Extensions

Bennetts Associates converts Art Deco cinema into cultural centre in northern England

May 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Bennetts Associates has renovated a 1930s cinema and added a brick, frosted-glass and copper extension to create this cultural centre in Chester, England. The British studio carried out the £37 million transformation for the listed Odeon cinema in Chester – a walled city in the northwest of England. A library, cinema, restaurant and cafe are set in the existing

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Atelier XÜK adds wedge-shaped roof extension to Spanish-style villa in Shanghai

May 7, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Atelier XÜK has added a corrugated-metal attic room to this Spanish colonial-style house, which was designed in the 1920s by a Hungarian architect for a plot in Shanghai’s French quarter. The villa that local studio Atelier XÜK renovated and extended was originally designed by architect Ladislav Hudec. It is located in a part of the city known

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Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler in Basel

May 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. At a press conference held at the foundation yesterday, Zumthor presented maquettes and plans for a new gallery in addition to administrative and events spaces, which will be arranged around mature trees in a previously

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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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Giles Pike Architects adds stepped glass extension to Victorian house in south London

April 25, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Giles Pike Architects has extended this house in Putney, southwest London, using glass walls to flood the new basement living areas with natural light. Local studio Giles Pike Architects designed the stepped extension for a Victorian semi-detached house to create an open-plan living, kitchen and dining room. The architects excavated ground at the back of the Felsham Road property to extend

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Giles Pike Architects adds stepped glass extension to Victorian house in south London

April 25, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Giles Pike Architects has extended this house in Putney, southwest London, using glass walls to flood the new basement living areas with natural light. Local studio Giles Pike Architects designed the stepped extension for a Victorian semi-detached house to create an open-plan living, kitchen and dining room. The architects excavated ground at the back of the Felsham Road property to extend

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Jamie Fobert’s cliffside extension to Tate St Ives nears completion

April 24, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Work is almost complete on a sunken extension to the Tate’s seaside art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, which is set to open to the public later this year. The extension by Jamie Fobert Architects will double the size of Tate St Ives gallery, which overlooks the Atlantic sea from a cliff in Cornwall, southwest England. The aim of

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Jamie Fobert’s cliffside extension to Tate St Ives nears completion

April 24, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Work is almost complete on a sunken extension to the Tate’s seaside art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, which is set to open to the public later this year. The extension by Jamie Fobert Architects will double the size of Tate St Ives gallery, which overlooks the Atlantic sea from a cliff in Cornwall, southwest England. The aim of

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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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Superkül reserves upstairs just for kids at renovated modernist Toronto home

April 21, 2017 James Brillon 0

Toronto firm Superkül has renovated a mid-century modern home in a residential area of the city, adding a second level dedicated to spaces for children. The Valley House is located in Hoggs Hollow, a neighbourhood in the north area of Toronto. The renovation and extension was intended to provide more space for a family of

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