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ICON builds 3D-printed houses from disaster-proof concrete in Texas

March 16, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
3D-printed homes built from disaster-proof concrete

Developer 3Strands and construction technology company ICON have built four 3D-printed houses in Austin, Texas, from concrete that’s designed to cope with extreme weather. Named East 17th Street Residences, the houses are made from ICON’s Portland cement-based material Lavacrete. Lavacrete is designed to withstand extreme weather conditions and is also mould-resistant. “ICON’s proven 3D-printing technology

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Beach homes by Zozaya Arquitectos “mimic the fluidity of waves”

March 12, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Punta Majahua by Zozaya Arquitectos

The sloping morphology of Mexican village Troncones is mirrored in the Punta Majahua, a set of curvy beachfront apartments created by Zozaya Arquitectos. The project comprises six stand-alone buildings each containing five to eight apartments, with 39 individual residences in the development in total. Each of the buildings has distinctive curved masonry walls, take their

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Hotel Magdalena is a homage to Texan lake houses

March 11, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Hotel Magdalena's main lobby with a Moroso green sofa

Bunkhouse Group and architecture office Lake Flato collaborated to create Hotel Magdalena, a hotel in Austin designed to emulate a Texas lake house filled with art and “hippie textiles.” Hotel Magdalena’s sloping architecture is designed to recall the gently inclined landscape of the nearby Barton Springs, a popular outdoor swimming spot. The four new buildings

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ACDF Architecture turns historic Montreal railway station into offices

March 7, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
A white corridor in Lightspeed's offices

Canadian studio ACDF Architecture has transformed the arches of Montreal’s Gare Viger into contemporary offices for software company Lightspeed. The local studio undertook the project as the third stage of a five-phase plan to turn the grand hotel and railway building, which was built in 1898, into offices. ACDF Architecture aimed to keep the character

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Rooftop pools crown holiday apartments in Tulum jungle by PPAA

March 4, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
A rooftop pool

Architecture firm PPAA has designed BAI-HA, an 18-apartment holiday resort in Tulum built from wood, washed concrete and stucco made from Mexican chukum. BAI-HA spans three storeys and a rooftop with views of the jungle canopy and ocean. The resort is located in Aldea Zamá, southern Tulum, about 100 metres from the area’s main beachfront.

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Ali Budd Interiors transforms Muskoka log cabin into art-filled cottage

February 28, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Ali Budd Interiors sunroom

Toronto studio Ali Budd Interiors has transformed a dated wooden log cabin into a comfortable Canadian holiday home, with a wood-lined sunroom, vintage rugs and art by Andy Warhol. The studio was asked to renovate the cottage in Muskoka, Ontario and turn it into a neutral but comfortable backdrop for its owners’ extensive art collection.

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Breakwater in Jamestown is both a public playground and a sculpture

February 25, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
A child playing on Breakwater

Canadian designers Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster have made Breakwater, a concrete sky-blue playground in Jamestown, New York out of repurposed wave breakers. Breakwater is made from dolosse, heavy prefabricated concrete blocks normally used to prevent coastal erosion, that have been repurposed as a climbing frame. Formed of complex geometric shapes, piles of dolosse are positioned

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LOT Office for Architecture creates all-blue building in Bushwick

February 22, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
The Blue Building is an all-blue property in Bushwick

LOT Office for Architecture has designed a monochrome blue Brooklyn townhouse for a renovation project in the borough’s Bushwick neighbourhood. The 100-year-old house, now called The Blue Building, stands out from the row of neutral-coloured buildings that make up the street on which it sits. “The intention was that a bold monochromatic approach would create

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Asbury Beach Club on Jersey Shore will be formed from sandy concrete canopies

February 19, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
The beach club has sandy concrete canopies

Design offices including Esrawe Studio and Rojkind Arquitectos have unveiled plans for Asbury Beach Club, a resort in New Jersey that will feature sand-coloured concrete sunshades. The club is located on the Atlantic Ocean in Asbury Park, a seaside town on the Jersey Shore coastal strip of New Jersey in the USA. The project is

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Studio Gang reveals design for hotel with scalloped facade in Denver

February 17, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
The hotel's corner site

American architecture office Studio Gang has unveiled plans for a hotel in Denver with a white facade punctuated with window openings designed to recall the bark of a tree. Currently named Populus, the plan is to build the hotel on a corner site in downtown Denver. The 135,000-square-foot (12,542-square-metre) hotel will be 159-foot-tall (48 metres)

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