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Mountain landscapes inform perforated-granite-clad Chengdu Natural History Museum

June 12, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Faceted, rock-like forms clad with panels of perforated granite define the Chengdu Natural History Museum in China, which was designed by US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners and local studio CSWADI. Completed in 2022, the 50,000-square-metre museum is part of a developing “entrepreneurial hub” in Chengdu, combining public spaces, shops and a cafe with galleries,

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Ten kitchens with polished granite surfaces

September 11, 2022 Alice Finney 0

The durable, stain-resistant qualities of granite make it a choice material for kitchens. Our latest lookbook showcases 10 kitchens on Dezeen that celebrate the light-coloured stone. Waterproof and scratch-resistant, the igneous rock granite has been used in construction and interior design for centuries. Today, the versatile material is often used as an alternative to marble

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Studio Paolo Ferrari combines wood and granite for Canadian lake house

July 25, 2022 James Brillon 0

Exposed finishes that draw cues from the forests and geology of Canada come together in this remote holiday home by Toronto-based architect Studio Paolo Ferrari. Named after the Muskoka region where the project is located, the retreat overlooks Lake Rosseau, an area that is known as one of Canada’s most sought-after vacation destinations. The area

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Combeau Arquitectura clusters gabled forms for Chilean ocean getaway

July 24, 2022 James Brillon 0

Three gabled volumes come together to form this “village-like” coastal residence in Chile called Casa El Pangue by local architecture studio Combeau Arquitectura and Andrea Murtagh. The 460-square-metre home is located in El Pangue, roughly two hours north of the capital Santiago. “This weekend house was designed to reveal and heighten its specific context and

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Pitsou Kedem covers Hiba restaurant in Tel Aviv with geometric timber latticework

May 3, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Gridded timber panels and granite counter in Hiba restaurant in Tel Aviv by Pitsou Kedem

Gridded oakwood panels sit alongside rough slabs of granite inside Hiba, a restaurant in Tel Aviv designed by local architecture practice Pitsou Kedem. Located in the city’s midtown area, Hiba serves a menu of Arab-Israeli fusion food. The restaurant’s use of fresh local ingredients influenced Pitsou Kedem to curate an equally raw, natural material palette for

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Bernardes Arquitetura tops Rio de Janeiro villa with wing-shaped roof

August 8, 2021 James Brillon 0

Rio de Janeiro-based firm Bernardes Arquitetura has completed a home topped by a dramatic curved roof that is meant to resemble a bird’s wing. Located atop a hill in Rio, the residence is known as Asa House for its swooping roof shape – “asa” means “wing” in Portuguese. The expansive property has a partially sunken

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Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women’s House Ouled Merzoug

April 24, 2020 India Block 0

Women's House Ouled Merzoug nby Building Beyond Borders

Architecture students collaborated with a women’s group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. Two volumes of granite and adobe brick sit at the intersection of two shortcuts, one leading to the village centre and the other to its schools. Called Women’s

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Oval-shaped meeting room is centrepiece of granite office in Chandigarh

January 2, 2020 Semi Han 0

Indian architecture studio Charged Voids has designed Office 543 around an elliptic meeting room with granite walls, which is a private space among the glass-walled offices. Designed for construction company Khullar Builders, the office is located in the Mohali district of Indian city Chandigarh, which was planned by modernist architect Le Corbusier. The two-storey building was

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NOARQ renovates stone villa in Portugal with bright red details

November 21, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio NOARQ has extended a stone villa in Portugal with a bright red cabin perched on thick blocks of granite above the entrance. Located in the town of Vila Nova de Famalicão, the house sits directly alongside a road with a site that steps down to the south, where it overlooks a green landscape

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Snøhetta designs Aesop store in Sydney to resemble coastal cliffs

September 27, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Aesop Pitt Street, Sydney, designed by Snøhetta

Granite covers almost every surface inside this Sydney Aesop store, which architecture firm Snøhetta has designed to look like a rocky coastline. Situated amongst the busy, shop-lined streets of Sydney’s central business district, Aesop Pitt Street has been designed by Snøhetta to “slow down the pace of passersby”. “We sought to create a space that,

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