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November 1, 2024
Piers Taylor’s holiday home for his family in Corfu takes root within its rugged terrain, paying homage to the area’s local building practices. Photos Jim Stephenson In the unassuming hinterlands on the Greek island of Corfu, a new concrete structure can be seen emerging from the landscape. Topped by a corrugated sheet metal roof, the […]
September 3, 2024
Office S&M has skilfully reworked a Victorian terraced house in north London, creating a spacious and eye-catching home for a young family of four. Photos French + Tye Office S&M’s remodelling and extension of a Victorian terraced house in north London draws on the clients’ love of municipal buildings and public infrastructure, resulting in a […]
August 16, 2024
London studio Artefact has extended a 1950s property in Surrey, making clever use of triangular blue blocks and terracotta tiles to add some Caribbean flavour to the suburban home. Photos Lorenzo Zandri Just beyond the southern outskirts of London, a striking new wing has been added to home in Epsom. Originally built by the development […]
August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024 Design and build company Alloy Homes Incorporated, has sent us photos of a new home they completed in Calgary, Alberta, that was artfully designed around its relationship with the mature urban forest across the street Stepping inside, we see a minimalist foyer with a bench and metallic accents. Each room in the […]
June 13, 2024
Prague-based practice IXA has completed a heartfelt memorial to a celebrated Czech army general and underground resistance leader from the Second World War. Photos Benedikt Markel In 2017, nearly 30 years after the fall of the communist regime, Zdeňka Mašínová regained her father‘s ancestral farm in Lošany, Czech Republic. In the same year, a society […]
June 13, 2024
John Pardey revisits the acclaimed modernist house that Peter Aldington built for himself and his wife in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, in the 1960s, and reflects on the nature of permanence and the architect’s enduring love of the ordinary. Words John Pardey Photos Richard Bryant/Arcaid For most people, the buildings of the 1960s – unlike music and […]
May 8, 2024
In Dvorce, Prague, Green House by Aoc architekti transforms a tired 1960s dwelling into a modern villa connected to its natural surroundings. Photos Studio Flusser Set against the picturesque backdrop of the Vltava River and the Church of St. Philip and Jacob in Zlíchov, the Green House adopts a distinct, fine scraped green render façade […]
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 […]
March 6, 2024
Architecture Office has restored and extended a Grade II listed property on the River Fowey in Cornwall. Photos Nick Dearden Edinburgh studio Architecture Office has completed an extension to a Grade-II listed 19th Century home in the in the village of Golant. Located just off the wide banks of the River Fowey, the house sits […]
March 2, 2024
London studio Selencky Parsons has repurposed a former apple store into an extension for a home in West Sussex. In the town of East Grinstead, Selencky Parsons has transformed what was once an old apple store for a manor house into a home that unites the previously disconnected elements on its site. Originally, the single […]
February 22, 2024
“It’s made us better architects.” Surman Weston discuss with AT everything from buying the site at auction to being a main contractor for the project. Photos Jim Stephenson How did you find the site? Percy Weston We’d been looking since 2016 and been to a few auctions, but had found ourselves being blown out of […]
February 22, 2024
ADR‘s simple yet refined dwelling for a ski resort manager in the north of the Czech Republic draws on vernacular mountain architecture. Photos BoysPlayNice Sited in Horní Malá Úpa in the Czech Republic, Bučina Cottage is compact yet expressive residence for the manager of a local ski resort. Designed by Prague-based architect ADR, the two-storey […]
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