Betty Owoo

Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades

April 8, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Scalloped facades featuring tones of cream and red brick define a U-shaped housing block by Bell Phillips in Marylebone in central London. Named Cosway Street after the road on which the building sits, the design of the 49-home development in the Lisson Grove Conservation area aims to repair the fragmented streetscape by re-establishing the urban

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Studio Octopi adds mint-green extension to Georgian house in London

March 21, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Architecture practice Studio Octopi has added a rear extension clad in mint-green metal to The Saddlery, a Georgian house in southeast London. Wedged between a pub and a row of Georgian homes in Lewisham, the dwelling has been extended to create an additional entertaining space and a secondary entrance. Studio Octopi’s design uses the extension to

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ODOS Architects crowns Church of Oak Distillery with pyramidal Corten roofs

March 13, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Pyramidal Corten steel roofs define a distillery designed by ODOS Architects on the outskirts of Monasterevin in rural County Kildare, Ireland. Located by the banks of the Grand Canal, the distillery occupies an existing 18th century grain mill and and an extension made of fair-faced concrete and corten steel. Designed by ODOS Architects for whiskey producer

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Hamonic + Masson gives Alta Tower in Le Havre an “expressive” twisting concrete shape

March 5, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

A reinforced concrete frame defines the twisting form of a tower designed by local studio Hamonic + Masson & Associés for the port city of Le Havre in northern France. Called the Alta Tower, the residential building has a prominent position in the city at the centre of Le Havre’s 20th-century postwar masterplan designed by

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“Minimally invasive” tent-like refuge has panoramic views of Italian Alps

March 2, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Architecture studio EX used prefabricated CLT panels and aluminium cladding to create the Pinwheel Shelter mountain refuge in Italy. Positioned 2,850 meters above sea level near the Upper Susa valley, the shelter was built with principles of reversibility and lightness in mind. The folded wooden and aluminium shell forms a pinwheel shape from above, giving

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Erling Berg creates I/O Cabin as a summer house for “inside-outside” living

February 12, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Local studio Erling Berg has created a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Risør, on Norway’s southern coast, which is clad in locally sourced spruce. Named I/O Cabin, the wooden holiday home was raised off the ground with wooden pillars and perches on the sloped terrain of the site. Erling Berg’s design brings together three separate

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Atelier Rampazzi creates trio of concrete houses in Switzerland

January 9, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

A shell of reinforced concrete and warm timber panelling defines Residenza Carèsg, a row of houses in Verscio, Switzerland, by local studio Atelier Rampazzi. The three compact homes are located adjacent to a working vineyard in the valleys of the Swiss Alps and are designed to take advantage of the sun from the south. “The

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Fluted concrete encloses Menorca holiday home by Nomo Studio

January 7, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Textured concrete designed to withstand the Mediterranean climate defines Shift House, a tiered holiday home by Nomo Studio on the island of Menorca. Shift House is formed of displaced rectangular volumes built into the hillside, finished with a facade of alternating striated concrete walls and continuous window bands. The home’s rough concrete facades draw on

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All(zone) nestles concrete apartment among trees in rural Thailand

December 18, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Architecture studio All(zone) has created Under the Rain Trees, an apartment building with five curved wings nestled under tree canopies on the banks of the River Ping in rural Thailand. Under the Rain Trees was designed by All(zone) to seamlessly fit into the natural landscape without disturbing the existing trees. The dwelling features five wings

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Paolo Cossu Architects showcases art collection in London terrace renovation

December 13, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Muted tones and textured material finishes define the spaces of this mid-terrace Georgian home in north London, overhauled by local studio Paolo Cossu Architects. Named Nelson Terrace, the renovation and extension in the Colebrook Row conservation area of Islington showcases the contemporary art and furniture collection of its client. Commissioned by a young fashion designer,

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