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Angled metal screens protect Bangkok office building from direct sunlight

August 24, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Facade of Suanphlu Office by IDIN Architects

Thai firm IDIN Architects has completed an office building in Bangkok, featuring angled metal cladding that reflects sunlight away from a nearby shrine and helps prevent the interior from overheating. IDIN Architects designed the Suanphlu Office for a site next to the Lao Pueng Thao Kong shrine in the Thai capital’s commercial district. The private

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Ten steely kitchens that use metal as their primary material

August 13, 2022 James Parkes 0
Interior image of a steel kitchen

A black steel island fitted between original cast-iron columns, a gleaming stainless-steel kitchen and one with reclaimed metal cabinetry are among the kitchen interiors featured in our latest lookbook. Metal kitchens can make for a stylish addition to a residential interior, often lending the heart of the home an industrial and restaurant-style look. These types

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Marc Gerritsen wraps MAAD Peak house in weathering steel

July 22, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0
MAAD by Marc Gerritsen

Self-taught designer Marc Gerritsen has completed a sculptural, metal-clad house for himself in northern Colorado that is designed to endure storms and wildfires. The MAAD Peak house is located on a 40-acre (16-hectare) property overlooking the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and the city of Fort Collins. The forested area features hiking trails and an

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Everyday Studio reinterprets farmhouse style with monochrome palette

July 21, 2022 James Brillon 0
T House

Simple forms inspired by nearby Canadian agricultural buildings meet a contemporary, monochrome palette in this remote home by Everyday Studio. The low-slung house is located in a clearing surrounded by thick forests in Manotick, a small community outside of Ottawa. The project is called T-House, based on the shape of its layout. “The design is

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Zhengzhou Grand Theatre’s sail-like forms reference a “majestic ship”

July 11, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Metal-clad theatre in China

State-owned Chinese firm The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT has completed a theatre in Henan Province with a metal-clad exterior informed by the sails and hulls of ships. The Zhengzhou Grand Theatre contains a 1,687-seat theatre, 884-seat concert hall and an opera rehearsal hall, alongside a multifunctional hall and rehearsal spaces. Treated as

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Tung Jai Ork Baab stacks shipping containers to create holiday home in Thailand

March 22, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Container cabin

A cluster of shipping containers sheltered by a steep metal roof defines a series of indoor and outdoor spaces at this home in Thailand, designed by architecture studio Tung Jai Ork Baab. The Container Cabin is part of a wider project by the studio called OOST Campville, transforming a former paddy field on a floodplain

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LOHA designs Granville1500 student housing in Los Angeles

March 19, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0

Three sculptural, metal-clad volumes form a student housing complex by American studio LOHA that is designed to look less bulky than a typical apartment building. The project, Granville1500, occupies a block-long property in Los Angeles, near the city of Santa Monica. It is named after its address, 1500 South Granville Avenue. Located within a car-centric

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Denton Corker Marshall designs metal-clad cube for Shepparton Art Museum in Australia

February 25, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
Image of the art museum from the roadside

Architecture practice Denton Corker Marshall has completed an art museum in Victoria, Australia, with a cubic glass form shielded by large metal-clad plates on its facades. Won by the local practice via an architectural competition in 2017, the new 5,300-square-metre Shepparton Art Museum sits overlooking a lake at the edge of a nearby nature reserve.

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Reddymade and Ai Weiwei add hexagonal extension to Salt Point home

August 11, 2021 Jon Astbury 0
Salt Point Residence by Reddymade and Ai Weiwei

Architecture studio Reddymade has collaborated with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to design a corrugated metal extension with hexagonal ends for a weekend home in Salt Point, New York. The local studio drew on the hexagonal plan of the original 1980s home to create the minimal, linear form of Salt Point Residence, with 185

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