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Category: Architecture, Office Tags: dagli + atélier d'architecture, Folding architecture, Luxembourg, Refurbishment / Extension
Luxembourg-based architectural firm dagli + atélier d’architecture has completed a new extension on the roof top of the company headquarters of Sanichaufer, it was designed to express the image of the company and functioned as a showroom displaying the most modern building technologies. + Architect’s statement by dagli + atélier d’architecture “roof top office” Dudelange [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Interior Tags: Courtyard architecture, Kitchen appliances, Refurbishment / Extension, Tamir Addadi Architecture, UK, White
London-based studio Tamir Addadi Architecture recently has completed the extension and alterations to a private house. The main aim of the project was to create a sense of unity between the back garden and the house, allowing nature to play a significant part in the daily activities of the family. The site of the project [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Aquarium, Hoz Fontan, Landscape architecture, Refurbishment / Extension, Spain, Waterfront architecture
The Aquarium of San Sebastian has been lodged for more than 100 years in a building on Mount Urgull’s feet, in one of the most visible zones of La Concha Bay. It is an institution for which its own building, while being at the same time its identity seal, had become an obstacle for its [...]
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Category: Architecture, Transportation Tags: Competition, GROUP A, Netherlands, Refurbishment / Extension
Architectural studio GROUP A and multi-disciplinary design agency Fabrique together have won the European tender for the renovation of the stations of Oostlijn of the Amsterdam Metro. According to the jury, the proposal by GROUP A / Fabrique not only ‘returns to the basics of the original design’, but is also ‘a vision for the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Education, Selected Tags: Concrete, Finland, Green architecture, Marco Casagrande, Refurbishment / Extension, Research, Taiwan
Finnish architect Marco Casagrande has successfully converted an abandoned apartment block into the Ruin Academy in Taipei, Taiwan. The Ruin Academy is operated in co-operation between Casagrande Laboratory / Finland and JUT Foundation for Arts & Architecture / Taiwan. It moves in-between architecture, sociology, environmental sciences (including urban design) and environmental art. The house used [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Landscape architecture, Neostudio, Poland, Refurbishment / Extension, Stair, Timber
In March, we featured the House near Poznan designed by Neostudio Architect, it was converted from a home of seed drying installation to a private house. The project recently has been completed and eventually looks pretty good, you can browse through the image gallery below. + Please click here to read the full story in [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Community Center, Competition, Italy, Landscape architecture, Refurbishment / Extension, Research
For the competition held by Ance on the redevelopment of abandoned industrial areas, the spatial analysis project started. The lot is located in the former industrial area of Cava de’ Tirreni, north of it, the area that was occupied by Co.Fi.MA, abandoned canning industry. Gone are the tobacco fields of landscape features which are linked [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Canada, Community Center, ESD design, Exhibition, Green architecture, Paul Raff Studio, Refurbishment / Extension, Research
Paul Raff Studio has designed the Biosphere Sustainability Centre in the Thousand Island Region in Ontario, Canada, it is the multi-use cultural facility which will be a powerful catalyst to environmental, social and economic sustainable development. MISSION To partner and leverage natural and human capital to improve environmental, social, cultural and economic outcomes by demonstrating [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: i29, Modern cabinet, Netherlands, Refurbishment / Extension, Stair
Netherlands-based i29 interior architects recently has completed a compact interior project for a small apartment in Amsterdam, NL (45 m2), which was completely renovated because of foundation repair. In it’s new layout all the functions of the house are placed in two wall units. Entrance hall, wardrobe and kitchen equipment are hidden behind a pinewood [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: L3P Architekten, Refurbishment / Extension, Switzerland
Swiss architect L3P Architekten recently has completed the extension of the multifunctional double sports halls in the Eichi Centre Niederglatt. Architecture / Aesthetics The existing Eichi Centre stands out through the composition and no-frills interaction of the simple cube. The rough plastering in various warm tones that is used on the facade comes alive with [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: L3P Architekten, Museum, Refurbishment / Extension, Steel, Stone, Switzerland
Swiss architect L3P Architekten has converted a castle-tower to the Vertical Museum. The castle-tower is under historical monuments’ protection and is a distinctive landmark in the region of Zurich. The tower is 21 metres high, the walls being up to 3 metres thick, and the interior radius averaging about 3.5 m. As old as the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Education, Selected Tags: Courtyard architecture, Glass, Kim In Cheurl, Korea, Library, Random pattern, Refurbishment / Extension
CAU Central Library: Overlap is a refurbishment project designed by Kim in-cheurl+archium. It was restructured on the existing library which was built in 1959. Architecture is an identification of place, a creation of individualism that makes it unique to anything else in the world. The place thus creates a memory with time. The meaning of [...]
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