Katie Last

Bliesgau House in German orchard takes cues from agricultural architecture

September 17, 2024 Katie Last 0

Agricultural architecture informed this timber house, which architect Roman Morschett has nestled into a grass-filled orchard site in rural southwest Germany. Named Bliesgau House, the home was designed to celebrate its orchard setting and draw from the rural Gersheim surroundings, with a simple timber structure that sits low in the landscape. Located next to the

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AIM Architecture connects resort buildings with tentacle-like canopies

September 10, 2024 Katie Last 0

A cluster of buildings interconnected by sweeping, tentacle-like canopies form The Spine Resort, a rural resort that Hong Kong studio AIM Architecture has completed in Sichuan. Located next to a lake an hour’s drive south of Chengdu, the resort was designed to resemble organically growing ecosystems, with covered walkways connecting each building. AIM Architecture’s use

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S2B Studio separates levels of London home with slatted floor

September 6, 2024 Katie Last 0

A slatted floor is among the wooden features that fill the interior of Cooper House, the self-designed home of the founders of local practice S2B Studio in north London. Nestled in the garden of a listed building, Cooper House is designed by the husband-and-wife founders of S2B Studio to reference the history of the site, which

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Studio Terratects nestles earthy home into Keralan forest

September 3, 2024 Katie Last 0

Indian practice Studio Terratects has completed Urul, a house on a forested site in Kerala, India, which features a mud-plastered interior. Designed for a client engaged in environmentalism, the home in Wayanad has a natural material palette intended to evoke nature as much as possible. Studio Terratects has also celebrated local craftsmanship and “artisanal techniques”

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Villain House is a concrete replica of an old Barcelona townhouse

August 29, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell has replaced a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona with a concrete home that mimics its original footprint. Named Villain House, the home incorporates the existing front facade, which Architecture Office Claudia Raurell said was the only salvageable part of the structure. The new volume has a blocky, straw-coloured concrete structure

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Expansive roofs create indoor-outdoor spaces in concrete Indian home

August 28, 2024 Katie Last 0

Indian practice Studio MOB has completed A House in the Farm, a modern farmhouse comprising intersecting concrete blocks and sheltered spaces to encourage indoor-outdoor living. Located in Coimbatore, India, the home was designed to straddle the urban sites and farmland that sit on either side of it, in a bold geometric style intended to offer

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Fouché Architects perches black house on forested Queensland hillside

August 27, 2024 Katie Last 0

Australian studio Fouché Architects has completed Tallowwood Cabin, a black house with an angular form that cantilevers over its sloping plot in Queensland. Tallowwood Cabin is located in a small clearing within a forested site in Tallebudgera and was designed for the father of the couple who owns the land. Fouché Architects designed a top-heavy

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Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures refreshes 1960s Swiss mountain chalet

August 24, 2024 Katie Last 0

Pale wooden finishes characterise the interior of the Perfect Day House mountain chalet that has been updated by Swiss studio Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures. Located in Zinal, a mountain village in Switzerland, the home was overhauled with an interior arranged around a central communal living area. In addition to the interior transformation, Giona Bierens

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Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes restore 1950s French stadium

August 23, 2024 Katie Last 0

Architecture studios Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes have refreshed a dilapidated 20th-century stadium in La Ciotat, France, repairing the stand and adding a modernised entrance. Named Jean Bouissou Stadium Stand, the newly updated grandstand adds a modern touch to the existing structure, which was built in 1958 and is home to the ES La

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EBBA Architects brightens home in Camden with “Victorian-like” metal extension

August 20, 2024 Katie Last 0

London studio EBBA Architects has completed the renovation of a terraced house in Camden, London, adding a metal frame structure that takes cues from Victorian design. Named Camden Residence, the project comprises a number of sensitive alterations within the existing building as well as a glazed, double-height extension based around a rigid white frame structure.

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