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Mid-century modern and traditional Japanese influences blend inside this Los Angeles home, which the principals of design studio OWIU have reimagined for themselves. Close to Silverlake Reservoir on the east side of the city, the house was originally built in 1962 by renowned mid-century architect Carl Maston, then later owned and re-designed by Swiss architect […]
Spanish architecture practice XStudio has inserted a ceramics workshop and apartment into the worn-out shell of an abandoned bar on the island of Gran Canaria. The project, called House M, occupies an old corner building in the Arenales neighbourhood of the Canary Island‘s capital Las Palmas, which had stood abandoned for decades. Drawn to its […]
Three-Level Casa T Harmonizes with Estância Velha’s Landscape Casa T by Studio Bloco is a three-level residence in the Horizon condominium in Estância Velha, Brazil, carefully designed to harmonize with the natural slope of the land. The lower level, partially embedded in the site, provides a foundation for the intermediate floor, where social and […]
Reviving Heritage: Ros + Falguera Restores former Sardine Facility Ros + Falguera Arquitectura has transformed a former sardine salting facility into a sustainable residence on the Catalan coast, preserving the cooperative spirit and minimalist design ethos of early 20th-century Catalonia. At the beginning of the 20th century, cooperativism emerged strongly in the Catalan region, […]
A New Landmark for abu dhabi’s Saadiyat cultural district The Mandarin Oriental Residences in Abu Dhabi have been announced by Aldar, with architecture by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The proposed development will include 226 luxury homes that are envisioned to set a new standard for residential design in the city. Managed by the Mandarin […]
Architectural studio CAN has extended a terraced London house with a palette of wood and hemp and a large curved window that aims to redraw its connection to the garden. The Stoke Newington home, named Verdant House in honour of its jungle-like outdoor space, has been expanded with a timber-framed side and rear extension to […]
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a home in Kerala with curved walls formed of smooth layers of cement plaster, designed by local studio Tropical Architecture Bureau. Informed by the architecture of tropical modernism, the home is organised around a series of internal courtyards and planters. Tropical Architecture Bureau blends “old-world charm with […]
Rounded layers of smooth cement plaster take cues from traditional stone-carved architecture at TropiBox, a home in Kerala, India, designed by local studio Tropical Architecture Bureau. Located in the city of Kochi, TropiBox is informed by the architecture of tropical modernism – a style developed in the late 1940s as a blending of European modernism […]
New York-based Builtin Studio has helped a young family expand their Upper West Side apartment into the adjacent unit and create mid-century-influenced interiors that complement the historic details. After the family jumped at the chance to buy the neighbouring apartment to their current home, they tasked Builtin Studio with combining the two spaces and uniting […]
A roof of dark patinated copper distinguishes this house in Wimbledon Village, London, designed by local architecture studio Jason Good Architecture. Jason Good Architecture drew on the leafy neighbourhood’s combination of Arts and Crafts-style architecture and more modern houses for the two-bedroom dwelling, which replaces an existing 1980s cottage. “We aimed to design a house […]