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Dezeen Debate features “an elegant melange and a triumph of design sensitivity”

August 6, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a refurbished apartment in Milan by design studio David/Nicolas with interior details by architect Gio Ponti. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. David/Nicolas has redesigned the interiors of a 1920s Milan apartment, originally designed by architect Mario Borgato and refurbished by Ponti, blending contemporary details with original

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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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David/Nicolas balances classic and contemporary in renovated Gio Ponti apartment

August 1, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

French-Lebanese design studio David/Nicolas has refurbished a Milan apartment from the 1920s, bringing in contemporary details while retaining features added by Italian architect Gio Ponti. The art deco-style apartment, originally designed by Mario Borgaro in 1923, was refurbished by Ponti in 1952. Since then, much of the fit-out was torn away by the apartment’s previous

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Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten clads Netherlands apartment block in red brick

July 29, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch studio Martens Willems & Humblé Architecten has adorned the Miller Apartment Building in Maastricht with red brickwork to reference the city’s Amsterdam School style of architecture. The block of 38 apartments stands alongside a new boulevard in the neighbourhood of Wyckerpoort, which reconnects an area of the city formerly isolated between a motorway and

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Neri&Hu animates gridded Taipei apartment block with arched screens

July 24, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has completed a residential building in Taiwan that features a gridded facade filled with inverted-arch screens. Located on a former US military base in Taipei, the apartment block is intended to echo the community feel and slower pace of life in the district, contrasting the city’s bustling commercial areas. It is

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Glass bricks divide spaces in Suprematism apartment in Kyiv

July 22, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Design studio Dihome has created a colourful industrial-style interior for this compact 15th-floor apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine. Named Suprematism, this 42-square-metre apartment was adapted for a young couple who wanted a bright, colourful apartment with the most functional use of space. “I wanted to dress the interior in a modern, bold way to give it

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Herzog & de Meuron inserts arched apartment behind old facade in Austria

July 19, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled Kornmarktplatz, an arched structure that extends behind a neo-baroque facade in Bregenz and contains an apartment and hotel. Located on a square near Lake Constance in Austria, the eight-metre-wide building sits on a site formerly occupied by a 17th-century building that fell into disrepair after a roof

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Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group

July 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A stack of open-air terraces lined with copper-coloured glazed bricks pull light and air into the Darya Residential Apartment Building in Iran by architecture studio Hooba Design Group. Located on a built-up infill site in Tehran, regulations required that the block’s side elevations remained blank to avoid overlooking. Sites like these are common in the

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Renesa balances tradition and modernity for “understated luxury” House of Gond apartment

July 12, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture firm Renesa aimed to combine contemporary details with references to historical Indian homes in this apartment in Pune, India. New Delhi-based Renesa designed the House of Gond residence for fashion designer Monica Gaur, who is passionate about the traditional crafts and architecture of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The 278-square-metre apartment is located

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Corujeira 113 Renovation / Impare Arquitectura

July 11, 2024 Andreas Luco 0

The work on the old Porto Industrial Slaughterhouse, a project by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, and the redevelopment planned for Praça da Corujeira are examples of the transformation of the city of Porto. In the near future, the eastern part of the city can respond to the current needs of a contemporary city, with qualified spaces and facilities linked to an efficient public transport network.