Jenna McKnight

Bam! Arquitectura creates grassy roofs for Casa DaB in Argentina

August 25, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Bam! Arquitectura has completed a two-storey dwelling on the outskirts of Buenos Aires that consists of concrete and brick walls, along with upper-level setbacks covered in native plants. Designed for a family, the DaB House is located in a green, open area on the edge of Argentina’s capital city. Local studio Bam! Arquitectura set out

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William Rawn designs cedar-clad pavilions for Tanglewood campus in the Berkshires

August 19, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Linde Center for Music and Learning by William Rawn Associates Architects, Inc.

US firm William Rawn Associates has created a series of buildings for a performing arts campus in western Massachusetts, where retractable glass walls allow music to spill outdoors. The Linde Center for Music and Learning is located on the northern edge of the 524-acre (212-hectare) campus in the Berkshires town of Lenox. Established in the

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Stephen Kenn Loft in downtown Los Angeles doubles as “micro hotel” and showroom

August 19, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Stephen Kenn Studio has transformed an apartment within a century-old factory building into an Airbnb-style rental, where guests can try out furniture designed by the Los Angeles firm and its partner brands. Designed to be “part showroom, part micro hotel, part community space”, the loft was created by Stephen Kenn Studio, a multidisciplinary Los Angeles

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Rua 141 and Rafael Zalc make efficient use of space within renovated São Paulo apartment

August 17, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Brazilian studios Rua 141 and Zalc Architecture turned an outdoor terrace into a glazed dining room while renovating this São Paulo apartment. Encompassing 70 square metres, the AK Apartment was designed for a 30-year-old woman who loves entertaining friends. The dwelling contains a bedroom, an office and two bathrooms, along with an open-plan area for

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Geodesic dome cabin in New England gets major overhaul by Jess Cooney

August 14, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Large triangular windows bring daylight into this dome house in western Massachusetts, which has received an extensive makeover by local firm Jess Cooney Interiors. Built in the 1980s, the cabin is located on a lakefront site in Becket, a town in the pastoral Berkshires region. The house takes the form of a geodesic dome –

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Kruchin Arquitetura adds concrete library to Capobianco House in São Paulo

August 12, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Brazilian firm Kruchin Arquitetura has added a concrete and glass extension to a family dwelling it completed in São Paulo over three decades ago. Local studio Kruchin Arquitetura designed the extension for Capobianco House, a residence it completed in the Brazilian city in 1986 for a couple with a daughter. Measuring 224 square metres, the

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Sparano + Mooney creates sculptural Catholic chapel for Utah mining town

August 10, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Sparano + Mooney Architecture has created a distinctive chapel in the American West that features copper siding, wooden walls and a large skylight that ushers in natural light. The Chapel of the Mines is located in a working class neighbourhood in West Jordan, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. Used for daily worship, the

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Barns and ranches inform Signal’s design of Experience Center in Oregon state park

August 6, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Cottonwood Canyon State Park Experience Center by Signal Architecture + Research

Seattle firm Signal Architecture + Research has completed a small education and events centre, clad in metal and wood, within the “rugged and fragile landscape” of a protected area in northern Oregon. The Experience Center is part of Cottonwood Canyon State Park, which encompasses over 8,000 acres (3,237 hectares), making it one of Oregon’s largest

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Studio O+A designs Slack Headquarters in San Francisco to allude to hiking along the Pacific Coast

August 6, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Deserts, forests and mountain peaks inspired the design of tech company Slack’s 10-storey office in San Francisco, which is meant to embody “the similarities between hiking a wilderness trail and working”. The Slack Headquarters is located within a 16-year-old building in the downtown district, near gleaming new skyscrapers such as the Salesforce Tower by Pelli

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Mork-Ulnes uses Corten steel to protect Triple Barn residence in California from wildfires

August 5, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Weathering steel, concrete and glass were used to form this asymmetrical dwelling by Mork-Ulnes Architects that is nudged into a hillside overlooking a verdant, rolling valley in northern California’s Sonoma County Mork-Ulnes Architects – which has offices in San Francisco and Oslo – was charged with creating a home that not only met the clients’

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