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Paperfarm conceals home in Taiwan behind perforated “brick veil”

July 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area’s history of brick manufacturing. Located in a dense urban area in Kaohsiung, Veil House meets the client’s desire for airy, open spaces while retaining their privacy from the neighbouring buildings on

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Perforated brickwork wraps Premier Office in Vietnam by Tropical Space

July 6, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A shell of perforated brickwork and climbing plants encases this concrete office building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by local studio Tropical Space. Located in the commercial Tan Binh district, the 300-square-metre Premier Office has gridded facades intended to provide occupants with a variety of spatial conditions. The facades feature a mix of

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Geometric perforations characterise coloured concrete housing block in Mexico

February 14, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Mexican studio Miguel de la Torre Arquitectos has designed the Real de Los Reyes housing complex in Mexico City’s Coyoacán neighbourhood, which features coloured concrete facades pierced with circular perforations. The housing block includes 13 individual homes formed from rectilinear reinforced concrete volumes in a distinctive terracotta hue with perforated latticework in Coyoacán, a former village

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Palma positions stucco-clad housing complex on Mexican coastline

January 16, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Off-white stucco walls and a round staircase characterise the Chiripa housing complex in Mexico, which architecture studio Palma designed as a “hybrid” experiment merging residential and hotel-style living. Located on a steep site in the Mexican town of Sayulita along the Riviera Nayarit, Chiripa consists of two geometric volumes that are connected by stacked bridges

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Plan:b Arquitectos creates brick vacation home in Colombian tropical forest

February 24, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Brothers Felipe and Federico Mesa of Plan:b Arquitectos have designed a brick and perforated concrete holiday home for their families in the rural town of La Siria, Colombia. House in La Siria, which sits on a narrow patch of land abutting the tropical forest and mountains around 120 kilometres south west of Medellin, was designed to be as compact

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Golden cinema in France by Antonio Virga evokes the age of “monumental” movie theatres

October 11, 2021 Jon Astbury 0
Grand Palais Cinema by Antonio Virga Architecte in Cahors

French practice Antonio Virga Architecte has used perforated brickwork and gold metal to wrap a cinema building in Cahors, France, which filters light onto the surrounding public square at night. Antonio Virga Architecte’s aim for the building, named Cinema Le Grand Palais, was to reunite a complex of historic buildings originally used as a convent

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Matt Fajkus adds perforated steel screens to Austin boathouse

September 11, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Filtered Frame Dock by Matt Fajkus

Austin studio Matt Fajkus Architecture has designed a boathouse in the Texas city with perforated metal facades calibrated to balance light and shade throughout the year. Located on the shore of a ravine in Austin, the Filtered Frame Dock is a two-storey boathouse positioned close to a nearby house built above water level. The boathouse

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Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium

November 7, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
House for a Daughter

A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around a triple-heigh atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. House for a Daughter in Ho Chi Minh City  is split into two zones, one for a family who will frequently visit the house and another for their daughter who

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R2 Studio adds hole-punched staircase made of ash wood to London house

November 5, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Ash House by R2 Studio

An ash-wood staircase perforated with circular holes connects the two storeys of an Edwardian house in Lewisham, London, which has been extended by architects R2 Studio. Ash House, which overlooks the River Quaggy, is surrounded by gardens mature trees along the river bank. The extension creates more space for the living, kitchen and dining area at

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Atelier Oslo wraps House on an Island in gridded timber facade

March 23, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
House on an Island by Atelier Oslo

A prefabricated timber facade envelops the concrete split-level interiors of this cabin, which Atelier Oslo has slotted onto an outcrop in Skåtøy, Norway. Norwegian studio Atelier Oslo designed the dwelling for a pair of artists who wanted a retreat for contemplation and working on the coast of the Scandinavian island. The cabin, named House on an Island, features

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