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Hibinosekkei designs MS Kindergarten to help children feel closer to nature

July 11, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Interior of Japanese nursery

Deep eaves shelter openings connecting indoor and outdoor spaces at this kindergarten in Maebashi, Japan, which architecture studio Hibinosekkei designed to enhance awareness of the changing seasons. The MS Kindergarten and Nursery is a facility for 40 children aged from one to two years old and was developed by Youji no Shiro, a branch of

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Neubau transforms former greenhouse building into school STEM lab

July 10, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Converted greenhouse exterior by Neubau

Local architecture studio Neubau has converted an existing greenhouse on the grounds of a school in Cambridge, England, into a teaching space with fold-out computer stations. Neubau was approached by St Mary’s Junior School for girls to transform the 1970s greenhouse into a specialised lab for teaching classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

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Curved roof welcomes visitors to Shinagawa Branch Temple in Japan

July 9, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Exterior of temple in Tokyo

Japanese architecture studio Abanba has completed a temple in Shinagawa, Tokyo, featuring a gently curving roof that shelters a glazed entrance and reflects daylight into a triple-height atrium. Architect Toshihiro Bamba’s studio Abanba was tasked with designing a replacement for an existing temple that had fallen into disrepair and needed to be relocated due to

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Studio Weave adds timber artist’s retreat to traditional English cottage

July 6, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Artist retreat

Architecture office Studio Weave has added a timber-clad extension to a cottage in Devon, England, that has views of the surrounding landscape. Studio Weave designed the two-storey addition to a stone cottage in the Blackdown Hills to provide flexible guest accommodation and a work space for the family and visiting artists. Named Made of Sand, after the site’s

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Loop Architects completes ring-shaped nursing home for dementia patients in Iceland

July 3, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Dementia-friendly timber nursing home in Iceland

Danish studio Loop Architects arranged this circular care home in Selfoss, Iceland, around a landscaped central garden to create a “homely and stimulating” environment for residents with dementia. The specialist facility in the town in southern Iceland contains 50 private accommodation units in a two-storey, ring-shaped building with a courtyard garden at its centre. Aarhus

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Emil Eve uses natural materials to bring “sense of calm” to renovated London home

July 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Timber-framed house extension in London

Architecture studio Emil Eve has added a timber-framed extension to a Victorian house in south London that contains light-filled interior spaces with a connection to the outdoors. The owners of the end-terrace house on Waghorn Street in Peckham tasked Emil Eve with adapting the interior to provide bright, contemporary spaces for living and entertaining. The

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AGi Architects designs Tamdeen Square towers as a “vertical neighbourhood” overlooking the Persian Gulf

July 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Aerial image of Tamdeen Square at dusk

International firm AGi Architects has completed a trio of residential towers in Kuwait City featuring varied facade openings and layouts that provide each apartment with unique sea views. The Tamdeen Square development is part of a new urban district located in the south of the city, next to the Fahaheel highway that extends south along

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Will Gamble Architects adds glass-walled extension to Pergola House in Leicestershire

June 25, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Living room with floor-to-ceiling windows

London studio Will Gamble Architects has added a brick bedroom suite to a Georgian house in England, along with a contrasting glass-walled extension on the ground floor that opens to the garden. Located in a conservation area in Leicestershire, the Pergola House was extended by Will Gamble Architects to create a contemporary kitchen, dining and

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UAD arranges riverside Shunchang Museum around “urban living room”

June 19, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Aerial view of Shunchang Museum by UAD

The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a museum in Shunchang, China, featuring a central void that contains a landscaped public plaza. Named Shunchang Museum, the building was created for a local investment and development company on the south bank of the Futun river in Nanping City to celebrate local heritage.

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Sigurd Larsen creates compact timber-clad cabin with panoramic windows

June 14, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Exterior image of wood-lined cabin

Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has designed a cabin for hospitality start-up Raus featuring furniture built into “cave-like” niches and panoramic windows that frame views of nature. The cabin, which is the latest accommodation model launched by Raus, was developed by Berlin-based Larsen to attract city dwellers who are looking to enjoy a break in nature.

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