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Black timber and metal cloak low-lying Weald House in Kent

November 11, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studios Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects have completed Weald House, a barn-like home designed to be “deeply connected” to its rural site in Kent, UK. Described by Mailen Design and Peter Bradford Architects as a “contemporary interpretation of the familiar agricultural black barn”, the home has a low-lying, pitched-roof structure wrapped with blackened-timber

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Reiach and Hall Architects renews “dated” science facilities at the University of Aberdeen

November 8, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This video produced by Jim Stephenson spotlights the University of Aberdeen Science and Teaching Hub by Reiach and Hall Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. It is the fourth video published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to highlight

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Home renovation by Paloma Bau designed as “ode to the sea”

November 7, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Textured tiles and exposed surfaces feature in the rehabilitation of this historic home in Valencia completed by local interior design studio Paloma Bau. Originally built in 1925, the studio aimed to improve its dark and heavily partitioned interiors to transform the space into a modern and functional home for its young owner. Keen to preserve

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Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris

November 5, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres. Built by Kengo Kuma and Associates as part of the Grand Paris Express – a new transport system made up of rapid transit lines – the station serves as an interchange between four metro

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Shay Cleary Architects completes “first low-rise, high-density residential development in Ireland”

November 3, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Shay Cleary Architects has completed a residential complex comprising a series of low-rise apartments and duplexes organised around a triangular courtyard in Dublin. Drawing on its research into sustainable urban housing typologies, The Residences at Sanford Lodge development by Shay Cleary Architects forms the “first completed low-rise, high-density residential development in Ireland”, according

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Eight interiors where gridded ceilings serve as a decorative element

November 3, 2024 Starr Charles 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve gathered eight interiors that showcase gridded ceilings as both structural and decorative features within homes. While ceilings in contemporary homes are often unadorned surfaces, this collection of interiors highlights the ability of gridded roof structures to serve either as a subtle addition to an interior or as a statement feature

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John McAslan + Partners refurbishes 20th-century Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow

November 1, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This video produced by Jim Stephenson features the updated Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow by architecture studio John McAslan + Partners, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The film forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in

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BIG wraps Copenhagen headquarters with 140-metre-long concrete staircase

October 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has completed its own concrete headquarters on an industrial harbour in Copenhagen. Situated along a pier in the city’s Nordhavn neighbourhood, the 27-metre-tall BIG HQ is wrapped by a protruding staircase that connects its seven floors. Expansive glazed openings arranged in a checkerboard pattern break up the monolithic form, which is

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Andblack Design Studio designs undulating preschool to “foster creativity and play”

October 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Parametric forms topped with greenery define this preschool in Andhra Pradesh, India, which has been completed by architecture firm Andblack Design Studio. Named Cocoon Pre-primary Extension, the preschool was designed as an extension to the existing Bloomingdale International School and has been shortlisted in the education project category for this year’s Dezeen Awards. Aiming to

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North Gate social housing by Page\Park designed for residents to “embrace as their own”

October 25, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This film produced by Jim Stephenson spotlights the North Gate social housing project in Glasgow by Page\Park Architects, which has been shortlisted for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. The video forms part of a series being published by Dezeen in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to

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