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Juan Alberto Andrade adds workspace onto multifamily housing in Ecuador

January 19, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Ecuadorian architect Juan Alberto Andrade has completed an extension to a multifamily housing complex with rammed earth walls in Guayaquil. Known as El Retiro, the nine-square metre (97-square foot) addition doubles the common space of a 305-square metre (3,282-square foot) residential complex, protruding into the front setback along the street and blurring the line between

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Side Angle Side transforms mid-century Austin post office into restaurant

January 17, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Texas architecture studio Side Angle Side has adapted a 1960s post office into a food market and restaurant in Austin. Opened in October 2023 in the Hyde Park area, Tiny Grocer serves as a speciality market, bar and cafe while Bureau de Poste is a modern French bistro led by celebrity chef Jo Chan. Austin-based

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Cantilevered Serra Residence in Brazil includes stair-side slides

January 12, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Brazilian architect Marcelo Couto and landscape designer Rodrigo Oliveira have created a cantilevering house with multiple courtyards and an interior staircase with a slide attached in Fazenda da Grama, São Paulo. The concrete house with delicate wooden screens and heavy weathering steel elements is known as the Serra Residence. Located in Fazenda da Grama, São

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Lima cultural facility features pink walls and traditional construction techniques

January 9, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Peruvian architects Roman Bauer Arquitectos and ESArquitectura teamed up to design a cultural institution in Lima that includes a renovation and a new building with vernacular methods and pink accents. The 640-square metre (6,900 square-foot) Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA) was completed in 2022 in the historic Barranco district of Lima for the French

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Lima cultural facility features pink walls and traditional construction techniques

January 9, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Peruvian architects Roman Bauer Arquitectos and ESArquitectura teamed up to design a cultural institution in Lima that includes a renovation and a new building with vernacular methods and pink accents. The 640-square metre (6,900 square-foot) Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA) was completed in 2022 in the historic Barranco district of Lima for the French

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Method Architecture outfits its Houston office with vibrant mural

January 4, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Texas studio Method Architecture has completed an office for itself in Houston with maximalist design, vibrant colours and a mural at its centre. The 8,612-square foot (800-square metre) studio was completed in 2023 with a reception area, open office plan, private and collaborative meeting spaces and staff lounges. Located in the mixed-use East River development,

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Michael Hsu converts 1900s Austin house into luxury office

January 3, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Texas studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture adapted a 110-year-old bungalow into an office for technology and bio-science investment firm 8VC in Austin. Completed in 2023, 8VC’s new Austin headquarters are located on a half-acre lot along South Congress Avenue, a busy entertainment district of the Texas capital. Originally constructed in 1912, the home was

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Ménard Dworkind outfits Montreal restaurant with custom wine storage

January 2, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Ménard Dworkind has created an intimate French restaurant in the Villeray neighborhood of Montreal complete with warm interiors and a custom white oak wine cellar. Known as Casavant, the 850-square foot (80-square metre) brasserie-style restaurant was completed in September 2023 on the ground floor of a 1920’s residential building, replacing a sandwich shop.

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25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds “bird wing” extension to Ottawa house

December 28, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. Named Ferndale Flightdeck, the 400-square foot (37-square metre) extension holds a recreation room, yoga studio, home office and a rooftop observation deck that allows the owners to watch birds in

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Artistree raises a telescopic treehouse in California

December 27, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

US company Artistree Home designed a treehouse with vaulted form, raised off the ground in Sonoma County, California. Completed in 2023, the latest design — known as Spyglass by Hometree — is a 300-square foot (28-square-metre) residence in an 11-acre (5-hectare) forested lot in Occidental, California. “The design for Spyglass came from that whimsical childhood

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