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Edition Office tops New South Wales home with “bird’s mouth” cutout roof

February 1, 2024 Shona Jackson 0

Architecture studio Edition Office has created a three-bedroom house with a cutout roof and fibre-cement cladding in Mossy Point, Australia. Elevated on parallel blockwork walls within a peaceful, wooded area, the home comprises a two-storey structure with a dramatic aperture in the roofline that forms a sheltered outdoor dining space. Clad in simple grey fibre

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Winwood McKenzie hides “urban oasis” behind Melbourne cottage’s heritage facade

February 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Australian studio Winwood McKenzie has extended a former worker’s cottage in Northcote, Melbourne to create a house arranged around two courtyard gardens. Named Quarry House, the home is located alongside the former Northcote Quarry and Brickworks – now the All Nations Park – and references the site’s industrial past with a palette of exposed brick and

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Junya Ishigami designs one-kilometre-long museum emerging from Chinese lake

February 1, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has created the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on a lake in China, which features openings that let water flow over the museum floor. Located on an artificial lake at the entrance of a new development zone in Rizhao in China’s Shandong Province, the 20,000-square-metre linear museum extends from one side of

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Invisible Studio & Pearce+ construct domed woodworking pavilion topped with aluminium shingles

February 1, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

British practices Invisible Studio and Pearce+ have created a woodworking shelter at Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire with green oak framework and an aluminium shingle roof. Designed for Forestry England as a companion to an existing community building, Invisible Studio and Pearce+ combined unprocessed timber construction methods and digital fabrication techniques to configure the hemispherical pavilion.

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Lessons from Relocating and Building New Capital Cities in the Global South

February 1, 2024 Paul Yakubu 0

The relocation of a capital city is a complex urban decision with various dimensions and consequences for both the old and new capital. It can be driven by political, economic, societal, and other factors, and has urban and architectural implications for residents. These include factors such as location, planning, building design, the purpose of the old capital, climatic conditions, and separating the political/administrative hubs from cultural and economic cities.

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House in Puntiró / RipollTizon

February 1, 2024 Pilar Caballero 0

The land where the house is situated has a steep slope ascending from the street, offering breathtaking views of the Bay of Palma. The governing regulations for the plot play a decisive role: buildings are required to consist primarily of a main body with an essentially rectangular plan, a simple volumetric design, and a sloping roof finished with traditional ceramic tiles.