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The Pavilion by Feldman Architecture has glass walls designed to “disappear” into California hillside

June 6, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

American firm Feldman Architecture has inserted a glass pavilion between two white stucco volumes to form this residence in San Jose, California. The Pavilion is situated on a portion of flat land that was cut into a hillside during a fire on the lot several years ago. Feldman Architecture constructed the house hoping to use

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Grimshaw unveils arts complex for Santa Monica College

June 5, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Arts Complex at Santa Monica College by Grimshaw

Grimshaw has revealed the design for an arts complex on the Santa Monica College campus that will comprise three volumes linked by open-air plazas. The 21,000-square-foot (1,950.9-square-metre) educational facility will replace an existing car park on the western end of the California community college. Grimshaw’s Los Angeles office worked closely with faculty at Santa Monica

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Stacked balconies wrap Antonio Citterio’s Arte tower in Miami Beach

June 1, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Italian architect Antonio Citterio has completed an apartment building with stone and glass balconies that overlook Miami Beach. Marking Citterio’s first project in the US, Arte is a 12-storey residential tower with 16 units located on a one-acre (0.4-hectare) plot in Miami Beach’s Surfside neighbourhood. Citterio, co-founder of Italian studio Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, worked

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Studio Dwell stacks black volume onto brick structure to form top-heavy Hermitage Residence

May 31, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

US architecture firm Studio Dwell has stacked a rectangular volume clad with black zinc on top of a pale brick structure to form this residence on a corner lot in Chicago. Hermitage Residence is located in the Bucktown neighbourhood of Chicago on a residential and commercial street. The clients, a professional couple, asked local firm

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MASS Design Group outlines redesign strategies for restaurants following coronavirus

May 29, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Spatial Strategies for restaurant design by MASS Design Group

US architecture firm MASS Design Group has suggested that restaurants add barriers, remove bar seating and seek local produce sources to curtail the spread of infection and allow patrons to safely eat out following the coronavirus lockdown. The studio’s research, called Spatial Strategies for Restaurants in Response to Covid-19, comprises diagrams and case studies that detail

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Concrete swimming pool protrudes from Art Villa holiday home in Costa Rican jungle

May 29, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Czech studio Refuel Works took cues from buildings by Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha to design this concrete villa nestled into the jungle in Costa Rica. Art Villa is part of the Art Villas resort in Playa Hermosa, an extensive property that comprises rentable houses, including a residence with a green roof and a

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WORKac adds curving perforated steel staircase to Brooklyn apartment

May 28, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. Wyckoff Street Residence was designed for a family looking to bring more natural light into the upper levels of its home. The 2,550-square-foot (236-square-metre) space comprises three levels,

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Olson Kundig Rio House is elevated on chunky concrete columns in Brazilian rainforest

May 27, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

A board-marked concrete chimney raises this house designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig to “hover” above its surrounding in the Brazilian rainforest. Rio House was built for a couple that wanted a secluded retreat after many years of living in Rio de Janeiro. The 1500-square-foot (139.3-square-metre) house and its surrounding property is on the

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Philip Johnson’s Glass House informs pool pavilion in Canada

May 24, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

The modernist Ben Rose House in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Philip Johnson’s Glass House informed this pool house designed by Canadian studio Maurice Martel Architecte. Maurice Martel Architecte completed Pavilion A to accompany an existing house in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, an off-island suburb of Montreal. It was designed to draw on two examples of

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Arnold Studio designs Brooklyn sensory deprivation spa Vessel Floats

May 23, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

New York architecture firm Arnold Studio has covered the walls of this sensory deprivation spa in Brooklyn neighbourhood Greenpoint with rigid felt and bold colours. Vessel Floats is a spa designed for the practice of sensory deprivation, a process that involves cutting off all external stimuli including sounds and light. Arnold Studio has outfitted the meditative

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