Betty Owoo

Sergison Bates Architects completes courtyard housing block in south London

August 11, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A planted communal courtyard designed to promote “neighbourliness” and grey brick define this infill housing block by Sergison Bates Architects in Clapham, London. Positioned in an enclosed site behind rows of terraced Victorian houses in an urban block, Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing was designed to bring light into the nine apartments on the site through

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Rural Office creates Arts and Crafts-informed home in Surrey

August 10, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A steeply-pitched roof covered in red-clay tiles defines Middle Avenue House, a family home in Surrey designed by architecture studio Rural Office. The dwelling, which replaces an interwar bungalow on a corner plot, is intended to be sensitive to the suburb of the town of Farnham in which it is located. Middle Avenue House has been

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Niall McLaughlin Architects creates glasshouse-informed steel pavilion on the Isle of Wight

July 31, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a prefabricated steel-framed home with a pyramidal copper roof overlooking a tidal saltmarsh on the Isle of Wight. Called Saltmarsh House, the home designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects was one of thirty winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ National Awards for 2023, and one of

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Weathered stone and larch clad Cotswolds House by Oliver Leech Architects

July 18, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

London studio Oliver Leech Architects used a palette of weathered stone and larch to complete Cotswolds House, a timber-framed home in rural Warwickshire. Located in the village of Stourton in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the house is designed by Oliver Leech Architects to sit within the surrounding landscape that overlooks the Stour Valley.

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People’s Architecture Office creates amorphous Amoeba Public Restroom for all genders

July 14, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Curved micro cement and stucco walls define this amoeba-shaped public restroom in Beijing, China, designed by People’s Architecture Office “with inclusivity as a priority.” Called Amoeba Public Restroom, the facility designed by People’s Architecture Office has an irregular and organic shape reminiscent of cellular organisms. “The Amoeba Public Restroom is designed with inclusivity as a

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New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala

July 10, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Rammed-earth walls and earth bricks define 32° East Arts Centre, a community arts space in Uganda by London architecture practice New Makers Bureau in collaboration with Ugandan design firm Localworks. Located in Kabalagala, a central district of Kampala, the art centre was commissioned by the 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust, a not-for-profit organisation that

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Pen y Common is a larch-clad extension to a traditional Welsh longhouse

July 7, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A larch-clad extension defines Pen y Common, a 17th-century longhouse overhauled by Nidus Architects and Rural Office that sits on a hillside in rural Wales. The dwelling, which is located on a hill overlooking the market town of Hay-on-Wye, contains a new living space, master bedroom, and entrance lobby in its extension. It was created

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Office S&M uses colour and geometry to create Graphic House in London

June 30, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Graphic shapes and bold hues define the living spaces of this mid-terrace Edwardian home in east London, overhauled by architecture studio Office S&M. Aptly named Graphic House, the playful renovation in Hackney makes use of colour and art deco forms that reflect the tastes of its graphic-designer owners. Office S&M has used the variety of

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Tree House by the Lake is a home made from recycled materials in Vietnam

June 29, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Recycled metal sheeting and repurposed wood and glass form Tree House by the Lake, a home in Vietnam designed by local studio H2. Located on the shores of Da Bang Lake in the Chau Duc District in Vietnam, the home was commissioned by an elderly couple and designed by H2 to bring them and their

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Casa Pátios de Pétalas is decorated with “flower petal” walls

June 23, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Curved white walls define Casa Pátios de Pétalas, a house created by Portuguese studio Sandra Micaela Casinha Atelier with an organic shape that was informed by flowers. Located in the Gondomar neighbourhood in the east of Porto, the house was designed for a family with a young daughter. Sandra Micaela Casinha Atelier’s design aimed to

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