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Fade to Green / HYLA Architects

January 24, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Sited within the tropical heritage surrounding of the botanic gardens, the house was designed with the narrative of nature and its relationship with architecture. Building around the inhabitant’s experience, the house blurs spatial boundaries to orchestrate light and environment into daily life.

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Images d’Orient / Rabih Geha Architects

January 24, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

In line with RG/Architects’ mission of ‘creating spaces for people to inhabit, work, play and experience,’ the practice crafts a home for the oriental vagabond to dock. After travelling the world to over 50 countries, Images D’Orient – a concept dreamt up by brother/sister duo Charbel Raphael and Peggy Raphael Dabbar in celebration of past civilizations – is housing their products and conceiving new ones in a space signed RG/Architects.

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Mwito Pre-Primary School / Creative Assemblages

January 23, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

The public primary school of Mwito is located in Nyamasheke district, at the shores of lake Kivu. The steep plot has views over the lake and the neighboring Eastern DRC. We built the new pre-primary school at the north-east of the plot, right below the primary school, with striking views over the lake, the rice fields on the lower wetlands, and the further mountains of Congo. Three stimulation rooms, one kitchen, a set of composting toilets, a multipurpose space, a network of semi-covered play areas, and an open playground area compose the pre-primary school compound. The design, implementation process, and running of this project aimed at a zero-carbon footprint. We recycled as many materials as possible (a total of 50% of the construction materials) from the dismantling of the coffee-processing factory at the Old Rwandex in Kigali, the former flagship of the Rwanda Trading Company, who funded the school construction.

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Old Jaffa House 4 / Pitsou Kedem Architects

January 22, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Adjacent to the side of the hill rock on the edge of ancient Jaffa Port, this apartment is a collection of 300-year-old spaces built around a central patio. The basis of the concept – searching for a stitch between Ottoman architecture and the contemporary architecture of the studio, and the connection between ancient building traditions and innovative technologies – such as glazed arches without divisions in axial opening and roofs containing modern infrastructure.

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#7 Southlands / SquareWorks

January 21, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

#7, Southlands, is an integrative endeavor aiming to rejuvenate an old 1930 Art-Deco apartment in Mumbai, to accommodate the postulated requirements of a modern-day multi-user collective. The project intends to celebrate the inherent quintessence of a sangfroid ‘Bombay-ish’ precedent with distinct incorporation of consciously designed alterations. Its spatial system has been revitalized to cater functionality, which extends beyond the domesticity of an erstwhile household, assimilating further to reflect an untypical dynamic space which performs in more than several ways.

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Boundary House / AD+studio

January 21, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

There is a trade-off between Binh Duong’s industrial development and its bad air quality, noise pollution, heavy traffic congestion and many other problems, which strongly impacting the quality of living environment. The construction site locates among three large industrial parks.

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andBeyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge / Fox Browne Creative, Jack Alexander

January 20, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Suspended on the horizon where the earth curves away from view and the sky reaches down to touch the sand, lies andBeyond’s Sossusvlei Desert Lodge. Designed by South African–based Fox Browne Creative, in partnership with Architect Jack Alexander, a supreme emphasis has been placed on the surreal desert landscape in which the lodge is set.

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House Lowe – Betty’s Bay / KLG Architects

January 18, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Located between Hottentots Holland Mountain Range and the Atlantic Ocean, House Lowe sits elegantly in its surrounding landscape. It is this location and the site’s climatic conditions which ultimately shape and inform the building’s design. This is illustrated through a series of frames, which continuously connect the user to magnificent ocean and mountain views around the site. 

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079 Stories Centre for Arts / Vastu Shilpa Consultants

January 17, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Located in the outskirts of western Ahmedabad, India 079 | Stories was designed as a place for culture and art. From the beginning, the main idea was to create a versatile space that could adapt and initiate dialogue between fine arts and varied forms of performing arts such as theater, dance and music.

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Blind House / BOONDESIGN

January 15, 2020 Hana Abdel 0

Blind House: the absent matter – “An urban sanctuary with a living space overlaid on the enclosed landscape means to perceive or awaken to the truth that inherits in one’s lives.”. The brief from the owner is simple: two-bedrooms house for a single with enough space for Zen living and practicing meditation.