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November 1, 2022
Maximising flat roof specification and installation – ADC
Rob Edwards, Trading Director at SIG Design and Technology, discusses the company’s core service principles and how these can benefit specifiers, with Architecture Today’s Technical Editor John Ramshaw. In association with While flat roofs have long been admired for their aesthetics, efficiency, and material economy, they remain technically challenging – not least in ensuring a long service […]
November 1, 2022
A Curved Brick Facade Presents A Contemporary Face For This Collection Of Townhomes
Architecture firm KUD has designed the Imperium Town Homes, a collection of 4 townhouses in Australia, with a curved brick facade. The exterior features natural earth-colored bricks accented by protruding black metal window frames. The black frames cast shadows onto the brick, adding even further interest to the building’s exterior. Here’s a look at the […]
October 31, 2022
Jake Arnold Restoration Of A 1951 House, Beverly Hills, California, USA – ADC
It is not news to The Cool Hunter readers that we value tasteful restorations. We believe that new and flashy and complicated is easy. Restored and restrained is difficult. So it is easy for us to agree with British-born designer-to-the-stars Jake Arnold for whom his adopted hometown of Los Angeles can at times feel just […]
October 28, 2022
Lea Bridge Library, Waltham Forest, by Studio Weave – ADC
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
Hybridisation Works: The role of the 21st-century library – ADC
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
This U-Shaped House Was Designed to Wrap Around a Courtyard
This rural house, designed by Dion Keech Architects together with its owner, takes a U shape around a courtyard and is finished in black. The owner is a designer who runs Mr Pinchy and Co, an Australian brand of sculptural homewares, and was closely involved throughout the design process. A dark box in the landscape […]
October 26, 2022
Third-age housing – ADC
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
The Creative Use Of Paint Helps This Shop Get Your Attention
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
Cases de Son Serra, Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain – ADC
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
Materials library: Emil Eve – ADC
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
Columns Flared At The Top Like A Champagne Flute Contribute To The Sculptural Form Of This New Building
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
This 1950s Mid-Century Modern Home Was Given A Contemporary Remodel
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, […]