Monthly Archives: August 2021

Paperback House by Ben Callery Architects

Paperback house designed by Ben Callery Architects enables a family of four including two publishers who frequently work from home to live, work relax and play connected with each other and the environment. The architectural protagonist is the bookshelf that celebrates their literary vocation at the centre of the house. Double sided and semi-transparent it connects their Library/Study with the Living rooms adjacent and Rumpus room above connecting the occupants while allowing selective seclusion. Photography by Derek Swalwell.

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Yorkville Condo by Roundabout Studio

Yorkville Condo is a project designed by Roundabout Studio. An elegant downtown condo creates seamless continuity between living spaces and cutting edge art. Photography by Shai Gil.

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Islington by Pardon Chambers Architects

This project by Pardon Chambers Architects entailed the refurbishment and extension of neighbouring houses, the aim being to maximise the benefit of a single build with an agreed palette of materials, whilst offering variation between the two properties. Photography by Caroline Mardon.

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Contrast House by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Contrast House by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design explores the role of contrast in the modern renewal of a 120-year old home. Employing the use of contrast in a historic neighbourhood and as a means to amplify natural light, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design juxtaposed opposing elements to explore the relationship between light and dark, old and new. Photography by Bob GunduTom Arban.

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S5-The house with a ribbon envelope

Raz Melamed – Hod Hasharon 5S. A thin black iron ribbon envelops the house in Hod Hasharon, embodying the gift that its owners return to every time they come home. The house was designed for a refined couple and their 3 children, who came to the project equipped with knowledge about innovations and construction technologies coupled with a vision for a unique design that spawned a fruitful dialogue with the architect. Photography by Amit Geron

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EC1 Penthouse by Patalab Architecture

From the seventh floor of an apartment building in Clerkenwell, EC1 Penthouse designed by Patalab Architecture looks out across the City of London enjoying stunning views of St Paul’s Cathedral and the Barbican Centre. Maximising these views was a key aspect of the client’s brief, as were enhancing energy performance and introducing a material palette to amplify the feeling of light and space in the apartment. Photography by Julian Abrams.

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Park Way House by ARQBR

This house designed by ARQBR is located far from the urban center of the city, in the Park Way neighborhood, whose predominant occupation is of single-family residences. Photography by Joana França.

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Rottmannsboden_Duplex by KOHLERSTRAUMANN

Situated in a moderately busy street of a calm neighborhood in Binningen – Switzerland, an exquisite semi-detached house is well integrated into a pleasant environment of single and multi-family houses. The project designed by KOHLERSTRAUMANN aimed to integrate two distinct users of double housing into one building. As a result, the form of the building reflects the unique design of two different users accommodated in a single house structure that fulfills the needs of both the users. The house forms a part of a diverse hub of public amenities with schools, commercial shopping facilities, and public transportation located in closer proximity for the users to access conveniently. Photography by Maris Mezulis.

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Dareels store by Susanna Cots

Dareels store is a project designed by Susanna Cots. The definition provided by neuroscience explains it perfectly: light influences and shapes the circadian rhythms that regulate our mind, our activities and our well-being. If we were not to see sunlight for a long time, the effects on our body would be devastating.

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Torre 261 by Just an Architect

Torre 261 is a project designed by Just an Architect . Urbanistically, the plot meets two distinct scales. To the North, a scale of four and five storey buildings, to the South by the intersection of an access road to Rossio Park, after which the scale changes to a two-storey scale and single-family dwelling typology. Photography by Ivo Tavares Studio.

Torre 261 em Amarante Arquitectura Just an Architect e fotografias de Ivo Tavares Studio

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