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Vaughn McQuarrie completes island cottage overlooking New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf

April 23, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has replaced a 1920s cottage on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island with a modest concrete and timber residence, set among mature gardens. McQuarrie was asked to design Oneroa House for a client who has spent 26 years residing in the cottage on the edge of the island, located around 20 kilometres off Auckland’s coast. “The owners had lived on the

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vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway

April 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A public and private street flank this former warehouse in east London, which local studio vPPR has converted into a mixed-use development containing shops and apartments. The building is situated on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch – a popular shopping destination home to some of the city’s trendiest brands and boutiques. vPPR was tasked with reviving the imposing brick warehouse and

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Floating steel staircase takes centre stage in granite house by Marcos Miguélez

April 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A staircase featuring cantilevered treads connects the library and living room at the centre of this rough granite-clad house in the Spanish town of Magaz de Abajo. Local architect Marcos Miguélez was asked to create the first home for a young couple with an interest in contemporary architecture. Casa VMS occupies a triangular plot on the edge of the town, which

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Superkül reserves upstairs just for kids at renovated modernist Toronto home

April 21, 2017 James Brillon 0

Toronto firm Superkül has renovated a mid-century modern home in a residential area of the city, adding a second level dedicated to spaces for children. The Valley House is located in Hoggs Hollow, a neighbourhood in the north area of Toronto. The renovation and extension was intended to provide more space for a family of

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Lake Flato creates vertical waterfront home in rural Texas

April 21, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The top floor of this tall holiday home by US studio Lake Flato is situated above the tree line, enabling impressive views of a lake in Texas Hill Country. The Blue Lake Retreat is located in Marble Falls, a small town situated about 50 miles (80 kilometres) northwest of Austin. Rectangular in plan, the three-storey

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White box forms sleeping nook in Toronto loft by StudioAC

April 17, 2017 John Trujillo 0

Toronto-based StudioAC has remodelled the interior of a local apartment for a young client, balancing a bright and open living space with a cosy bedroom tucked away inside a millwork box. A young professional asked the designers to create an interior “that was equally fun, functional and unique” for the Broadview Loft project. The designers partitioned

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1930s modernist Aluminaire House moves cross-country to Palm Springs

February 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A historic, ready-to-assemble metal home by noted modernist architect Albert Frey is moving from a New York storage unit to Southern California this week. On 9 February 2017, the Aluminaire House – which is currently disassembled – will be removed from storage in Long Island and be driven across America to Palm Springs, where it

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Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal to star in movie about Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House

February 8, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The story of Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House is set for the silver screen, with Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges set to play the famous modernist architect. The feature film will follow the relationship between Van der Rohe and his client, Chicago nephrologist Edith Farnsworth, during the design and construction of the glass-box dwelling.

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Movie shows climbers’ shelter by OFIS being airlifted into remote Alpine spot

February 8, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

In this movie, Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti shows how the tiny Alpine cabin it designed for climbers was helicoptered into its precarious mountain-top position.  OFIS Arhitekti designed the Kanin Winter Cabin to withstand extreme weather conditions on Mount Kanin and was commissioned by the Slovenian Mountaineer Association. The cabin measures just less than 10 square metres but is designed to sleep

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AR Design Studio replaces landslide-damaged holiday home with cluster of larch-clad blocks

February 8, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

This holiday home on the West Dorset coast is made up of four irregular larch-clad blocks, and was designed by AR Design Studio to replace a house destroyed in a landslide. Hampshire-based AR Design Studio was originally asked to extend an existing holiday home on a cliff top on the coastline of Lyme Regis. But half way through

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