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Margine draws on Salento’s vernacular architecture for minimalist Italian villa

April 10, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A minimalist exterior of white render and local stone paving reference the traditional architecture of Italy’s Salento region at Casa Ulìa, a villa by local architecture studio Margine. Named Casa Ulìa, or Olive House, after the trees on the site, the 480-square-metre dwelling near Lecce was completed for a couple who wanted an “oasis of

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Kauh restores historic Spanish park to be a “palimpsest of its evolution”

April 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish architecture practice Kauh has completed the renovation of La Hoya Park in the historical centre of Almería, restoring a series of stepped, dry stone terraces on the site of a 13th-century town. Located at the base of a gorge surrounded by Almería’s 11th-century Jayrán Wall, Kauh won a 2019 competition to reimagine the historic

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Izat Arundell clads remote Outer Hebrides home with local stone

April 3, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Thick walls of local stone shelter Caochan na Creige, a home in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides by local practice Izat Arundell designed to “sit respectfully in the landscape”. Caochan na Creige – which means ‘little quiet one by the rock’ – is a small home perched in a sheltered inlet on the eastern coast of the

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Studio Locomotive completes garden-topped community centre in Thailand

March 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Locomotive has completed Tree O’Clock, a “communal hub” topped by rooftop gardens for an upcoming housing development in Thailand. Located in Phuket City, the centre provides the Villa Qabalah housing – which is due to complete at the end of 2024 – with a restaurant, bar, gallery, workshop, health studio and gardens,

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Recycled stone forms walls of Rajasthan farmhouse by Sketch Design Studio

March 15, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Sketch Design Studio has completed a rural residence in north India that combines a highly ordered facade with a rustic stone interior. Located near the Aravalli mountains in Rajasthan, the two-storey Stone House is built from stone blocks sourced from local demolition sites. The walls are rendered externally in mud and lime plaster. This provides

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Studio Guma converts stone farmhouse into “family sanctuary” in Normandy

March 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to “evoke the rural history” of the site. Located in the village of Hécourt, the farmhouse and two outbuildings have been adapted to create a “family sanctuary” suitable for gatherings. “The main ambition of the landowner was to

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Powerhouse Company completes Europe’s first mass-timber academic building

March 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, is “the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood”. Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg, the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone. The main structure and internal

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Gabion walls filled with stone “camouflage” Indian home by Earthscape Studio

March 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. The Infinite Rise is located near the village of Anaikatti on an elevated, rocky site that provides expansive views across the surrounding mountain ranges. Looking to disrupt

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BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone

February 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Pale sandstone walls bring a “warm and welcoming” feel to this columbarium in a cemetery in Radom, Poland, which has been completed by local studio BDR Architekci. Located in the centre of Radom Municipal Cemetery – one of the largest cemeteries in Poland – the columbarium has 2,000 storage niches for funeral urns, organised across

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Ten contemporary buildings that showcase the versatility of structural stone

February 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

To conclude our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’ve collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. This week, Stone Age 2.0 has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. Among

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