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Spasm Design wraps 12-storey home in terracotta facade

August 19, 2024 Katie Last 0

A single family home is contained within the Sarvasva tower, which Indian studio Spasm Design created to stand out from the neighbouring grey buildings in Mumbai, India. Named Sarvasva, the home is contained within a 12-storey tower that aims to make the most of its site within the dense urban setting. Wrapped in a rainscreen

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Spasm Design wraps 12-storey home in terracotta facade

August 19, 2024 Katie Last 0

A single family home is contained within the Sarvasva tower, which Indian studio Spasm Design created to stand out from the neighbouring grey buildings in Mumbai, India. Named Sarvasva, the home is contained within a 12-storey tower that aims to make the most of its site within the dense urban setting. Wrapped in a rainscreen

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Temp nestles charred-wood pavilion in rocky Shanghai garden

August 18, 2024 Katie Last 0

Chinese studio Temp has used charred wood to create 3-to-1 Pavilion, a triangular shelter nestled in a rocky garden in Shanghai. Intended as a sanctuary-like space for drinking tea and gathering, the pavilion has a geometric form with a triangular plan and louvred walls made from wooden frames. “The 3-to-1 Pavilion design is the integration

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Parsonson Architects perches stilted red home on coast of New Zealand

August 16, 2024 Katie Last 0

Warm tones feature across the facade and interior of The Lookout, a stilted house that local studio Parsonson Architects has added to a hillside site in New Zealand. Located on Ruby Bay in the Tasman District, the home comprises a timber structure elevated partially by a pair of columns in response to its sloping site.

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Bindloss Dawes adds chestnut-clad extension to old Somerset schoolhouse

August 9, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studio Bindloss Dawes has completed the transformation of Old School House, a Grade II-listed house in Somerset that has been refreshed with a contemporary timber extension. Nestled within a valley in Pitcombe, the timber extension adds a modern twist to the 19th-century home while echoing its traditional pitched form. The original building was built

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Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture

August 8, 2024 Katie Last 0

Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. Positioned among trees along the edge of Takaungu Creek, the home is designed by Studio Mehta Architecture as a blend of contemporary and traditional architectural elements. It comprises a network

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Kapsimalis Architects converts wine cellar into cavernous summer house

August 7, 2024 Katie Last 0

Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has converted a 19th-century wine cellar into a cavernous holiday home on the island of Santorini in Greece. Named Summer House in Mesaria, the house is partially nestled into a steep landscape on the outskirts of the village of Mesaria. It occupies two vaulted rooms of a former wine cellar, marked

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NOTO nestles green-timber duplex among trees in Hamburg

August 6, 2024 Katie Last 0

A sage green facade formed of rhythmic wooden panels defines Babendiekstraße 23, a pair of timber houses that architecture studio NOTO has completed in Hamburg, Germany. Located on a tree-filled site, the two homes are combined within a three-storey cubic form with cutouts that make space for existing greenery around its edges. This includes one

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Alison Brooks Architects creates “carved and animated” Tottenham Hale residential towers

August 2, 2024 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed the One Ashley Road residential development in London, with a pair of angular terracotta towers framing a square. Located near London’s Walthamstow Wetlands and Lea Valley waterways, the project forms part of Tottenham Hale’s regeneration, which aims to convert the traffic-dominated area into a walkable neighbourhood. As well

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Alison Brooks Architects creates copper-clad London home with “folding geometry”

July 25, 2024 Katie Last 0

Site constraints and local architecture guided the angular form of Mesh House, a copper-clad home that London studio Alison Brooks Architects has completed in Belsize Park. Characterised by recessed and projecting bays, the home’s playful form responds to its narrow, triangular site and planning restrictions limiting building height and prohibiting any impact on the daylight

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