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April 10, 2024
London studio Knox Bhavan has retrofitted and extended an early Victorian villa on Love Walk in Camberwell, south London. Photos Edmund Sumner Words Madeleine Jacob Based in Camberwell itself, Knox Bhavan remodelled the house next door in 1995; they were appointed to this project in 2019, with the home completing in June 2022. Speaking to […]
April 8, 2024
Photography by Architectuurfotograaf – Rob van Esch Architecture firm WillemsenU has shared photos of a home they completed in a meadow in The Netherlands, that has been built into the ground. The home is tucked away in the landscape, surrounded by flowers and trees, and hidden within a small hill. The design of the house […]
April 8, 2024
Development director at General Projects, Ben Cross talks to AT about retrofitting two major buildings in London and what the market for retrofit is like at the moment and moving forward. Ben Cross (Credit: With Love Studio) What’s going on at the Heal’s Building (currently being retrofitted by Buckley Gray Yeoman)? Our workplace-led re-imagination of […]
April 8, 2024
Those heading to the Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile Milano will experience Milanese abundance when pondering their dinner options as Milan claims to have the highest density of restaurants in Italy, apparently more than 9,000 in total, with new entries appearing daily. Milan-based hospitality group Triple Sea Food has taken a special interest in […]
April 7, 2024
FINNE Architects has shared photos of a Pacific Northwest house they designed on Bainbridge Island, Washington. A 500-ft driveway winds through the woods up to the house, located in a clearing at the top of a gentle hill. The house was designed to be sustainable from the start, with deep roof overhangs, 40% higher insulation […]
April 4, 2024
Leading manufacturer Glidevale Protect has launched Protect FrameSafe FR – a new Class A2-s1, d0 flame retardant external wall breather membrane offering fire protection across low, medium and high rise buildings. Featuring an intricately woven glass fibre fabric with a uniquely developed waterproof and fire resistant coating, Protect FrameSafe FR is a high-performance breather wall […]
April 4, 2024
A pair of high-quality civic-minded office buildings by Gort Scott and Allies and Morrison mediates between a fragmented past and a more connected future at London’s White City. Words Claudia Lynch Photos David Grandorge (Gateway West), Jack Hobhouse (Gateway Central) For Allies and Morrison, London’s White City is an ongoing project. The practice started engaging […]
April 4, 2024
A storage warehouse in the south of France, between Montpellier and the sea, has become a contemporary family home. The conversion is by Brengues Le Pavec architects, who kept the building’s metal frame and industrial character while adapting the house to the Mediterranean climate and way of life. Before: a dark storage building Before the […]
April 3, 2024
Building Arts Architects has shared photos of a contemporary home they recently completed in Dorset, Ontario, that hovers above the natural sloped terrain close to the water’s edge of Kawagama Lake. The building, which sits lightly on the rugged site, invites expansive sky and water views, while a prefabricated 18cm thick mass timber structure called […]
April 3, 2024
Félicie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture, and RIBA Council member, outlines a strategy for boosting profitability, diversity and job satisfaction, and explains why underselling is selling out. I have worked in practice since 2000 and witnessed the way we win, produce and deliver work change dramatically over the last 23 years. With my children now at […]
April 2, 2024
Architecture and art studio Svima has shared photos of a kitchen and living room they updated, with the kitchen featuring brass design accents. Their clients, a Toronto couple, has opposite tastes: he is an enthusiast of tenebrous minimalism, and she is a lover of bright French country kitchens. They wanted to renovate their home of […]
March 28, 2024
Knauf Insulation has launched a range of high-performance ‘gateway-ready’ rainscreen cavity systems. Introduced as part of the Building Safety Act, ‘gateways’ are designed to manage risk at each stage of the design, construction, completion and occupation of a higher-risk building, with each one requiring the approval of the Building Safety Regulator. Knauf Insulation’s timely and […]
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