Articles by Alyn Griffiths

Oxygen house by Susanna Cots uses oak and stone to reference its natural setting

December 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior designer Susanna Cots employed a palette of natural materials to ensure the living spaces of this house in Spain’s Empordà region complement the tones and textures of its surroundings. The 600-square-metre property is situated in the historic natural region to the north of Barcelona, and was built by local developer Gestió7. Susanna Cots was

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Oxygen house by Susanna Cots uses oak and stone to reference its natural setting

December 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior designer Susanna Cots employed a palette of natural materials to ensure the living spaces of this house in Spain’s Empordà region complement the tones and textures of its surroundings. The 600-square-metre property is situated in the historic natural region to the north of Barcelona, and was built by local developer Gestió7. Susanna Cots was

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Oxygen house by Susanna Cots uses oak and stone to reference its natural setting

December 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Interior designer Susanna Cots employed a palette of natural materials to ensure the living spaces of this house in Spain’s Empordà region complement the tones and textures of its surroundings. The 600-square-metre property is situated in the historic natural region to the north of Barcelona, and was built by local developer Gestió7. Susanna Cots was

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SAOTA completes “challenging” restoration of Gilbert Colyn’s modernist Cape Town home

December 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Stefan Antoni of South African architecture studio SAOTA has refurbished a modernist villa overlooking Cape Town and reorganised its open interior to make it better suited to contemporary living. House Invermark was designed in 1969 by architect Gilbert Colyn as his own home, and takes its inspiration from Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House of 1949,

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SAOTA completes “challenging” restoration of Gilbert Colyn’s modernist Cape Town home

December 27, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Stefan Antoni of South African architecture studio SAOTA has refurbished a modernist villa overlooking Cape Town and reorganised its open interior to make it better suited to contemporary living. House Invermark was designed in 1969 by architect Gilbert Colyn as his own home, and takes its inspiration from Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House of 1949,

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Garage House by Foomann Architects can be used for car parking or adaptable accommodation

December 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Corrugated-metal cladding contrasts with an angled white-painted brick wall at this robust and economical house in Melbourne, which features a ground-floor living area that can be used alternatively as a garage. Local studio Foomann Architects designed the house for clients who purchased a site occupied at its opposite end by another property in which they

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EKAR Architects applies medley of material textures to facades of courtyard house in Bangkok

December 26, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Thai studio EKAR Architects has completed a house in Bangkok for several generations of the same family, featuring stacked volumes clad in a variety of materials that contain living spaces arranged around a swimming pool and garden. The owner of the house in the Thai capital’s Bang Phlat District had initially approached EKAR Architects about renovating

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Hus Nilsson is a Swedish summer house with living spaces connected to a sea-facing terrace

December 23, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A painted-brick fireplace separates areas for living and dining at this summer house designed by London-based architect Tina Bergman for a plot facing out towards the sea on Sweden’s east coast. Hus Nilsson is located on the Norrfjärden bay in the northern Swedish archipelago, and occupies a sloping site between the forest and the Baltic

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Grey Griffiths Architects completes London extension featuring exposed oak roof structure

December 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Exposed rafters support a pitched roof incorporating a large skylight that allows daylight to flood into this rear extension added to a Victorian house in south London by local studio Grey Griffiths Architects. The studio founded in 2016 by Tom Grey and Michael Griffiths was asked to oversee the renovation and extension of a terraced

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Geometric forms and embossed details recall historic predecessors at Spanish psychiatric facility

December 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vaillo+Irigaray Architects has modernised a 19th-century psychiatric centre in the Spanish city of Pamplona by adding a series of structures with gabled profiles that reference the forms of the existing buildings. The project represents the first stage of a masterplan by local studio Vaillo+Irigaray Architects to redevelop the healthcare facility, which occupies a large site with

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