Lizzie Fison

Jailmake overhauls south London home to make kitchen garden the focal point

June 26, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

South London studio Jailmake has redesigned this once “ill-functioning” 1960s house in Peckham by opening up the kitchen and dining area to a spacious garden. The East Dulwich-based studio, which is made up of 3D designers and engineers, completely reorganised the layout of the two-storey home, opening up the ground floor to redirect the “flow”of movement though the house. The sense of

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MWAI uses pale grey tones in west London flat renovation for two design enthusiasts

June 25, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

London studio MWAI has used a soft-grey palette to update an apartment on the upper floors of a Victorian terrace in Little Venice, applying the tone to chevron-patterened tiling and oak floors. The architects used geometric tiling and shades of white and grey to emphasise the space and lightness within the minimalist home, which they created for two design enthusiasts and their growing family. At

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Timber-framed cabin by Hanna Michelson stands on stilts to peep over the treetops of Swedish mountain

June 19, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Swedish architect Hanna Michelson has completed a stilted timber cabin overlooking the Åsberget mountains, as the first of four getaways being built for the Bergaliv Landscape Hotel. The Stockholm-based architect, who works for Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, was commissioned by Bergaliv to build the 10-metre-tall heart-pine and spruce Lofthuset (loft house) on a former ski slope in

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Tolila+Gilliland creates its new Paris studio in an old attic workshop

June 18, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Architects Benoît-Marie Moriceau and Gaston Tolila have overhauled an old workshop in Paris’ Butt aux Cailles neighbourhood to create an office and studio for their growing team. Tolila + Gilliland had outgrown its previous office space, so the 12-person team relocated to the attic space, which had formerly served as an atelier for several different businesses. To start with, the architects peeled back layers

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Clever storage surrounds window seat in Prague flat renovated by Atelier 111 Architekti

June 17, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Birch-plywood cabinets completely surround a set of windows in this renovated 1930s home in Prague, creating a cosy lounge space framed by space-saving solutions. Locally based Atelier 111 Architekti was tasked with combining two separate flats to create the home for a growing family. The clients, a psychologist and scriptwriter with two small children, originally owned the larger flat and bought

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Haverstock extends school on London’s modernist Alexandra Road Estate

June 15, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

British architecture studio Haverstock has added new facilities to a school on the historic Alexandra Road Estate in London’s Camden, built by architect Neave Brown in the 1970s. The Camden-based studio added new therapy rooms and short-stay accommodation for up to 50 young people with autism and learning difficulties to the Jack Taylor School, which first opened in 1978 at

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Bespoke storage creates room for bicycles in renovated Barcelona flat

June 14, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped a Barcelona apartment, opening up the partitions to create a large living space with a bespoke, wall-mounted bicycle rack. Called CaSA for short, the Barcelona studio renovated the previously dark, compartmentalised apartment, to suit the client – a cycling and sports enthusiast. By the entrance to the apartment, called Sant Antoni, three

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Bespoke storage creates room for bicycles in renovated Barcelona flat

June 14, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Colombo and Serboli Architecture has revamped a Barcelona apartment, opening up the partitions to create a large living space with a bespoke, wall-mounted bicycle rack. Called CaSA for short, the Barcelona studio renovated the previously dark, compartmentalised apartment, to suit the client – a cycling and sports enthusiast. By the entrance to the apartment, called Sant Antoni, three

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EFFEKT unveils spiralling tower and treetop walkway near Copenhagen

June 12, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Architecture studio EFFEKT has released plans for a 600-metre-long treetop walkway connected to a spiralling observation tower with 360-degree views over the forest canopy of Haslev, Denmark. The local studio designed the continuous timber ramp as a commission for Camp Adventure, a tree-top adventure park located in the forests of Glisselfeld Kloster, Haslev – one hour south of Copenhagen. Shaped like an hourglass,

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EFFEKT unveils spiralling tower and treetop walkway for southern Denmark

June 12, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Architecture studio EFFEKT has released plans for a 600-metre-long treetop walkway connected to a spiralling observation tower with 360-degree views over the forest canopy of southern Denmark. The local studio designed the continuous timber ramp as a commission for Camp Adventure, a tree-top adventure park located in the forests of Glisselfeld Kloster, Haslev – one hour south of Copenhagen. Shaped like an hourglass,

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