Articles by Natasha Levy

Al-Jawad Pike uses pale, exposed materials to extend west London home

January 17, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Pale brickwork, oak furnishings and terrazzo flooring combine in this light-filled extension to a Victorian house in London’s Shepherd’s Bush, designed by architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike. Made up three interlocking brick volumes punctuated by different-sized windows, the extension forms part of a terrace property belonging to an art director, an investment banker, and their two children. Their brief to

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Dominic Pandolfini updates his century-old Melbourne home with huge zinc-clad extension

January 16, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Architect Dominic Pandolfini has more than tripled the size of his once run-down home in Melbourne, by adding a contemporary extension clad with zinc. Port Melbourne House is a 100-year-old heritage property in one of the city’s bayside suburbs. The Pandolfini Architects founder lives in the house with his wife, two young children and pet dog. When the architect initially

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Ab Rogers Design creates 19-square-metre apartment in London

January 13, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Hackney-based studio Ab Rogers Design has managed to squeeze a kitchen, bed and bathroom into this 19-square-metre concept apartment by creating a pair of plywood living units with space-saving details. The prototype is displayed within the Westminster offices of property developers U+I, which tasked the architecture studio with condensing the functions of a traditional home into

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Ab Rogers Design creates 19-square-metre apartment in London

January 13, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Hackney-based studio Ab Rogers Design has managed to squeeze a kitchen, bed and bathroom into this 19-square-metre concept apartment by creating a pair of plywood living units with space-saving details. The prototype is displayed within the Westminster offices of property developers U+I, which tasked the architecture studio with condensing the functions of a traditional home into

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Porto architects create five temporary gallery spaces for travelling art exhibition

January 9, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

A mirror-clad pavilion camouflaged in woodland and another resembling a dilapidated shed are among five temporary structures on show in the grounds of the Alvaro Siza-designed Serralves Foundation in Porto. The pavilions are part of a show titled Live Uncertainty: An Exhibition After the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo. The show explores the anxieties currently

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Storage unit in Israeli home allows family to display an edited selection of their clutter

January 6, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Prized ornaments and pot plants are displayed in the niches of the bespoke steel and oak storage unit Tel Aviv studio This Is It designed for a home in Israel’s Central District. Set within the town of Shoham, BSR House has been occupied by the same family for over 20 years and has largely gone untouched. With

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Storage unit in Israeli home allows family to display an edited selection of their clutter

January 6, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Prized ornaments and pot plants are displayed in the niches of the bespoke steel and oak storage unit Tel Aviv studio This Is It designed for a home in Israel’s Central District. Set within the town of Shoham, BSR House has been occupied by the same family for over 20 years and has largely gone untouched. With

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Storage unit in Israeli home allows family to display an edited selection of their clutter

January 6, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Prized ornaments and pot plants are displayed in the niches of the bespoke steel and oak storage unit Tel Aviv studio This Is It designed for a home in Israel’s Central District. Set within the town of Shoham, BSR House has been occupied by the same family for over 20 years and has largely gone untouched. With

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DH Liberty redesigns west London hotel to hint at the owner’s love of plants and beekeeping

January 3, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

A rooftop beehive was DH Liberty’s starting point for the overhaul of this boutique hotel in Chelsea, which is finished in rich green and gold accents. The Clerkenwell-based studio, which is led by founder Dara Huang, was briefed to design luxurious accommodation that celebrated the client’s love of plants. The My Chelsea hotel owner –

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Design Society museum in Shenzhen surveys the industry’s development with opening exhibitions

December 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A timber pavilion constructed by a robot and a flat-pack chair from the 18th century are among the objects included in the first exhibitions at the V&A-backed Design Society museum in Shenzhen, within spaces designed by MVRDV and Sam Jacob. Design Society officially opened to the public on 2 December 2017, in a building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki for

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