Lizzie Crook

Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter creates Lyceum apartments within former university labs

June 16, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Lyceum apartments by Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter

Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter has transformed the former Pharmaceutical Institute at the Old Technical College in Stockholm into light-filled apartments that feature historic decor details. Designed by Swedish architect Gustaf Dahl in 1896, the heritage listed building has been renamed Lyceum and now contains 39 spacious flats with interiors that nod to its past life as

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10 bunker-like houses in Japan that offer total privacy

June 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Japanese houses come in all shapes and sizes, but privacy is always a big concern. Here are 10 that offer their residents complete seclusion, from an angular concrete bunker to a seemingly windowless box. Kamiuma House by Chop + Archi This monolithic house is designed to fill a challenging triangle-shaped plot in Tokyo, and uses

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K59atelier’s Tile Roof House takes cues from traditional Vietnamese homes

June 13, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

A giant, terracotta tile roof distinguishes this home in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, which K59atelier has modelled on traditional Vietnamese houses. Occupied by three generations of the same family, Tile Roof House is designed by K59atelier to “recreate the original image” of the Vietnamese suburbs that were once dominated by tile roofs.

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Wilkinson Eyre completes modular student housing for Dyson Institute

June 13, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

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Wilkinson Eyre has created “unique student residencies with identity” from prefabricated timber pods at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Wiltshire, England. Located at the Malmesbury Campus, the modular village provides accommodation for undergraduate students and visiting staff at the institute, which was founded by James Dyson. Wilkinson Eyre designed the pods, which are arranged

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Oppenheim Architecture’s sinuous concrete golf clubhouse mimics Jordan’s desertscape

June 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Ayla Oasis Golf Clubhouse and Academy by Oppenheim Architecture

A dune-like concrete shell encases the Ayla Clubhouse in Aqaba, which Oppenheim Architecture has designed to blend in with the surrounding desert in Jordan. The building forms the heart of Ayla Oasis – a 17-square-mile leisure centre under development in the city, for which Oppenheim Architecture has also designed a golfing academy. Ayla Clubhouse’s undulating form is

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10 strange and beautiful houses from all across India

June 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

With India emerging as a new hotspot for inventive architecture, we’ve rounded up 10 impressive new homes in the country, from a Mumbai house clad in antique doors to an Ahmedabad villa with rotating walls. Lattice House by Sameep Padora Located in a rapidly expanding suburb, this house comprises of a stack of misaligned volumes

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Nendo wraps timber grid around plant-filled balconies of Japanese office

June 6, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Kojimachi Terrace by Nendo in Tokyo, Japan

Plant-lined balconies and a grid-like facade wrap around the glass Kojimachi Terrace office in Tokyo, which Nendo has designed “to bring the outside in”. Located in the capital’s Kojimachi neighbourhood, the eleven-storey block is designed by Nendo to challenge the city’s conventional “closed off” office buildings. The office has glass walls punctuated by randomly-placed balconies

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Johan Sundberg completes Swedish holiday home that takes cues from Japanese architecture

June 6, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Architect Johan Sundberg has borrowed elements from traditional Japanese houses to create Sommarhus T, a holiday home on Sweden’s south coast. Located in a pine forest in Ljunghusen, the house provides a modest summer retreat for a family of four. A key aspect of the brief was to provide a strong connection with the setting.

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Snøhetta designs both online and physical spaces for Norwegian fashion label Holzweiler

June 2, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Snøhetta has designed both physical and digital retail spaces for Oslo-based fashion label Holzweiler, featuring a muted colour palette and gridded elements. Holzweiler was keen to offer its customers a similar retail experience both online and in store, so asked Snøhetta to design a showroom and flagship store, but also to create a website to

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Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich

May 29, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture’s minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. The house is designed by local studio Think Architecture to “merge with the landscape” of its sloping-parkland site, located beside a forest overlooking Lake Zurich. It has two floors, with one embedded

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