Architecture & Design Community
October 28, 2022
Studio Weave’s extension to Lea Bridge Library, in Waltham Forest, achieved with the help of the GLA, caters for a growing, diverse community. WordsJason SayerPhotographyJim Stephenson “You used to have to wear thick shoes here,” says Je Ahn, pointing at the ground. “It used to be full of needles and nasty objects – it wasn’t […]
October 28, 2022
Eddie Blake of Studio Weave looks at the Lea Bridge Library, recently extended by Studio Weave, and what it means to genuinely serve a community today. The communities of Leyton are experiencing dramatic change. Along with other areas around the Olympic Park fringe, this Victorian residential suburb and its light industrial edges, is enjoying quiet […]
October 28, 2022
Dion Keech Architects, in collaboration with the homeowner, has completed a new U-shaped house with a black exterior. The homeowner, who is a designer themselves and also owns Mr Pinchy and Co, a contemporary Australian brand that creates sculptural homewares, was heavily involved throughout the design process of the rural house. The house features thick […]
October 26, 2022
Designers and investors are driving a step change in the provision of innovative high-quality projects in the third-age housing sector. Local authorities need to catch up, says Ballymore creative director Roger Black. The renewed interest in architectural housing solutions for senior people is great to see, and the wonderful John Morden Centre by Mae Architects is […]
October 26, 2022
Architects EAT have completed Kori Ice Cream, a fun and colorful ice cream shop with Japanese inspiration that’s located in Hawthorn, Australia. The designers referenced Japanese kawaii culture and the hyperpop music movement, as well as street art and curbside posters to create a graphically and visually strong space. They mention that “peering into the […]
October 25, 2022
Serendipity, good luck and a great deal of trust and courage were all needed to make this elegant restoration of a century-old traditional Mallorcan possessió or rural estate happen. The architectural refurbishment was directed by Bernat Oliver and Javi Márquez, and interior design by Feliu Rullán and Victoria Vidal, the owners of the Mallorcan interior design […]
October 24, 2022
Ross and Emma Perkin met at Edinburgh University. After working in larger practices, the couple gradually started to go it alone, eventually setting up Emil Eve Architects in 2009. Today, they occupy an office on a fifth floor in Hackney that offers views over the Regents Canal and, crucially, provides an ideal home for growing […]
October 24, 2022
October 24, 2022 Architecture and Interior Design firm Wood Marsh has completed a new residential building in Victoria, Australia, that has a remarkable sculptural form. The overall curved design of the asymmetrical building has the appearance of being carved from a single raw material, while the columns have been shaped and crafted to integrate them […]
October 23, 2022
FORWARD Design | Architecture has shared photos with us of the renovation that was done on this mid-century modern home in Kansas City, Missouri. The home, originally designed by the architecture firm Linscott, Kiene & Haylett and built-in 1954, was revolutionary at the time for its T-shaped split-level plan, which allowed for a more spacious, […]
October 21, 2022
Grenier Richards Spensier Architecture, together with interior design firm Studio Findlay, has completed a new house in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Quebec, Canada, that has a striking all black metal and wood exterior. Welcoming guests to the home is a simple entryway with a black front door and a minimalist bench. In the living room, large windows wrap […]
October 20, 2022
Hotels, restaurants, gyms and sports facilities would probably be less attractive and welcoming places without decorative column casings. But the beauty of these elements goes beyond the purely aesthetic, as Peterborough-based specialist Encasement explains. In association with Forma square casings at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire While it’s widely acknowledged that a key benefit […]
October 20, 2022
Narinder Sagoo attributes his creativity to his childhood, where nothing came in abundance and everyone made ends meet by making everything themselves. It is only now that I appreciate the fortune of growing up in a household where nothing came in abundance, where everyone made ends meet by making everything we needed. It could be […]
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