“Addition, not Demolition”
Saving the old to make way for the new
House B designed by smartvoll is an example of how the unbridled will of a family not to tear down the old house has inspired the new architecture in the most positive way. Adding instead of demolishing has become a design mantra due to the vigorous desire to preserve. Photography by Dimitar Gamizov
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House B, Westcliff Ridge is a project designed by Daffonchio and Associates Architects. The clients’ brief was to create a sustainable modern home that exploited views from the site, which is situated just off the Valley road on the Westcliff ridge and overlooks the jacaranda trees of the Northern suburbs parks and Johannesburg Zoo. Photography by Elsa Young, Candace Marshall Smith, Chiara Frisone
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Beira Mar House is a project designed by Paulo Martins. Located in one of the most typical and established neighbourhoods of Aveiro (Beira Mar), this residence is the result of a passionate and challenging reform, a reform which intends to return to the city and to its users a lifestyle which is free and in contact with outdoor spaces, with the sound of seagulls and the smell of the sea breeze, the colour of the sky and the green of the vegetation. Photography by Ivo Tavares Studio.
Casa Beira Mar em Aveiro do atelier de arquitetura Paulo Martins Arquitecto com fotografia de arquitetura Ivo Tavares Studio
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Blue Terracotta is a project designed by Rina Lovko Studio. Radial walls – the feature of this apartment in a new residential complex in the center of Kyiv. Custom layout of the space created certain difficulties. But at the same time it caused us professional excitement. Photography by Yevhenii Avramenko
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D House is a project designed by Alric Galindez Arquitectos in 2013, covers an area of 397 m2 and is located in Bariloche – Pcia. de Rio Negro, Argentina. Photography by Albano Garcia.
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This apartment remodeling is a project designed by Isabela Lopes – Bela Lopes arquitetura, covers an area of 58m² and is located in Brooklin Paulista, São Paulo, SP. Photography by Raul Fonseca.
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Lake House Völs is a project designed by noa* network of architecture. Amid a spectacular mountain backdrop lined with lush green pine forests, the Völser Weiher lake lies over 1,000 meters above sea level. Photography by Alex Filz.
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Family Pied-à-terre is a project designed by Weiss Architecture & Urbanism. Located in the west end of Toronto the project is renovation of a 1990’s penthouse condo that serves as a ‘pied-à-terre’ for a close-knit family. Photography by Arnaud Marthouret, Revelateur Studio.
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Curtain House is a project designed by Architetturartigiana. A 24 year-old client, a great desire for freedom and a tight budget give life to this project. The client’s ideas were clear: to create a large open and dynamic space, which could be functional and at the same time personalized. Photography by Arch. Luigi Guarato
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Split house by London Atelier is a new-build three storey family home set into a steep hill in Sevenoaks, Kent. The site is set between two detached houses on a hill sloping down towards the North. The mass is split into two halves connected via a central glazed link envisaged as an atrium housing the staircase. Photography by Alan Williams.
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