residential

Alarciaferrer Arquitectos builds Casa MM within Argentinian nature preserve

August 26, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Argentinian firm Alarciaferrer Arquitectos has designed a house with exposed concrete walls, a sloping roof and an outdoor swimming pool in a rural part of the country. Located two hours drive south of Córdoba, Casa MM is situated within a protected natural environment in Argentina and very close to a nature trail with high traffic. Alarciaferrer

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Renovated 1950s São Paulo apartment is arranged around planted lightwells

August 26, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Brazilian studio Cupertino Arquitetura has renovated this mid-century apartment in São Paulo for the grandchild of its former owner, turning a pair of disused outdoor spaces into gardens in the process. The Tucumã Apartment is a 100-square-metre residence on the ground floor of a building completed in the city in 1953. The new owner inherited the

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Renovated 1950s São Paulo apartment is arranged around planted lightwells

August 26, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Brazilian studio Cupertino Arquitetura has renovated this mid-century apartment in São Paulo for the grandchild of its former owner, turning a pair of disused outdoor spaces into gardens in the process. The Tucumã Apartment is a 100-square-metre residence on the ground floor of a building completed in the city in 1953. The new owner inherited the

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Barclay & Crousse design clifftop villa to blend in with the Peruvian desert

August 26, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse used local stone, and cement with a reddish hue, to make this house on the outskirts of Lima match the colour tones of the Peruvian desert. Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre Crousse’s firm, which is based in the Peruvian capital, designed Casa C3 for a clifftop site to the north

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Hamptons retreat’s grassy roof blends with slope overlooking Peconic Bay

August 25, 2018 James Brillon 0

New York City firm Mapos has nestled this grass-topped holiday home into a lush hill overlooking a Long Island bay, covering it in untreated wood, steel and concrete to match the surroundings. Peconic House is a 4,000-square-foot (372-square-metre) residence located on a five-acre (two-hectare) plot of land overlooking Peconic Bay, between Long Island’s North Fork

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Tonkin Liu transforms agricultural shed into “container for books and art”

August 25, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Tonkin Liu has converted a barn in the English county of Yorkshire into a house featuring a double-height library and a gallery space flanked at either end by huge windows. The design of the house was led by the qualities of the site in the village of Great Ouseburn and the property was

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Tonkin Liu transforms agricultural shed into “container for books and art”

August 25, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Tonkin Liu has converted a barn in the English county of Yorkshire into a house featuring a double-height library and a gallery space flanked at either end by huge windows. The design of the house was led by the qualities of the site in the village of Great Ouseburn and the property was

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Renovated cottage in rural China retains original rustic features

August 25, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert have renovated a neglected cottage set around a courtyard in rural China. Located in a village outside of Beijing, China, the refurbished cottage retains many of the its original rustic features such as its original timber beams and roof, which sit alongside modern additions such as the large sliding

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Zaha Hadid Architects draws up plans for housing on Bristol Arena site

August 24, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Property investor Legal & General has unveiled designs by Zaha Hadid Architects for a huge housing development in Bristol, England, on a site earmarked for the city’s new arena. The Zaha Hadid Architects-designed scheme would see 550 homes, a 345-room hotel, a large-capacity conference centre and two office blocks built on the two-hectare site in Bristol’s centre.

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Maryann Thompson refurbishes and extends shingled Cove House in Martha’s Vineyard

August 22, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Massachusetts firm Maryann Thompson Architects has enlarged a shingle-style house by opening up its ground floor, and building two additions on the grassy coastal property. Cove House is situated on Martha’s Vineyard – an island off the coast of Massachusetts that has long been a popular vacation spot. The home comprises an existing, two-storey gabled building

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