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May 15, 2022
Architects Annie Barrett of aalso architects and Hye-Young Chung of HYCArch have completely transformed an existing Spanish-style house in Los Angeles for a couple anticipating semi-retirement. Working together with Landscape Architect David Hocker of Hocker Design, the front garden has been created with a dense screen of San Pedro cacti, replacing the need for a […]
May 13, 2022
OMA and KRIS YAO | ARTECH have completed the Taipei Performing Arts Center, a “super theatre” comprising a huge glazed cube intersected by spherical and cuboid theatres. The Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC) hosts three theatres – the spherical 800-seat Globe Playhouse, 1,500-seat Grand Theater and 800-seat Blue Box – that intersect a central cube. […]
May 12, 2022
John McAslan + Partners’ sensitive restoration of the much-loved Burrell Collection has improved environmental performance and ensured that the gallery will be enjoyed by future generations, writes Jennifer O’Donnell. Walking into Pollok Country Park, it is easy to forget how near you are to Glasgow City Centre. I prefer to enter the park on foot, […]
May 11, 2022
Kate Goodwin, professor at the University of Sydney and former Head of Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, on Darwin, a city that provokes a vegemite reaction. St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral designed by Ian Ferrier of Donoghue Cusick and Edwards in 1957 and completed in 1962 It’s nearly 2am […]
May 11, 2022
Yusti Herrera of Ian Chalk Architects explains how revisiting historic methods of reading the landscape informed the practice’s approach to building a new house in collaboration with RA Studio in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Cornish coast. Drawing inspiration from traditional mining workshop typologies, the larch-clad extension designed in collaboration with RA […]
May 10, 2022
Karlikova Architects has sent us a new project, a modern house in Kyiv, Ukraine, that has the post and beam structure exposed throughout the home. Inspired by the form of a Bavarian chalet, the house was designed to host events, such as parties for large groups of people and biker club meet-ups (50+ people). The […]
May 9, 2022
James Alder Architects has added a russet extension to a home in north-west London, which has a steeply pitched roof following the outline of a now demolished lean-to. Architect James Alder was asked to design the extension for a couple who, having lived in the flat for some time, wanted a bigger kitchen and dining […]
May 9, 2022
Maria Lisogorskaya discusses the collective’s approach to combining bespoke materials and finishes with off-the shelf products. Maria Lisogorskaya is one of the founding directors of Assemble, a collective whose work sees frequent overlaps between architecture, design and art. Assemble, an architectural collective founded in 2010, runs from its self-designed Sugarhouse Studios within a retrofitted school […]
May 5, 2022
Patrick Lewis from the Brick Development Association answers readers’ questions about bricks. A brick loggia blurs the distinction between inside and outside at The Blockmakers Arms, a converted and extended London pub designed by Erbar Mattes Architects. How do you tackle movement when building with brick?All buildings move and brickwork is no exception. Clay brick […]
May 4, 2022
Read about the AT Schüco showroom panel discussion that explored how we balance the carbon cost of demolition, conservation and building performance. Embodied carbon is at the heart of the sustainability conversation and how we use our current building stock will be the key to ensuring a viable sustainable future. At this Schüco Showroom panel […]
May 3, 2022
Hannah Brewster from ADP makes the case for using empty retail space to take outpatient services out of the hospital and onto the high street. ADP Architecture’s Shopping for Health concept seeks to repurpose shopping centres to meet the growing need for community-centred outpatient services and other vital healthcare facilities. The Covid pandemic has transformed […]
May 3, 2022
Radmat discusses how the ‘fifth façade’ can help mitigate climate change. In association with A new report from the University of Southampton’s Energy and Climate Change Division, School of Engineering, commissioned by the NFRC Charitable Trust, highlights some key steps that specifiers, building owners and home owners can take to use the roof to help […]
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