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TBo creates sunlit extension for Brooklyn townhouse

August 9, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

A 124-year-old brick Brooklyn townhouse has received a concrete-framed extension by local studio TBo that provides more space for a multi-generational family and creates “gentle oppositions” between the old and new architecture. The project, Monroe Street House, involved the renovation and expansion of a Federal-style brick townhome dating to 1899. The multilevel building rises up

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Mix Architecture refreshes Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory with red brick extensions

August 8, 2023 Katie Last 0

Chinese studio Mix Architecture has turned a disused 1950s factory into an updated office and public park in Nanjing, China. Named Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory, the new development builds upon a 1950s factory in the north of the city. The building was abandoned by its occupants, a machinery manufacturing company, towards the end of the

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Populous set to add hotel to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium

August 4, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Football club Manchester City has won approval to redevelop a stand at its stadium in Manchester, UK, to increase capacity while adding a museum and hotel. Designed by architecture studio Populous, the redevelopment of the Etihad Stadium’s North Stand will increase the venue’s capacity by more than 5,000. The expansion will also include the creation of a

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Scullion Architects transforms Dublin house with extension and garden “sanctuary”

August 3, 2023 Katie Last 0

Irish studio Scullion Architects took visual cues from a nearby public square when designing a timber-clad extension for Vavasour House, a brick home in Dublin. Located on the edge of the city’s Vavasour Square, the home comprises a renovated one-storey brick building as well as a rear extension clad in charred timber. While the existing

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Whittaker Parsons crowns North London mews house with “bolthole” extension

July 25, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Using a combination of copper, larch and structural insulated panels, architecture firm Whittaker Parsons has added an additional storey to a contemporary mews house in Stoke Newington to house a bedroom suite. Originally built in 2005, the property belongs to a couple with two older children, who have lived here for the last decade. The family

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Grotto Studio references shadows with charred-timber cottage extension in Perth

July 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Australian practice Grotto Studio has added a charred-timber extension named Shadow House to a bright cottage in Perth. Informed by shadows, the extension was designed to contrast the existing cottage, which was built in the early 1900s and featured original elements that the studio aimed to preserve. “It was crucial to preserve the cottage’s charm

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ConForm adds “restrained yet rich” all-marble extension to Victorian house

July 12, 2023 Tian Lin 0

London studio ConForm has added a marble side extension to a Victorian terraced house in Hampstead, London. ConForm added the distinctive side extension to the house and used marble to contrast the addition with the existing house. “We approach all projects regardless of typology with a meticulous research phase to find opportunities to create lasting, impactful and

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Atelier-r refreshes neo-gothic church with angular black extension

July 9, 2023 Katie Last 0

Czech studio Atelier-r has refreshed the Red Church in Olomouc, the Czech Republic, adding an angular matte-black extension and public spaces informed by neo-gothic design. The renovated church, along with the added black volume, holds an information centre and cafe as well as an events venue designed to host small concerts and exhibitions. Built in

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Mjölk Architekti creates “wonderful and fun place” for Montessori kindergarten

June 18, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Mjölk Architekti aimed to embed Montessori ideals of learning through play and self-determined activity in this nursery extension in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic. Built in the small town of Jablonec nad Nisou, the project was designed by Prague-based Mjölk Architekti in collaboration with Projektový atelier David. Mjölk Architekti founding partner, Jan Mach, carefully considered his own recollections of preschool and what

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Capella hotel takes over former government building in Sydney

June 4, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Architecture firm Make and interior design practice BAR Studio have converted Sydney’s heritage-listed Department of Education building into the latest outpost from Capella Hotels. The adaptive reuse project involved adding a modern extension with curved glass corners to the building’s roof, set back from its sandstone facade to respect the original Edwardian Baroque architecture. With

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