Concrete

Cantilevered concrete volumes provide river and mountain views at Guesthouse Rivendell

May 2, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Angled concrete surfaces collide to form the facades of this guesthouse by South Korean studio IDMM Architects, which features sections that thrust out towards the nearby Bukhan River. IDMM Architects designed Guesthouse Rivendell for the mother of a local entrepreneur and positioned it on a plot that looks directly onto the river to the east.

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Box-framed louvres shade windows of concrete house in Tel Aviv

May 2, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

This concrete house in Tel Aviv by Bar Orian Architects features vertical louvres that can be either rotated to filter light or slid open to reveal the windows behind. Designed for a couple and their three children, the residence is located in a neighbourhood in the north the city called Affeka. Tel-Aviv based Bar Orian Architects, led by Tal Bar Orian,

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Steimle Architekten completes “crystal-like” concrete house in Germany

May 2, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Angular, board-marked concrete walls offer a variety of views from the pared-back spaces inside this house designed by Steimle Architekten in Tübingen, Germany. Stuttgart-based Steimle Architekten designed the three-storey family house across a split-level site in Pliezhausen – a village 30 kilometres south of Stuttgart – as a contrast to its neighbours. Described as “crystal-shaped”, the E20 residence features facades angled to offer residents a range

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“Feather-like” screens front church in Taiwan by MAYU Architects

April 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Rows of perforated aluminium shades intended to represent the feathers of an eagle shield the facade of this concrete and glass church in the Taiwanese city of Tainan. Tainan Tung-Men Holiness Church was designed by local studio MAYU Architects for a site surrounded by residential buildings in the city on Taiwan’s southwest coast. The architects

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Sculptural extension to French farmhouse protects its interiors from harsh summer sun

April 28, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Paris studio Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix has completed a concrete extension to a traditional farmhouse in France’s Provence region, featuring very few openings in its faceted facades. Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix was tasked with extending a house in the commune of Uzès that had previously been used by a couple as their second home. The brief to create enough space to accommodate the

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Samira Rathod’s Shadow House provides refuge from scorching Indian sun

April 27, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A weathered steel roof slopes over the gravelled courtyard at the centre of this concrete house in western India, which architect Samira Rathod has designed to offer residents plenty of shade from the sun. The Shadow House is located in Alibaug, a coastal town located south of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai-based architect Samira Rathod wrapped the 5,000-square-foot residence

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Perforated steel and pavement lights let the sun pierce London townhouse by Andy Martin Architecture

April 26, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Andy Martin Architecture gutted this five-storey Georgian townhouse in Belgravia, adding glass pavement lights to the ground floor to allow natural light to filter down to the basement. Andy Martin’s locally based firm was tasked with bringing extra light into the residence of their clients, who wanted to introduce elements of their Sardinian heritage into the central London

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Perforated steel and pavement lights let the sun pierce London townhouse by Andy Martin Architecture

April 26, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Andy Martin Architecture gutted this five-storey Georgian townhouse in Belgravia, adding glass pavement lights to the ground floor to allow natural light to filter down to the basement. Andy Martin’s locally based firm was tasked with bringing extra light into the residence of their clients, who wanted to introduce elements of their Sardinian heritage into the central London

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BBGK Architekci uses stained concrete walls to create Katyn Museum inside Warsaw barbican

April 24, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Red concrete walls frame a chasm leading to a memorial inside Warsaw’s barbican, which commemorates the thousands of Polish citizens murdered by the Soviet secret police during the second world war. Designed by local studio BBGK Architekci, the Katyn Museum– one of five projects in the running for this year’s Mies van der Rohe Award – is split across three 19th-century buildings of

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An angular exterior surrounds the minimalist interior of this house in France

February 6, 2017 Erin 0

  Architecture firm Karawitz have designed this modern angular house on a tree-lined street in a small community close to Paris, France. In a neighborhood where high fences have been used to isolate each house, this house does the opposite, it’s more open to the street, allowing passers-by to look into the garden through the […]