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Sukchulmok wraps Seoul bakery with stainless-steel facade

December 13, 2023 Starr Charles 0

South Korean architecture studio Sukchulmok has renovated a bakery and cafe in Seoul and added a reflective facade made of stainless steel. Aiming to “maximise harmony” with the existing structure, Sukchulmok paired the stainless steel with original details such as weathered signage and cornices. The preservation of these existing elements is intended as a nod

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Conservatoire of Music and Dance by PPA Architectures features pleated metal sunscreen

May 22, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

French studio PPA Architectures has designed a specialist facility dedicated to music and dance with a pleated white metal facade on the outskirts of Toulouse, France. Named Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the 3,400-square-metre facility is dedicated to providing students with a diversified artistic education in the fields of music and dance from the age

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Dezeen Debate features “efficient” corrugated-metal home in Canada

April 27, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a corrugated-metal-clad home in Canada designed by StudioAC. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Studio AC has completed a low-impact barn-like home on the Bruce Peninsula near Toronto, disguising it as an agricultural building. Clad in corrugated metal, the home overlooks a lake in a wooded area

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StudioAC disguises rural Canadian home as agricultural shed

April 19, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Canadian practice StudioAC has used corrugated metal to clad this barn-like home and disguise it as an agricultural building on the Bruce Peninsula near Toronto. Overlooking a lake in a wooded area called Devil’s Glen, the home was designed by StudioAC to have a minimal impact on the landscape while allowing its inhabitants to take

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Matt Gibson adds sculptural extension to Victorian Melbourne home

April 15, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Australian studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has transformed a Victorian home in Melbourne’s suburbs with a faceted extension clad in black metal. Located in the suburb of South Yarra, the house on St Martins Lane has been expanded with a three-storey rear extension to better accommodate the needs of the family living there. The

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Technique transforms dilapidated flats into metal-clad house in Scotland

November 29, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Technique has combined a pair of flats adjoining a traditional stone house in Scotland to create The Den, a one-bedroom dwelling clad in a black-metal “jacket”. The Den occupies a hillside site in the village of Tighnabruaich, with a panoramic outlook over a narrow sea channel known as the Kyles of Bute. Glasgow

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Space Encounters enlivens Utrecht townhouses with varied materials and finishes

November 24, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A mixture of colourful tile, stone and metal claddings give a playful character to this residential development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, designed by local practice Space Encounters in collaboration with Mees Visser and Zecc Architecten. Space Encounters designed eight buildings for the scheme in the Wisselpoor district, forming part of a masterplan by practice Studioninedots

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J Mayer H wraps RKM 740 Tower in wavy metal cladding

October 24, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio J Mayer H has completed a mixed-use tower in Düsseldorf, Germany, with profiled metal cladding that opens up like a zipper to provide views through its glazed facades. The RKM 740 Tower is positioned at the 466th mile, or 740th kilometre, of the course of the Rhine river, where it runs through the

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Chybik + Kristof creates aluminium research centre to “realise new spatial possibilities” of modular architecture

October 6, 2022 James Parkes 0

Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has completed the angular Modular Research Centre in the Czech Republic, which is constructed from aluminium and aims to reframe ideas behind prefabricated construction. Located in Vizovice, the building sits on the edge of the headquarters of Koma Modular, a modular construction specialist with which it developed the project. The

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Hebra Arquitectos perches Apfel House on hill overlooking a Chilean valley

September 2, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a wood-clad, T-shaped home that juts out into the landscape provide the best views of the terrain and uses stylistic elements from barn architecture. Located in Chile’s Los Rios region, the Apfel House sits atop a ridge overlooking a forested landscape, with vistas of Ranco Lake and the Andes

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