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D/Dock creates immersive exhibition space inside 19th-century Amsterdam gasworks

November 15, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Creative studio D/Dock has transformed a hall inside Amserdam’s former Westergasfabriek gasworks into Fabrique des Lumières – billed as the largest immersive art centre in the Netherlands. Commissioned by Parisian company Culturespaces, D/Dock’s design and build team transformed the double-height 3,800-square-metre hall into an exhibition space where bright, colourful artworks are projected across the floor

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Terroir revamps 1960s Tasmanian office “using no new resources at all”

November 14, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Terroir has turned an abandoned 1960s office into its own workspace in Hobart, Australia, reusing the existing structure and timber framework. Terroir designed the office as “a small experiment that challenges the paradox of sustainable architecture”, adding as little as possible – with the only new elements being electrical cabling for power and

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Ann Nisbet Studio nestles house within stone ruin in Ayrshire

November 13, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture practice Ann Nisbet Studio has created a timber-framed house, named Cuddymoss, within a stone ruin in Ayrshire, Scotland. With the aim of retaining the form of the ruins, Ann Nisbet Studio inserted an insulated timber frame into the existing ruin and created an adjoining timber-clad extension. The 171-square-metre house is formed of two gabled

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Loader Monteith adds charred-timber-clad office to brownfield site in Inverness

November 2, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a mono-pitched roof, along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. Located in Inverness, northern Scotland, the two-story office building features a steep mono-pitched roof and is defined by its charred timber cladding and

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Henning Larsen unveils design for world’s largest timber logistics centre

October 30, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has revealed plans for a mass-timber logistics hub on Flevopolder island, the Netherlands, that will be the largest of its kind in the world. Designed by Henning Larsen, the 155,000-square-metre hub will contain offices, shuttle storage and pallet shuttle, as well as a restaurant and roof garden. Expected to be

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Yukawa Design Lab arranges Shirasagi Children’s Library around playful wooden steps

October 26, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Yukawa Design Lab has created a children’s library overlooking Shirasagi Park in Sakai, Japan. Connected by a bridge to the neighbouring park, Yukawa Design Lab designed the timber-framed building with large windows to connect it to the green space. On the ground floor, the 192-square-metre building has an infant zone and cafe along with outdoor

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