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Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment

September 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. Jac Studios’ renovation of the Sturlasgade apartment in the Islands Brygge area on the city’s harbourfront aimed to create a brighter and more open interior. With this in mind,

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Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment

September 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. Jac Studios’ renovation of the Sturlasgade apartment in the Islands Brygge area on the city’s harbourfront aimed to create a brighter and more open interior. With this in mind,

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BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. The row house, named House for Booklovers and Cats, was created for a couple who are both passionate about poetry and art, and their two cats. One is a professor and

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BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. The row house, named House for Booklovers and Cats, was created for a couple who are both passionate about poetry and art, and their two cats. One is a professor and

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BFDO Architects creates hiding places for cats in Brooklyn row house

September 16, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

American firm BFDO Architects has included a series of niches and pathways for shy cats to escape guests in its design for this Brooklyn home interior. The row house, named House for Booklovers and Cats, was created for a couple who are both passionate about poetry and art, and their two cats. One is a professor and

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10 buildings worth visiting during Open House London this weekend

September 15, 2017 Olivia Mull 0

It’s Open House London this weekend, meaning hundreds of buildings that are usually inaccessible to the public are throwing open their doors. Here’s a look at 10 properties worth braving the early morning queues for. Dezeen is media partner for Open House London, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. For two days, over 800 buildings

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Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat

September 8, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London’s brutalist Barbican Estate. Located on the apartment’s double-height top-floor space, the bespoke oak-panelled structure sits next to the master bedroom, fitting snugly under the barrel-vaulted ceiling and taking up roughly half the floor space. The intervention

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Zaha Hadid Architects wins Tallinn port contest

August 31, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a masterplan for Tallinn’s port, boasting a new cruise ship terminal as well as office and housing districts intended to spark regeneration around the waterfront of the Estonian capital.  London office Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) saw off competition for the Masterplan 2030 contest from two other finalists – Alejandro Zaera Polo’s practice Alejandro Zaera-Polo Maider Llaguno Architecture and the

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First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban’s revamped Cast Iron House

August 21, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

New photos have been released showing one of the homes inside Cast Iron House – the 135-year-old New York building that is being overhauled by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Ban has designed an all-new interior for the cast-iron-clad building on the corner of 67 Franklin Street, Tribeca, which was built in 1882. Once the renovation is complete, the

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First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban’s revamped Cast Iron House

August 21, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

New photos have been released showing one of the homes inside Cast Iron House – the 135-year-old New York building that is being overhauled by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Ban has designed an all-new interior for the cast-iron-clad building on the corner of 67 Franklin Street, Tribeca, which was built in 1882. Once the renovation is complete, the

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