Architecture & Design Community
March 13, 2023
An AT online conference exploring how the U.K. is addressing the problems posed by the housing crisis is taking place on Wednesday 22nd March. Despite many new housing ministers, England still needs an estimated 345,000 new homes every year and much of our existing housing stock needs to be made energy efficient, comfortable and safe. […]
March 13, 2023
Bold interventions and considered material choices are central to Coffey Architects’ sustainable refurbishment of 10 Exchange Square in Broadgate, London. Photos Phil Coffey Coffey Architects has refurbished 10 Exchange Square, a 2004 SOM-designed workplace in Broadgate, London. The architect understood that despite ‘good bones’, the interiors were outdated, underperforming and failing to attract a progressive […]
March 12, 2023
Luigi Rosselli Architects have shared photos of a home they renovated in Sydney, Australia, that had rammed earth walls added. The original home, whose design was akin to that of a drilling platform, had two existing floors hovering above, and was entirely disconnected from its surroundings. The updated home now includes a further two floors […]
March 10, 2023
Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects has designed the contemporary renovation and addition for a Grade II listed terrace home in the London borough of Islington. The original house, which is spread over three floors, was in poor condition and had lost its charm and original features, such as the covings and skirting boards. The property […]
March 9, 2023
Atlas Architects has shared photos of a modern house on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia, that was once a brown-brick, pitched-roof farmhouse built in the 1980s. Their clients, a semi-retired couple, wanted a one-of-a-kind family home that could also serve as a stunning wedding venue. While it has been modernized and completely reimagined, the project named […]
March 8, 2023
Architects Juan Ruiz and Amelia Tapia have shared some photos of their latest design, a small cabin-like room that expands when needed. Designed and patented in Ecuador, IWI is a space that can be extended or compressed, depending on the needs of the user. When compressed, it behaves like a piece of furniture or a […]
March 7, 2023
Weber Arquitectos has sent us photos of their recently completed project, a tiny house in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, that rises from the ground on a platform supported by a metal structure. The house, which measures 1291 square feet (120m2), has exterior walls made from heat-treated wood staves. The staves are placed on both sides […]
March 7, 2023
Knauf explains how its ThroughWall exterior infill panel system can help specifiers comply with the Building Safety Act. In association with Heath Primary School by Associated Architects. External walls – infill panel system: Knauf ThroughWall System (ph: Ben McPhee) The changes outlined within the Building Safety Act are being reviewed at Knauf. One area of […]
March 3, 2023
Hayward Smart Architects has specified Conservation Plateau and neo rooflights from the Rooflight Company for a striking new-build house in the Cotswolds. In association with Hayward Smart Architects has completed The Long House on the outskirts of Sibford Ferris, a small rural village in north Oxfordshire. This impressive new build, on an idyllic wooded plot, […]
March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023 Architecture firm Studio MEMM has designed a tree house for their clients that could be used by both children and adults. Located in the middle of the Brazilian forest, the design of the treehouse was inspired by the geometries of the surrounding sycamore leaf structures Initially conceived in wood, the frames were […]
March 1, 2023
Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round design. The vast, sandy plot densely covered with a pine forest created a unique setting for the house, with the architect drawing inspiration from a tree trunk. The home has been built with a reinforced concrete structure […]
March 1, 2023
Bespoke, full-height, sliding minimalist windows from panoramah! articulate a sculptor’s house in Madrid. In association with PhotosSérgio Padura Exchanges between sculpture and architecture are always challenging and productive. The Berned House in Madrid, property of the sculptor Arturo Berned and designed by himself and his architect collaborator Ignacio Rejano, confirms this assumption. Berned’s artistic work […]
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