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Residence / NeoStudio Architekci

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NeoStudio Architekci shared their completed design for a residence in Garby near Poznan, Poland.  Located on a sunken site, the building rests on a steep southern slope.  With the client’s desire for a double height, two-level living room, the home takes its form around that central room.    The back of the home has been fitted to [...]

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House of Spread / FORM | Kouichi Kimura

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© Takumi Ota Architects: FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga, Japan Client: Private Site Area: 707,21 sqm Constructed Area: 152,33 sqm Construction Year: 2010 Photographs: Takumi Ota This is the house for a couple aged 30-something. When I began to design the house, the client requested that the living room should be connected to a Japanese [...]

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Indemann / Maurer United Architects

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“] Architects: Maurer United Architects [MUA] Location: Inden, Germany Project Leaders: Marc Maurer, Nicole Maurer Collaborators: Gaby Vanhommerig, Joost Eggermont, Christoph Meyers, Roy Konings, Alan Frijns, Annika Frencken, Peggy Maurer, Danielle Konings Construction Advisor: Arup GmbH, Düsseldorf W-Installations Advisor: Ingenieurbüro Inco GmbH E-Installations Advisor: T + N Ingenieure GbR Contractor: Metalbau Teufert GmbH Project Area: [...]

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The Japanese House / Konishi Gaffney Architects

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© Alan Craigie Architects: Konishi Gaffney Architects Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Alan Craigie & Kieran Gaffney The Japanese House is a modest family house and studio in Edinburgh designed and self built by Konishi Gaffney architects. The site was a small 200sqm brown-field site, formerly a mechanic’s garage, on a back lane [...]

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Wallis Annenberg center for the Performing Arts / SPF:a

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March 11 marked the groundbreaking celebration at the historic Beverly Hills Post Office for the new Wallis Annenberg center for the Performing Arts, designed by Studio Pali Fekete architects (SPF:a). The historic building will be restored and adapted, and the spaces that were once used for mail sorting and postage purchases will be redesigned …

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Roche Residence / Atelier Archiplein

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Courtesy of Archiplein Architect: Atelier Archiplein Location: Rochebaudin, France Client: Mauricette Tracol Project Area: 220 sqm Budget: 300,000 euros Project year: 2008 Photographs: Courtesy of Archiplein The goal, here, is to sublimate qualities and the feelings already present on the spot. The large gate is the basic element which generates the entire project: its symmetrical [...]

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Mowing to Growing: A Design Competition for Creating Productive Green Space in Cities

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One Prize is launching this competition in the context of larger issues concerning the environment, global food production and the imperative to generate a sense of community in our urban and suburban neighborhoods. From Mowing to Growing is not meant to transform each lawn into a garden, but to open us up to the possibilities [...]

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Metzgerstüble Bar / DI Bernardo Bader

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DI Bernardo Bader Architects have designed the Metzgerstüble bar and café in the Austrian town of Mellau.  The cafe is situated between one of the small town’s main roads and the water.   Made of wooden strips that vary in size to break the monotony of an entirely wood furnished structure, the cafe has a punched in window [...]

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