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Kooo Architects designs rural hotel to blend with village in China

January 10, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has completed a collection of hotel cottages in China that draw on the local vernacular to integrate into the surrounding village. Named Ningshan LuZhai Cottages, the hotel was designed the structure to appear like a series of cottages alongside terraced farmland at the foot of a small mountain in Yuwancun, Ankang

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Foster + Partners reveals Techo International Airport with gridded “tree-canopy” roof

January 5, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which has commenced construction 20 kilometres south of the city centre. Drawing from the local vernacular and its tropical climate setting, the design by Foster + Partners will consist of a new airport city and a terminal building

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Monolithic green marble forms “majestic wall” in Milan apartment

January 5, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Italian studio AIM has designed a compact, multi-level apartment interior in Milan organised around a floor-to-ceiling Verde Alpi marble partition. Created in collaboration with local marble artisans Bianco67, AIM Studio used the wall to divide the various functions of Green Nest, aiming to create an elegant backdrop for a dynamic domestic experience. “The design challenge

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BIG designs stage set with inflatable orb for WhoMadeWho’s world tour

January 3, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has created an experimental stage set for Danish pop trio WhoMadeWho’s world tour. A suspended silver orb formed the centrepiece of the immersive audiovisual design, which was created for the tour that began in November. It is BIG’s latest inflatable structure and was informed by the floating 26-metre-diameter, mirrored sphere it

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RSHP unveils proposal for “post-carbon” neighbourhood in Paris

December 20, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

British studio RSHP has revealed its plans to introduce a mixed-use neighbourhood with a series of public spaces within La Défense business district in Paris. Designed for the district’s Jean Moulin site, the project will aim to bring the “urban business neighbourhood currently eclipsed by road infrastructure back to life”, RSHP said. The design will

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Plat Asia explores “boundarylessness” with Cloud Tea Room in China

December 20, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China, which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. Located on a secluded hillside within Xisaishan resort’s tea fields, the Cloud Tea Room sits within the 910-square-metre network of poles that periodically releases water vapour

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios restores and refurbishes historic Brighton Dome venues

December 13, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

UK practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has restored four heritage-listed buildings within the Brighton Dome cultural complex, upgrading its performance spaces and uncovering 19th-century structures. The 3,500-square-metre project – comprised of the Corn Exchange, Studio Theatre, 29 New Road and Church Street entrance – marks the first phase in a council-led plan to revive Brighton’s

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Spaceagency converts former Weeties warehouse into family home

December 6, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Australian studio Spaceagency has consolidated three apartments in a heritage-listed cereal factory into a single-family home in North Fremantle, Western Australia. Spaceagency aimed to emphasise the original volume and industrial character of the 1930s brick warehouse, which was once used to make the breakfast cereal Weeties, while creating a light and open interior. To achieve

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Foster + Partners references “Florida’s vernacular architecture” for The Alton in Miami

December 6, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

British studio Foster + Partners has revealed its design for The Alton, a mixed-use development with a concrete structure that will draw on the surrounding architecture of Miami Beach, Florida. Set to be built at an intersection with the famed shopping street Lincoln Road, the building will integrate fluted colonnades and landscaped balconies extending the length of

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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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