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Brown & Brown completes black timber-clad home in the Scottish Highlands

January 9, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Local practice Brown & Brown has nestled Spyon Cop, a black timber-clad home, into the rolling green landscape of the Cairngorns National Park in the Scottish Highlands. Designed as a rural retreat for its London-based owners, the three-bedroom dwelling sits on the footprint of a ruined stone cottage that had previously been demolished. Located at

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Oscar Niemeyer government palaces damaged in Brasília riot

January 9, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro have damaged the iconic Oscar Niemeyer-designed National Congress, Planalto Palace and Supreme Court buildings after storming the capital of Brasília. The protesters, who numbered in their thousands, stormed the buildings, climbing roofs and breaking windows, reported UK newspaper The Independent. Glass cabinets were smashed and fire extinguishers were set

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Leading Indian architects pick their favourite buildings in India

January 9, 2023 Nat Barker 0

From a 14th-century landmark to brutalist structures by Le Corbusier, here are 12 buildings that Indian architects chose when Dezeen asked them to name their homeland’s most significant piece of architecture. We contacted 13 prominent architects in India and asked them to pick a building in India that has been particularly inspirational to them and

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Celine recalls “vintage spirit” at Rue Saint-Honoré boutique

January 9, 2023 James Parkes 0

Celine creative director Hedi Slimane channeled “French elegance” when designing the latest Celine boutique in central Paris, which features expanses of brass and marble as well as Slimane-designed furniture. Located on Paris’ Rue Saint-Honoré, known for its luxury shopping, the store sits within a 19th-century Haussmann building and connects to a Celine Haute Parfumerie store

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Snøhetta unveils “green lung” urban farm in Hong Kong

January 9, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has designed an urban farm surrounded by three clubhouses for the Pavilia Farm residential development in Tai Wai, Hong Kong. Informed by the mountainous surroundings and the nearby Shing Mun River, Snøhetta designed the project to be a calm and serene sanctuary that would provide a close link to nature in the bustling

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