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January 26, 2024
The inaugural AT Technical Seminar, in partnership with SIG Design & Technology, explored roofing design and specification best practice. On Thursday 18th January at The Building Centre in London, Architecture Today hosted a technical seminar with SIG Design & Technology focusing on roofing design and specification best practice. Specialists Ross Finnie, Ian Dryden, Terry Collins, […]
January 25, 2024
Mark Stonell, associate director, Buro Happold discusses the shift to glass building envelopes, addressing challenges with innovative solutions for transparency and energy efficiency. How are architects, engineers and the construction industry as a whole developing solutions to maximise transparency while meeting energy performance targets? Why does transparency still matter today? And how can we manage […]
January 25, 2024
77 Architecture Studio has shared photos of a home they designed on the edge of a housing estate near the forest in central Poland, near Warsaw. The house with its vertical wood facade, gives way to the natural beauty of its surroundings, discreetly immersing its architecture within the dense forest. Exterior lighting added to the […]
January 24, 2024
Indee Design has recently completed a renovation in Montreal, Canada, that transformed a duplex into a single-family home, and included in the interior, is a slide that travels between floors. Stepping inside the home, there’s a glass-front area with floor-to-ceiling windows that look out to the street. This wood-lined area, with curtains, includes a sitting […]
January 24, 2024
Finding its feet: The Farrell Centre, Newcastle Owen Hopkins, director at the Farrell Centre, details how the centre is serving as a genuine public forum for the built environment nine months after opening its doors. Photos Jim Stephenson & Jill Tate Words Owen Hopkins “More wildflower meadows please!”; “No hostile architecture”; “More trees please … […]
January 22, 2024
BENT Architecture has sent us photos of a renovation and extension they completed for a house in Hawthorn, Australia. One design detail that caught our attention is the home office hidden in plain sight in the dining room behind a wood accent wall. The floor-to-ceiling wood accent wall folds open to reveal the home office. […]
January 21, 2024
Wallflower Architecture + Design has completed a house in Singapore whose exterior is wrapped in plants. Set at the edge of the Singapore Botanic Gardens and surrounded by lush growth, the home was designed so that natural elements are part of its structure rather than an add-on. Screens, vines and glass The house is cloaked […]
January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024 Architect Jan Tyrpekl, has shared photos of a small elevated cabin that was designed in Hainburg an der Donau, Austria, for a client who owned a farm and wanted somewhere to relax. Located on the border of a young orchard and mature trees. It has an archetypal house shape, but it is […]
January 16, 2024
Bjella Architecture has sent us photos of a contemporary home they completed in Los Angeles, California, that’s nestled on a hillside overlooking the sprawling city. Due to the home being in an area prone to earthquakes, the structural elements are bigger and bolder. There are timbers connected by heavy steel plates, ornate steel compression struts […]
January 16, 2024
dMFK Architects has brought a 1970s office building in Fitzrovia up to speed with a series of strategic alterations made to provide a modern, flexible workplace. Photos Jack Hobhouse In Fitzrovia, Central London, dMFK Architects has completed the retrofit of 45 Whitfield Street, a five-storey office building from the 1970s, on behalf of client Derwent […]
January 15, 2024
Mclaren.Excell has skilfully reworked a pair of listed Oxfordshire barns, creating a sustainable and future-proof home. Photos Rory Gardiner McLaren.Excell has transformed a pair of grade II-listed barns in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, into a sustainable and future-proof home. The project, includes a two-storey bedroom wing, which is connected to the existing structure via a glazed link. […]
January 14, 2024
Studio for Architecture & Collaboration (StudioAC) has designed a modern single-family home with a black exterior in Toronto, Canada. The home has a gable roof and appears as a series of stacked boxes, with different levels defining the various areas of the home. The rear of the home is similar to the facade, with the […]
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