March 2012 - Architecture List

Fitzroy Farm, a new-build private house by SHH

Houses / Housing

Fitzroy Farm / by SHH

Fitzroy Farm, a new-build private house by London-based architects SHH, has now gone on site in Highgate, North London. The project features a great curling, outdoor slide, which links the kids’ bedrooms to the indoor/outdoor pool – a nice example…

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Mar 30, 2012

Houses / Housing Interiors

Paddington Penthouse / by SHH

After purchasing the 14th and 15th floors of a new development adjacent to Paddington Basin, together with a roof terrace, the private owner of the empty shell duplex space commissioned renowned London architects and designers SHH to transform it into…

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Mar 30, 2012

Houses / Housing

Vrunčeva Residential Building in Celje, Slovenia / by Enota

Residential complex Vrunčeva introduces a new typology of the city block unit. The modification of the block unit as laid out by the zoning legislation is the result of finding a direct answer to the spatial challenges of the site…

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Mar 29, 2012

Articles

Apartment D in Stuttgart, Germany / by Ippolito Fleitz Group

A young family had its downtown Stuttgart attic apartment designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group. A generous loft-like living room area including an open space kitchen unit occupies the core of the apartment. The bare wooden roof construction was transformed into…

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Mar 28, 2012

Offices

Origami Building in Paris, France / by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

This office building stands on avenue Friedland, in the immediate vicinity of the Arc de Triomphe and Place de l’Etoile, in a luxurious Parisian neighborhood. The project was implemented in two parts: the main building on a 20 meter-wide stripe…

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Mar 28, 2012

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Gaite-Lyrique – Digital Revolutions / by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Re-structuring an old theatre of the 19th century in the heart of Paris to turn it into an interactive platform for 21st century music and arts poses a number of difficult problems. To sum them up we have conceived of…

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Mar 28, 2012

Hospitals

Worcester Breast Unit / by KKE Architects

Worcester-based practice KKE Architects have been commissioned to design the new Breast Unit for the Acute Trust at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. The new scheme will integrate the majority of the services relating to the treatment of breast cancer in one…

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Mar 28, 2012

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Glass Farm in Schijndel, Netherlands / by MVRDV

Construction start of MVRDV Glass Farm, Schijndel, Netherlands In 1944 the small Brabant town of Schijndel which is the birthplace of Winy Maas suffered from Operation Market Garden bombings resulting in an oversized market square. In 1980 the then 20…

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Mar 27, 2012

LA CITE DES AFFAIRES IN SAINT-ETIENNE / by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Offices

La Cite des Affaires Office building in Saint-Etienne / by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

« La Cite des Affaires » office building in Saint-Etienne : High performance façade The façade’s design is the answer to the architectural, programmatic, geographic and economic context, with the purpose to lead to high thermal performances. The façade’s principle is based on…

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Mar 26, 2012

Houses / Housing

HOUSE 804 in Barcelona, Spain / by H ARQUITECTES

Located in a pleasant residential neighbourhood, the house is a compact building (almost a cube) surrounded by a 3 meters wide perimeter necessary courtyard, which is the minimum mandatory gap based on current regulations. The pre-existing yard, the swimming-pool and…

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Mar 25, 2012