pavilion of glass and green-painted steel overlooking the surrounding parkland. The Parisian studio was commissioned to both update and extend the original 1993 prefabricated concrete refectory building, which sits within the Francois Mitterrand Park in Cergy. The project was

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Oku restaurant in Mexico City features “floating tables” made of wood and steel

February 12, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0
Oku restaurant

Curved booths are suspended over a dining room at a Japanese restaurant in Mexico City designed by local firms Michan Architecture and Escala Arquitectos. The sushi eatery is located in the upscale neighbourhood of Jardines del Pedregal, across from a famed church known as Parroquia de la Santa Cruz del Pedregal. It is the second

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ASU students design and build Orange 1 breezy outdoor classroom

February 11, 2022 James Brillon 0
ASU Orange 1 pavilion

A group of students from Arizona State University has completed an outdoor classroom pavilion as part of a design-build studio programme. The project was completed in the spring 2021 semester, as part of Arizona State University’s (ASU) larger initiative to build outdoor classrooms to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The course, named Orange Build, is

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HHF Architekten uses modular steel and timber structure for mixed-use block in Switzerland

February 11, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
The terraces are constructed from steel and timber

A modular grid of exposed steel creates balconies, terraces and external staircases at this mixed-use development in Weggis, Switzerland, designed by HHF Architekten. Located close to Lake Lucerne, the Weggishof scheme combines ground-floor commercial spaces with 39 apartments in a variety of sizes. The project was won by the Basel-based studio following a two-phase study

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Zaha Hadid Architects begins construction on Ukranian metro stations

February 3, 2022 James Parkes 0
Render of the metal canopy metro station

British firm Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new stations for the Dnipro Metro in Ukraine as part of a four-kilometre line extension. The trio of Zaha Hadid Architects-designed stations — Teatralna, Tsentalna and Muzeina – form part of the metro line extension in the city of Dnipro that first broke ground in

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Stacked steel tubes form Waterline Monument by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh

January 24, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Waterline Monument tapers at its highest point

Hundreds of stacked, weathered steel tubes form this arched monument in Laagraven Park, Utrecht, designed by architecture and art studio Gijs Van Vaerenbergh. The Waterline Monument was created to celebrate the New Dutch Waterline being awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2021. Operational from 1815 to 1940, the New Dutch Waterline was a defensive system

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Yatofu uses “honest” materials to revamp Teemaa teahouse in Helsinki

January 13, 2022 Natasha Levy 0
Tea tasting room with red brick wall and paper lantern above weathered wooden table in Teemaa teahouse in Helsinki, designed by Yatofu

Design studio Yatofu has refined the interiors of a teahouse in downtown Helsinki with elements of brick, oak and oxidised steel. The Teemaa cafe, which serves traditional Chinese and Japanese teas without artificial additives, was renovated to reflect both the craft of the brewing process as well as the raw tactile quality of the tea

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