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“Modest and pioneering” Hackney council housing wins 2024 Neave Brown Award

October 17, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has won this year’s Neave Brown Award for Housing for Chowdury Walk, a council housing development in Hackney, London. Comprised of 11 terraced houses, seven of which are available for social rent, the development was built between two existing terraces on a plot that previously used as garages. The houses,

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BVN tops Sydney’s brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

October 16, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio BVN has retrofitted the 1970s brutalist Sirius building in Sydney, Australia, and extended it with a series of copper-clad pods. The studio renovated the distinctive, brutalist housing project located near Sydney Harbour, which was designed  in 1979 by Dutch architect Tao Gofers. BVN a competition to redesign the building in 2019 following a campaign

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MAD “cracks open” facade of Denver residential building

October 15, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

International studio MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver, Colorado, which has a large, canyon-like opening breaking open its main facade. Named One River North, the residential block in Denver’s northern RiNo neighbourhood was designed as a nod to geographic formations in the nearby Rocky Mountains. Located next to a major interstate

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Diandra Maselli Architect renovates historic red-brick home in Montreal

October 13, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Montreal architect Diandra Maselli has overhauled a century-old house in the city for herself and her family, modernising the residence while retaining some historic character. The founder of Diandra Maselli Architect acquired the property a week before the Covid-19 pandemic caused global lockdowns, and faced an uphill battle during the renovation of the historic structure.

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Ten living rooms with warming fireplaces to keep the cold out

October 12, 2024 Alice Laycock 0

As the weather gets colder in the northern hemisphere, this lookbook compiles ten living spaces where log burners and fireplaces take the chill out of the air and provide a cosy centrepiece. Despite increasingly sophisticated household heating technology, traditional fireplaces remain a popular way to warm homes. From freestanding stoves to built-in wood burners that

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Blank walls control light and views at House in Kyobate by FujiwaraMuro Architects

October 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Slim openings and silver wallpaper bounce light around the interiors of this minimalist home in Japan, which local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed “to block noise and visibility from the outside”. Named House in Kyobate after the suburb near Osaka in which it is located, the family dwelling sits on a corner site bordered by roads.

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Bio-Architecture Formosana organises Taiwanese housing around urban farm

October 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Taiwanese studio Bio-Architecture Formosana followed the principles of a circular economy when designing the Taisugar Circular Village, a housing complex in Tainan, Taiwan. The Taisugar Circular Village (TCV) provides 351 rental homes surrounding an urban farm, eco-pond and waste management area, allowing all of its residents’ basic needs to be provided on-site. According to Bio-Architecture

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VATRAA uses reclaimed bricks for London house extension

October 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in north London that features a “brutalist cat flap” and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project was designed for a family of four who wanted to replace their existing dark, cramped extension with a dining

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Airy Group and Andrea McLean open Vancouver beach house with folding facade

October 9, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Local designers Andrea McLean Studio and the Airey Group have teamed up to create a light, urban beach house with open roof decks and a folding screened facade in Vancouver, British Columbia. The 2,360-square foot (219-square metre) Big Sky Beach House is located on a narrow, 3,960-square foot (368-square metre) lot in a low-rise neighbourhood

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