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February 26, 2022
Photography by Kevin Steele, Courtesy of Playa Viva Architecture and landscape design studio Atelier Nomadic has recently completed a series of bamboo treehouses at Playa Viva, located along the Mexican coastline. Nomadic Resorts, of which Atelier Nomadic is the dedicated design studio, extended their offerings by creating six bamboo treehouses inspired by the flattened, prismatic […]
February 23, 2022
ARCHITECT@WORK Returns to London’s Truman Brewery from 13-14 April. In association with ARCHITECT@WORK is returning to its physical format at the Truman Brewery in the heart of London’s Shoreditch for the 2022 edition. Visitors will be able to meet industry experts who will be exhibiting their latest innovations to the architecture and specifier markets, as […]
February 22, 2022
BDP has transformed a redundant school sports hall into suite of high-performance and environmentally responsible classrooms, dining, and social spaces for Wardle Academy in Rochdale. PhotosNick Caville BDP’s WaterSHED project at Wardle Academy in Rochdale has transformed an outdated sports hall into a testbed for new forms of teaching and learning. Employing innovative offsite construction […]
February 22, 2022
The B.O.S.S. A1 prefabricated brick slip soffit system from IG Masonry Support helps architects to achieve visually striking masonry details. In association with B.O.S.S. A1 is an advanced, lightweight, prefabricated brick slip soffit system from IG Masonry Support that helps architects to achieve visually stunning brick details. Compliant with A1 fire regulations and the first […]
February 22, 2022
Encasement discusses how its high-quality column casings and wall linings can add performance and aesthetic appeal to a wide range of retail environments. In association with Forma column casings with wood-effect PPC finish at the A1 Shopping Park in Biggleswade As retailers re-open and shoppers return to the high street, malls and retail parks following […]
February 22, 2022
Erbar Mattes Architects has skilfully remodelled a former pub in north London to create a home for an expanding family. PhotosStåle Eriksen, Simon Menges The Blockmakers Arms is a Grade II listed former public house situated on Shepherdess Walk in north London. Forming the end of a terrace of three-storey townhouses, the 19th-century building was […]
February 21, 2022
London School of Architecture founder and former CEO Will Hunter on Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is spending the year as one of Harvard University’s Loeb Fellows. Cambridge Common, which borders Harvard Square, in the morning snow. The statue memorialises the Irish potato famine: “Never again should a people starve in a world of plenty”. Portrait: […]
February 19, 2022
Threefold Architects has extended and remodelled a Victorian home in Muswell Hill, north London, adding a contemporary extension behind the restored red brick facade to create a “house of two halves”. Victorian end-of-terrace home had previously been split into two flats and the clients approached Threefold Architects to bring the property back into use as […]
February 17, 2022
Architecture firm HKS Architects has collaborated with interiors firm Narrative Design Studio, to complete the new Joshua Tree location of AutoCamp, a premier outdoor lodging brand. Surrounded by the famed Joshua Trees and subtle rock formations of Southern California’s desert area, AutoCamp is a 25-acre property featuring 47 Airstreams, four Accessible Suites, and four X […]
February 16, 2022
Grafton Architects’ Town House building for Kingston University in London is among five finalists for this year’s EU Mies Award, which is given to the best building completed in Europe within the last two years. The Stirling Prize-winning Town House at Kingston University by Grafton Architects is shortlisted for the EU Mies Award 2022 alongside […]
February 15, 2022
Loader Monteith has reconfigured a Victorian merchant’s house outside Glasgow to create a home for an architectural designer and ceramicist, and added a blackened timber pottery studio. The property is located in a conversation area of Lenzie, Dunbartonshire and had been previously been subdivided into a pair of flats. The new owners, an architect and […]
February 15, 2022
5th Studio has converted a former vehicle testing facility into an open-access factory for makers as part of the £6 billion Meridian Water development in Enfield, north London. 5th Studio worked with the London Borough of Enfield and social entrepreneurs Bloqs to design the workspace as part of the meanwhile use of land earmarked for […]
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