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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 […]
February 1, 2023 Architect Andrew Morrall has designed the remodel of a home in San Francisco, California, that features a large curving s-shaped kitchen island. The unique, flowing, serpentine kitchen island leads you from the Main Entry towards the open Living Dining Area with expansive views of the San Francisco Skyline. A hint of color […]
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 […]
Alda Ly Architecture (ALA) has designed the Brooklyn flagship location of Lazy Sundaes, a beverage cafe serving Korean bingsoo sundaes (shaved ice) and bubble tea. “The design concept explores the idea of a ‘Lazy Sunset’—that feeling you get when you find theperfect sunny spot on a Brooklyn fire escape or golden hour in a park […]
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 […]
January 24, 2023 RA!, an architecture office founded by Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, and Santiago Sierra, has designed Taquería Los Alexis, that’s located in Mexico City. The small taco shop, which measures 170 sqft (15 sqm), has a striking appearance, with the walls and floor covered in a broken tile mosaic. […]
Nimi Attanayake and Tim O’Callaghan of nimtim architects see their home office/playroom as a space that reflects the challenge of juggling raising children and running a practice. We have two young children and the pandemic was a particularly challenging time to be running an architecture practice. We wanted our photo to capture the way the […]