Betty Owoo

Built Works creates Drying Shed sauna in East Sussex woodland

December 2, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Red shingles and an oversailing roof characterise this sauna, which London studio Built Works has completed in a woodland in East Sussex. Located on the edge of a family-run farm in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Drying Shed serves guests staying in two nearby cabins. The sauna was commissioned by Architects Holiday,

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The Bloom Architects tops Tile House with inverted roof in Vietnam

November 17, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Red tiles envelop the roof and walls of this family home, which Vietnamese studio The Bloom Architects has arranged around a central courtyard in the city of Bao Loc. Appropriately called Tile House, the home in the Central Highlands region is designed by The Bloom Architects to remain cool despite the tropical climate. The tiles on

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Bird wings inform design of Dapi Mountain Restaurant in China

November 15, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A sweeping roof designed to resemble a bird wing defines this restaurant, which Chinese studio Galaxy Arch has created on the grounds of an ancient temple on Dapi Mountain, China. Named Dapi Mountain Restaurant, the building is designed to provide a better experience for visitors to the peak in the Dapishan Scenic Area, which is

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Curved walls of reclaimed wood enclose Boobun Pocket Cafe in Thailand

November 11, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Reclaimed wood fashioned into panels covers this small cafe designed by CUP Scale Studio in the centre of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Called Boobun Pocket Cafe, the compact building comprises a coffee bar on the ground floor and seating areas on its upper storeys that are formed from interlocking wooden platforms. CUP Scale Studio designed the

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ISM Architecten expands modernist house BEEV with rooftop volume

November 10, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A modernist house originally designed by Belgian architect Paul Neefs has undergone a restoration by architecture studio ISM Architecten in the town of Beerse, Belgium. Named BEEV, the home has been reconfigured and extended to enhance its functionality and efficiency while preserving its original design from 1967. ISM Architecten’s intervention sees the addition of a rooftop

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Akin Atelier houses Gallery Shop at Sydney Modern in “translucent bubble”

November 9, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Curved resin walls define this retail space, which architecture studio Akin Atelier has created for the Sydney Modern extension at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Designed by Akin Atelier with surfboard designer Hayden Cox, the Gallery Shop is located in the entrance pavilion of the gallery that was recently completed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning

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IJboulevard is an underwater bike park in Amsterdam

November 8, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Dutch studio VenhoevenCS Architecture + Urbanism has completed IJboulevard, an underwater bicycle park for Amsterdam Central Station in the Netherlands. The facility provides underwater parking for 4,000 bicycles, as well as a pedestrian boulevard above ground with panoramic views over the River IJ. Commissioned by the Municipality of Amsterdam, VenhoevenCS Architecture + Urbanism sought to

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RAPA combines thatch and stone at lakeside holiday home in Hungary

November 6, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

A cantilevered form with thatched surfaces defines Summer House, a holiday home designed by architecture studio RAPA on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. RAPA used materials sourced locally in Hungary to create the three-storey dwelling, which was commissioned by a family who wanted an intimate and cosy summer residence. Its design reinterprets local building

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CRÜ transforms public laundry into La Clara house in Barcelona

November 1, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Spanish architecture studio CRÜ has remodelled an old public laundry into a house and studio for a couple in west Barcelona. Called La Clara, the project in the district of Les Corts is shortlisted in the house renovation category of the Dezeen Awards 2023. To reconfigure the old ground floor laundry into a home, CRÜ

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Architectural Pioneering Consultants uses local materials for school in Tanzania

October 31, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Intersecting blockwork walls and an overhanging zinc roof characterise Simba Vision Montessori School in rural Tanzania by local studio Architectural Pioneering Consultants. Located in Ngabobo Village between Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, the two-storey school exists to support members of the Maasai tribes who are slowly shifting their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyles to more permanent settlements.

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