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Touch Architect shapes French patisserie like “the curve of a croissant”

July 27, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Bangkok studio Touch Architect has created French Kitsch III, a patisserie in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. The 360-square-metre board-marked concrete building was informed by an idea of Frenchness that drew on many different sources, including religious architecture. “French cathedrals have an architectural identity dating back to ancient

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MORE Architecture creates Ginkgo Gallery as “antidote to the museum boom” in China

July 23, 2024 Tian Lin 0

Dutch studio MORE Architecture has completed a concrete museum on an island in a manmade lake in Jiaxing, China. Named Ginkgo Gallery after the ginkgo trees that cover the island, the contemporary art museum comprises exhibition rooms, an auditorium, a reading room and a workshop space. Designed as a small-scale museum and constructed with a

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Crystalline cafe tops Kristal Observation Tower in Slovenia by Korpnik Produkcija

July 20, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Slovenian studio Korpnik Produkcija has completed a concrete observation tower overlooking the spa town of Rogaška Slatina, topped by an angular glass cafe resembling a crystal. Designed by Celje-based Korpnik Produkcija with structural engineers Ponting, Kristal Observation Tower stands 106 metres tall and is currently the tallest building in Slovenia. The studio said it is

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GMP Architekten renovate hyperbolic 1960s hall in Magdeburg

July 19, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio GMP Architekten has completed the renovation of the post-war Hyparschale hall in Magdeburg, Germany. The studio aimed to revitalise the distinctive structure, which was originally designed by Ulrich Müther in the late 1960s, after it been abandoned for 20 years. GMP Architekten renovated the building so that it could reopen as a multifunctional venue

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“Like a concrete shipping container” says commenter

July 17, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house in Japan with thick walls of exposed concrete, completed by Studio Cochi Architects. Due to its location in a dense residential area, the clients wanted the house to be an “urban oasis” protected from overlooking neighbouring buildings. Not all commenters were won over by the

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Dezeen Debate features “absolutely delightful” concrete lookout point

July 16, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a concrete lookout on the Belgian coast by Studio Moto. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Belgian practice Studio Moto has designed a ring-shaped concrete viewpoint on a beach in De Panne that overlooks the North Sea. Readers praised the structure, with one calling it “a delightful

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Studio Moto creates sculptural concrete lookout point on Belgian coast

July 13, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Belgian practice Studio Moto has completed a ring-shaped concrete viewpoint on a beach in De Panne, which rises and falls to echo the surrounding sand dunes. Named Westerpunt, the structure was built alongside an existing promenade that connects De Panne to Dunkirk and overlooks the North Sea. Informed by the idea that “the journey is

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Studio Cochi Architects creates raw concrete house in Japan

July 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Thick walls of exposed concrete create a buffer from the surrounding city at House in Nishizaki, Japan, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Cochi Architects. Located in a newly developed residential area on a former landfill site in Okinawa, the clients wanted an “urban oasis” that would protected from overlooking by neighbouring buildings

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“Simple and clear” service centre draws on roadside buildings in Norway

July 5, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studios Jørgen Tandberg Architecture and Vatn Architecture looked towards the simplicity of utilitarian roadside buildings when designing Brunstranda Service Building in Norway. Located in Lofoten, an archipelago in the north of Norway, the concrete service centre provides rest spaces and bathroom facilities for cyclists and surfers visiting the area. It replaces old and dilapidated

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“Kan-ye not?” asks commenter

June 26, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the news that musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has gutted a Tadao Ando-designed home in California. Ye’s transformation of the Malibu beach house included ripping out the ocean-facing windows, kitchen, marble-clad bathrooms, concrete hot tub and indoor fireplace. Commenters were far from impressed. “A wrecking

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