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Shay Cleary Architects completes “first low-rise, high-density residential development in Ireland”

November 3, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Shay Cleary Architects has completed a residential complex comprising a series of low-rise apartments and duplexes organised around a triangular courtyard in Dublin. Drawing on its research into sustainable urban housing typologies, The Residences at Sanford Lodge development by Shay Cleary Architects forms the “first completed low-rise, high-density residential development in Ireland”, according

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Eight interiors where gridded ceilings serve as a decorative element

November 3, 2024 Starr Charles 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve gathered eight interiors that showcase gridded ceilings as both structural and decorative features within homes. While ceilings in contemporary homes are often unadorned surfaces, this collection of interiors highlights the ability of gridded roof structures to serve either as a subtle addition to an interior or as a statement feature

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GRT Architects expands New Jersey warehouses into residences with white brick addition

November 2, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

New York-based GRT Architects has completed a mixed-use complex in Jersey City, which involved restoring three brick warehouses and adding four new levels. The 66 Monitor development – also known as The Starling – includes 39 residential units, a large restaurant, a small cafe and parking within the expanded complex. Originally built in the 19th

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Splinter Society prioritises connection to garden in Australian house renovation

November 2, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Pockets of outdoor space surround Gardener’s House, a suburban home in Melbourne extended and renovated by Australian studio Splinter Society. Gardener’s House is designed for a pair of avid gardeners who had a desire to “recreate the experience of their former property”, which was located an hour from Melbourne and surrounded by rolling hills. To

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Eight colourful kitchens designed for cheery living

November 2, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Stained green plywood and a wiggly salmon-pink room divider embellish our latest lookbook, which features a rainbow of colourful residential kitchens. From Athens to Manhattan, these kitchens demonstrate the myriad ways that architects and designers have swapped more traditional, neutral hues for brighter shades when creating modern kitchen interiors. This is the latest in our

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Pleated facade fronts Parisian housing by Kengo Kuma & Associates

November 1, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed Yama-Tani, a wooden residential building in Paris with a sculptural facade designed to “liven up the street”. Yama-Tani, which means Mountain Valley in Japanese, features pleats of chestnut wood cascading down its street-facing facade at jaunty angles to make patterns of light and shadow. “Playing with its

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DataAE and Xavier Vendrell balance Barcelona housing block on steep site

October 30, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Spanish architecture studios DataAE and Xavier Vendrell have balanced two rows of social housing on a hillside in Barcelona overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The project includes 39 units – a total of 4,785 square metres (51,500 square feet) – broken into three volumes that are oriented towards the water. Claudi Aguiló and Albert Domingo, who

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“Is Mercury Tower a saviour or symptom of Malta’s urban fate?”

October 30, 2024 Ann Dingli 0

Zaha Hadid Architects’ twisting Mercury Tower is a symbol of Malta’s confused urban priorities and raises questions about how much influence individual buildings should have over a place, writes Ann Dingli. Mercury Tower is Malta’s most recently completed tall building. A boxy, famously twisted tower of 31 storeys designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, it was

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