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Beiramar House / Merooficina

June 30, 2022 Susanna Moreira 0

Casa da beiramar is located in one of Aveiro’s ancient fishermen neighborhoods, beira-mar, a downtown landscape of long and narrow old fishermen houses built on adobe, coated by colorful tiles of the local industry and filled with green ceramic flowerpots.

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Beiramar House / Merooficina

June 30, 2022 Susanna Moreira 0

Casa da beiramar is located in one of Aveiro’s ancient fishermen neighborhoods, beira-mar, a downtown landscape of long and narrow old fishermen houses built on adobe, coated by colorful tiles of the local industry and filled with green ceramic flowerpots.

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Villa Tulum / NOIZ architekti

June 30, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

The project of a villa in Mexico is situated in dense forests near the city of Tulum on the Yucatan Peninsula. Part of the natural local vegetation also penetrates the land. Site is divided into two parts by the building itself – in front of the villa there is a forest zone and behind it a zone of lower vegetation, but also natural for the area – the Caribbean garden. The greenery on the plot is therefore characteristic of the place, but the architecture itself differs from the local one. Nevertheless, it is designed to respect local conditions and climate as much as possible.

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Yuko Nagayama & Associates creates trapezoidal glasses shop and community hub

June 30, 2022 Katie Last 0
Yuko Nagayama & Associates glasses shop

Tokyo studio Yuko Nagayama & Associates has completed a copper-clad eyewear store for brand JINS in Maebashi, Japan, which contains a cafe and rooftop terrace. Named JINS Park, the shop in Gunma Prefecture was designed to act as a space for the community to gather whether they are shopping in the store or not. “We proactively

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Coop Himmelb(l)au was “closest to so-called deconstructivism” says Wolf Prix

June 30, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
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Deconstructivism aimed to break free from the constraints of traditional architectural thinking, says Coop Himmelb(l)au co-founder Wolf Prix in this exclusive interview as part of our deconstructivism series. According to Prix, the Austrian studio set out to “liberate” space, which had previously been constrained by regular geometry. “We have to liberate space because this is

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Family House Renovation in Blonay / Graber & Petter Architectes Sàrl

This family house, typical of domestic 1970s architecture in Switzerland, has been completely renovated. Its location in the upper parts of the village of Blonay, offers its inhabitants an unobstructed view of Lake Geneva and the Alps. Subtle and specific interventions on the original reinforced concrete structure have freed up certain spaces revealing the potential of the house. The renovation therefore enhances the essence of the existing spaces while reinterpreting certain elements to reveal their functional and spatial qualities.