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October 10, 2022 Nestled in a woodland setting and located near Grand Marais, Minnesota, the ‘Gaucho‘ A-frame cabin is just a few minutes walk from Lake Superior. The inspiration for the A-frame came from the owner’s time spent living in Argentina, with the exterior clad in metal, and surrounded on two sides by a small […]
Stuart Nicholson, roof systems director at Marley, explores how closer supply chain collaboration and an improved understanding of renewable technologies can help drive the sustainability agenda for architects and tackle domestic energy costs. In association with The journey to 2050 net zero is underway and political leaders have clearly signposted the direction of travel. Part […]
The much-loved South London icon is finally set to be open to the public (for real this time) welcoming visitors into its WilkinsonEyre-refurbished insides on October 14th. Aerial view looking southwest. Credit Jason Hawkes. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott is an architect who has birthed London three icons: the red telephone box, Bankside power station, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
85 Design has completed a family house in Vietnam on a plot measuring just 5m x 20m. To fit a family home on so little land, the architects spread it over five levels and focused on the two problems such sites usually bring: too little daylight and poor ventilation. A large arch on the street […]
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 […]
Wiedemann Architectural, together with BLA Design Group, has completed a new brick home in Vancouver, Canada, that has a terraced design. The four-level home was designed for a large multi-generational family, with plenty of space for the family to enjoy. The house is embedded deep into the site, with three floors rising fully above the […]
Marketa Bromova architekti has designed the interior of an apartment in the Jizera Mountains, Czech Republic. One design element that stands out in the living room, is the fireplace surround that’s clad in bright green tiles. Located between the living room, with its built-in couch, and the hallway, the green tiles of the fireplace are […]