February 7, 2023 Norwegian architects Snohetta has been working with local entrepreneur Tom Bjarte Norland and Danish interior brand Vipp to develop four cabins on the edge of Lysefjorden on the Norwegian west coast. The project, which started in 2020 and is named The Bolder, grew out of the desire to create an experience that […]
Architecture has always depended on its ability to create narratives and communicate ideas. Architect and influencer Hamza Shaikh explains how social media is opening up new markets for these fundamental skills OMA’s 1972 collage Exodus or The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture. Drawing Matter director Niall Hobhouse says “In the urgent need to express a powerful […]
Mixing several components relevant to the owners and highlighting the surrounding nature, interior designer Marc Berger of Los Angeles-based Hunterhouse Design, has created an informal and comfortable residence, located off the Malibu hills, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Maximizing the ideal seaside location, Los Angeles-based Abramson Architects designed a large, low-profile, two-level residence that allows the ocean […]
London studio Knox Bhavan has completed a brick pool house project for the owners of a Georgian property in Pembury, Kent Knox Bhavan has produced a handsome pool and brick pavilion located in Pembury, a stone’s throw away from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. The studio was given an open brief to build an “unobtrusive pool […]
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with MEDITE SMARTPLY, which explores low carbon timber construction. How can we unlock timber’s potential to deliver buildings that are efficient in construction and use? What are the possibilities of using timber to ensure buildings meet and go beyond carbon targets? And how can we develop our understanding of […]
Michael Kendrick Architects has designed a unique house that’s hidden away from view and blends seamlessly into the surrounding protected woodland. Located in East Sussex, England, this small lodge, clad in western red cedar, appears elevated amongst the trees as the ground levels fall away below. With large picture windows on both the front and […]
Multidisciplinary firm DKA has completed a new home in Quebec, Canada, for a young couple and their children. From the exterior cladding and fenestration to the gable roofs and metal roofing, the material choices and architectural style of this house were selected to echo the surrounding region and the agricultural constructions of the past. A […]
Citizens Design Bureau has skilfully reworked a much loved arts venue in north London. Photos Fred Howarth Citizens Design Bureau has refurbished the Jacksons Lane multi-arts venue in Highgate, north London. Located within a Grade II listed former Wesleyan Methodist church, the project includes upgraded theatre facilities, reworked and – for the first time – […]
Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has updated an existing 1970’s house in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and transformed it into a modern home with ample light and natural materials. The architects focused on creating an addition that runs parallel to the existing house connecting them with a singular linking element that contains a new mudroom, powder […]
As the drive to reduce the embodied carbon of the built environment gains momentum, work undertaken at Kingspan’s dedicated innovation centre (IKON) has resulted in a new, lower embodied carbon product range that will be available on the market in the early part of 2023. QuadCore LEC has been developed specifically to help reduce the […]
Cupa Pizarras has been closely involved in the development of a new self-build house in north-west London. The manufacturer was initially approached due to its range of natural slate façade designs, with its CUPACLAD 201 Vanguard system eventually specified to create an impressive and striking appearance. Located in Dollis Hill, the property is situated next […]