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October 7, 2022

A Built-In Bench Was Designed For Both Sides Of This Home Extension

October 7, 2022 Ben Callery Architects has shared photos of a recently completed modern extension in Victoria, Australia, that was added to a Victorian heritage terrace house. The new rear extension includes twin parabolic roofs that stand out against the neighboring houses, and allow light to filter through to the interior. The home includes a […]

October 6, 2022

Born again: St John’s Waterloo renovated by Eric Parry – ADC

Eric Parry Architects has given a new lease of life to the Grade II* listed St John’s church in Waterloo, which only just survived the Blitz. “Where’s the church?” questioned the King — King George VI that is — in 1950 when touring the construction site that was Waterloo and Southbank, soon to be home to […]

October 6, 2022

A Glass Roof Lets Light Flood Into This Home Extension In London

Architecture and interiors firm Finkernagel Ross has recently completed a contemporary rear extension to a traditional Victorian home, located in West London, England. The rear extension, which connects the new interior spaces to the garden, has floor-to-ceiling windows and a large sliding glass door. Inside the new extension is a kitchen, living room, and dining […]

October 6, 2022

Julia Barfield – ADC

Julia Barfield explains how Marks Barfield Architects has built on its entrepreneurial activist roots to redirect its energies towards becoming a regenerative practice. ‘For us design is a powerful tool for good, both social and environmental. At its best it improves the quality of people’s lives and lifts their spirits while drawing on a minimum […]

October 6, 2022

Stone Soul House, Melbourne, Australia – ADC

Husband-and-wife, Kathryn Robson and Chris Rak, founders of the Melbourne-based Robson Rak architecture and interior design practice, have recently completed their most demanding and ambitious project to date. It is a dream project in many ways as Robson Rak was commissioned to create not just the house but the interiors as well. The dramatic Stone […]

October 4, 2022

A Wall Of Bi-Fold Windows Open This Kitchen To The Outdoors

Photography by Bresic Whitney Australian firm panda studio architecture has shared with us a project that they completed for their clients, who wanted to transform a single-storey terrace in a heritage conservation area and bring it up to modern standards. One of the design elements they chose to include is a wall of Bi-fold windows […]

October 1, 2022

Metsec SFS delivers on Dutch courage – ADC

In a departure from the more common local habit of using timber, Dutch developers have used SFS steel framing systems from UK-based Metsec to provide infill for the varied shapes, sizes and profiles of a major new development in Amsterdam. More redolent of a three-peaked mountain than a building, Amsterdam Valley is an innovative and […]

September 28, 2022

This Tall And Thin House Is Designed For Living Across Five Floors

85 Design has sent us photos of their recently finished project, a modern home in Vietnam, that’s located on a small piece of land and includes a large arched opening on its facade. Due to the small land size (5m x 20m), and the need to design a home for a family, the house was […]

September 27, 2022

Introducing the September-October 2022 issue – ADC

A new era. Time for the-architecture enthusiast-formerly-known-as-Prince-Charles to stop voicing opinions; to adopt the enigmatic silence befitting a crowned head of state. So does architecture stand to lose its most divisive voice? Some might say it would be a relief. This, after all, is the man who fuelled the public’s distrust of modern architecture. Who […]

September 27, 2022

London Zoo's Snowdon Aviary reinvented as Monkey Valley – ADC

When Lord Snowdon, Cedric Price and Frank Newby designed the aviary at London Zoo, they captured the spirit of the times. Samantha Hardingham charts its transformation from 1960s icon to modern-day monkey hangout. Looking south from the top of Primrose Hill, the Snowdon Aviary at London Zoo has been a distinct and delightful feature of […]