studio velocity kowa apartments encourage interactions between neighbors

November 10, 2018 macnadusa 0

japan-based studio velocity embarked on the design of the kowa apartments with the aim of rebuilding a housing complex in mihama, a seaside town on the southern tip of a peninsula in japan’s aichi prefecture. as the site’s pre-existing, 1950s-era apartment building was facing such issues as structural failure and decline in occupation, the studio […]

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Sarah Ward references 1920s Shanghai at Two Penny Chinese

November 10, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Sarah Ward Interiors looked to China’s art-deco era for the colours and motifs at this dim sum restaurant and basement cocktail bar in Calgary. The local firm was asked to imagine the decor for Two Penny Chinese, located in the city’s Victoria Park neighbourhood – just south of the Downtown business district. The

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Diamond Head Mountain House / Rob Paulus Architects

November 10, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

This house for an astronomer in the Tucson Mountains takes full advantage of its sloping site to create a dramatic living arrangement in a harsh yet beautiful environment. Working with a minimal footprint, the stacked scheme utilizes strategic view openings as well as a vertical progression of spaces to proceed from enclosed and earthbound to lofty and skyward. An observatory on top of the hill with remote viewing inside the house completes the scheme.

Johnson Naylor converts world war two pumping station into holiday home on Dungeness beach

November 10, 2018 Ali Morris 0

A concrete structure that was built as a bomb-proof fuel pumping station during world war two in Dungeness, England, has been transformed into a holiday home by UK-based architecture studio Johnson Naylor. Located on the headland of Dungeness in Kent, which is Britain’s only desert, the building was built during world war two as a pumping station

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Sara Göransson on Housing and the Future of Urban Infrastructure

November 10, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

Swedish studio Urban Nouveau created a plan to save Stockholm’s Gamla Lidingöbron bridge by transforming it into a linear park and housing. After launching a petition to save the bridge and re-purpose it, ArchDaily followed up with Sara Göransson, founding partner at Urban Nouveau, to ask her about her background and how the studio approaches social integration, housing and the future of urban infrastructure.

Seven shops to explore at the Coal Drops Yard in London

November 10, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Thomas Heatherwick’s Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in London’s King’s Cross contains more than 60 retail spaces under its sinuous roof. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected seven stores with the most striking fit-outs. Bonds by Formd Customers can purchase pieces from independent designers, grab a coffee, and even make candles in lifestyle store Bonds.

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