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December 8, 2022
Brazilian architecture office BZP Arquitetura has designed the renovation of a 1980s home that had countless octagonal details and dark spaces. The exterior of the home includes a large sloping slab that formed the main roof, while other roof areas were redone and updated with black metal to create a modern appearance. A planter that […]
December 6, 2022
Simon Walker, Category Manager at SIG Zinc & Copper, discusses the dos and don’ts of standing seam zinc roof build-ups with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw. In association with PhotosTerence Smith For more than a century, standing seam zinc roofs have appealed to architects for reasons of aesthetics, weather performance, durability, and – latterly […]
December 5, 2022
Gerflor has launched six striking new designs with its 2022 Taraflex Multi-Use exclusive collection. This heralds the dawn of a new design era for the company’s Olympic standard, world-class vinyl sports flooring. Taraflex sports flooring has been fitted at every Olympic Games since 1976. Approved by numerous National and International governing bodies as a world […]
December 3, 2022
Clementine Blakemore Architects has transformed a collection of ignored agricultural buildings in Dorset into an inclusive retreat and valuable community asset. PhotosLorenzo Zandri & Emma Lewis In West Dorset, Clementine Blakemore Architects (CBA) has turned a series of derelict farmhouse buildings into rural retreat for holiday-makers, a workshop and a centre for community activities. Wraxall […]
December 2, 2022
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ sustainable, on-campus nursery for Staffordshire University puts play, development, wellbeing and nature at the heart of early years education. PhotosDaniel Hopkinson Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, in collaboration with Max Fordham, the £4.4m nursery for Staffordshire University provides 100fte places, including an observational suite with leading digital technology to facilitate […]
December 1, 2022
A contextually sensitive rural temple designed by James Gorst Architects is conceived as a series of orthogonal pavilions unified by a cloistered walkway. PhotosRory Gardiner Won in competition, James Gorst Architects’ temple complex is located in the village of Rake, set within the South Downs National Park. Replacing an existing dilapidated 1970s complex, the new […]
December 1, 2022
The co-founder of Allies & Morrison on how Rome accommodates change. The new need not be the enemy of the old; the present can co-exist with the past. In 1982 – exactly forty years ago – I was on my way back to London having spent a year, or more accurately, nine months, at the […]
December 1, 2022
Voxell Architecture have remodeled a 1970s home that was originally designed by modernist architect Friedrich Eisenhofer. Located in Wellington, New Zealand, the renovation sought to maintain the original vision through strong attention to detail and a simple material palette. This resulted in a new black exterior and roof with wood balcony accents. Welcoming guests to […]
November 28, 2022
Vicki Mordue from Biodiverse Consulting answers readers’ questions. What services/benefits can a biodiversity consultant bring to development projects? Traditionally, a biodiversity consultant would have focussed on the ecology of a project and be involved in the survey, assessment, and mitigation of protected/priority species and habitats. At Biodiverse Consulting we take this further. We offer a […]
November 28, 2022
Melbourne-based architecture firm Powell & Glenn has designed a stunning home for a couple and their three children with outdoor-living as one of the key definers. The client wanted to work with people he could trust so he engaged his old friend Ed Glenn, principal of the architecture firm. He also engaged James Gooley, another […]
November 26, 2022
Design firm Spacecraft co. has completed Early BKK, a cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, that has a unique facade. Kaytita Chaisuksiri of Early BKK wanted to have a cafe that would introduce recycling and green concepts to visitors and neighbors. Since the statement of Early BKK was very clear, Spacecraft started researching upcycled materials and trash […]
November 24, 2022
The form is indisputably farm-like. So, do we care that the house is not on a farm, neither are the owners farmers? No we don’t, as the Bass Coast Farmhouse, designed by Melbourne-based John Wardle Architects, is just too beautiful to ignore. The architects write that the shape and the name relate to a traditional […]
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