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Koto designs twisted holiday home overlooking the Cotswolds

December 31, 2021 Jon Astbury 0
A black timber prefabricated home by Koto

A twisted, stacked form clad in black timber creates both terraces and cantilevering canopies at this holiday home in the Cotswolds, designed by prefab specialists Koto. Falcon House is the first two-storey modular house completed by the British studio, which designs and manufactures prefabricated cabins. The two-bedroom house is located alongside a lake on the

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The biggest architecture and design stories of 2021

December 31, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery

To conclude our review of 2021, editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year’s most-read stories, including Richard Rogers’ final building, a transparent mid-air pool, Dubai Expo pavilions and a Virgil Abloh-designed car. January – Supertall skyscrapers linked by planted terraces to be built in Shenzhen by Zaha Hadid Architects The year began with news that Zaha

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Vavilova Apartment / Le Atelier

December 31, 2021 Valeria Silva 0

An apartment in the south of Moscow is located in a new house among the buildings of the mid-20th century. Initially, we were faced with the task of making an apartment for two very noisy and active children and a married couple who spend a lot of time outside Russia. It was important for them to give the main space with a long corner window to the maximally open living room, where everyone will spend a lot of time together, as well as cook and watch a movie on a large projection screen. Customers came to us realizing that over the years of work we have formed our own language, which includes elements of amateur architecture, the beauty of randomness, and works with inexpensive materials, which we love to find new applications and see new readings of their meanings.

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A Pollinator Park in Europe and a Museum at the Artic Circle: 8 Unbuilt Projects from Established Firms

December 31, 2021 Andreea Cutieru 0

This week’s curated selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture highlights designs submitted by established architecture practices, featuring conceptual works, competition entries and projects in different stages of development. From a pollinator park designed for an EU initiative to a greenhouse residential project in Germany, to a museum in the Arctics or an innovative proposal for harvesting renewable energy in the Netherlands, the following showcases a variety of design approaches, programs and scales.

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Lighthouse Pavilion / Grau Architects

December 31, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

Ipolytarnóc is a small rural village in Hungary, with a sparse settlement of simple family houses typical for this agrarian environment, near the border with Slovakia. The Lighthouse pavilion was created as an intervention within the art project Field of sparks, which seeks to make this “forgotten” geographical area more attractive and promotional. Until now, the festival has focused on artistic interventions in the surrounding country, but to a large extent, it was a matter of transforming conceptual design ideas into pure artistic installations.

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Ballinger and Ennead Unveil Design of Inova Oakville Hospital Extension at Potomac Yard

December 31, 2021 Dima Stouhi 0

Ballinger and Ennead Architects have teamed up for the development of Inova Oakville, a new medical facility that will be an extension of Inova Alexandria Hospital. As part of Alexandria’s Oakville Triangle neighborhood redevelopment, the project is a multi-campus initiative of Inova Health System that aims to anchor the facility with the nearby residential developments and Mt. Jefferson park.

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Five architecture and design events in January from Dezeen Events Guide

December 31, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Image Still showing workers in an Egyptian limestone quarry from the Film The White Hell by Ahmed Assem, Mahmoud Khaled and Omar Shash

Egypt’s only design film festival and consumer electronics trade show CES, which features a talk about non-fungible tokens with Paris Hilton, are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place in December include Oslo Design Fair as well as two major international exhibitions on British architects Peter Cook

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La Toscalera House / Alejandro Beautell

December 31, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

The house is located in El Toscal, a forgotten neighborhood of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, declared a historic site but without a special urban plan. The project is about the rehabilitation of a house from 1912 that was in a state of ruin. The proposed rehabilitation is not intended to maintain an immutable image of the historic city, but a controlled modification that allows evolution without erasing the essence of the place. Considering the environmental values of the building, constituted by its volumetry, facade, and materiality; and from the reinterpretation of traditional architectures, the house has been projected with a house-patio scheme.