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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
Real estate agents West Coast Modern, has sent us photos of their latest listing, a remodeled 1968 mid-century modern home in Vancouver, Canada. Let’s take a look at the ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos of the home… Before – The Exterior The original home had faded green paint and white framed windows that matched the garage […]
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 5, 2022
An AT Schüco webinar exploring how we can adapt and improve our existing building stock to meet present and future needs is taking place on Wednesday 25th May. The UK has the oldest building stock in the world and the ways in which we continue to use and adapt it will be crucial to ensuring […]
May 5, 2022
Melanie Whild joined Birmingham-based Weedon Architects for her year out, and never left. She reflects on the way the 100-year-old practice and its projects have evolved. The history of Weedon Architects intrigued me the moment I stepped through the front door. A practice over 100 years old, the old hard-backed construction textbooks in their library, […]
May 4, 2022
Studio Ilk Architecture + Interiors have shared with us their recently completed project, a new house in a semi-rural area of Tasmania, Australia, that includes stone walls. The house is located on a site with challenging bushfire exposure, complex biodiversity overlays, and a rugged cliff-side coastline to the East and South. The exterior of the […]
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
Radical Rooms: Power of the plan Jessica Mairs2022-05-03T18:06:29+01:00 Source: Architecture Today
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