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Plaster walls of Jaffa Roofhouse imbue apartment with history and warmth

September 7, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Jaffa Roofhouse by Gitai Architects

Gitai Architects has renovated an apartment in Jaffa, Israel with curved walls, plasterwork and pale floors to resemble the ancient port city’s limestone buildings. The studio overhauled the 270-square-metre apartment for a couple. It includes a combination of curved and linear elements to fuse traditional craftsmanship with more contemporary details. Called Jaffa Roofhouse, the project

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Andrew Berman Architect creates industrial facility and studio for stone sculptor Barry X Ball

September 5, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Barry X Ball studio by Andrew Berman Architect

New York practice Andrew Berman Architect has designed a studio for a sculptor in Brooklyn to include machinery for CNC-milled stone creations. The workplace enables Barry X Ball to run his business from start to finish, including storing massive stones imported from around the world, cutting them with high-end machinery, photographing the finished pieces and shipping

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Andrew Berman Architect creates industrial facility and studio for stone sculptor Barry X Ball

September 5, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Barry X Ball studio by Andrew Berman Architect

New York practice Andrew Berman Architect has designed a studio for a sculptor in Brooklyn to include machinery for CNC-milled stone creations. The workplace enables Barry X Ball to run his business from start to finish, including storing massive stones imported from around the world, cutting them with high-end machinery, photographing the finished pieces and shipping

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Wheeler Kearns Architects clusters gabled units for Lake Michigan house

September 3, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
St Joseph Beach Residence by Wheeler Kearns Architects

Chicago practice Wheeler Kearns Architects has built a lake house in Michigan with a cluster of buildings clad in wood. Designed for a young family of four, St Joseph Beach Residence is located on a waterfront plot on Lake Michigan in the town of St Joseph. Wheeler Kearns Architects created a series of gabled volumes

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Thatched roof tops open-air Japanese restaurant for Mexico’s Hotel Escondido

September 1, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Kakurega Omakase by Tax Architects

A fusion of Japanese and Mexican architectural techniques feature in this restaurant on Mexico’s Pacific Ocean, designed by TAX Architects for Hotel Escondido. Called Kakurega Omakase, the restaurant is for Hotel Escondido near the lively Mexican port town of Puerto Escondido that is famous for surfing. Based in Mexico City, TAX Architects created the architecture of

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The Wayfinder hotel designed to “feel as if you were staying with friends” in Rhode Island

August 28, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
The Wayfinder Hotel

New York design practice Reunion Goods & Services has renovated this hotel in Rhode Island to be reminiscent of a colourful home with a fireplace and cosy seating nooks. Formerly the Mainstay Hotel, The Wayfinder property is located in Newport and was refurbished by Reunion Goods & Services for developer Dovetail + Co. It includes

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Plesner Architects builds Six Senses Shaharut hotel in the Israeli desert

August 15, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Six Senses Shaharut by Plesner Architects

Tel Aviv practice Plesner Architects has built a hotel in the Negev desert of Israel harnessing local materials and regional craft like limestone walls, ceramics and pergolas. The hotel Six Senses Shaharut spans 46 acres (18 hectares) in the tiny desert community of Shaharut in the far south of the country. Pleaser Architects designed the

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STC Arquitectos builds cabin in Argentinian woods with reclaimed materials

August 11, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Refugio en La Paisanita by STC Arquitectos

A slanted metal roof and deck help to shelter this cabin in Argentina, designed by STC Arquitectos using reclaimed materials like scrap metal and oil pipes. Called Refugio en La Paisanita, the cabin is in the Argentinian town of La Paisanita on the Anisacate River and is nestled into a sloping, forested site with winding

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Architectural visualisers imagine rainbow-coloured Sonora Art Village during pandemic

August 10, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Sonora Art Village by Davit Jilavyan and Mary Jilavyan

Moscow designers Davit and Mary Jilavyan spent the coronavirus lockdown creating renderings of an imaginary community in Mexico with two-toned buildings and streets dotted with cacti and swimming pools. Architect Davit and designer Mary created renderings during the Covid-19 pandemic for a community in a nondescript, arid site with hills incorporated into the property. The

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Arquipélago Arquitetos builds low-slung Brazilian house with rammed earth

August 5, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
House in Cunha by Arquipelago

São Paulo studio Arquipélago Arquitetos has built a house with walls made of rammed earth in the countryside of Brazil. House in Cunha, or Casa em Cunha in Portuguese, is named after is location in the mountainous municipality of Cunha, which is a 2.5-hour drive from São Paulo and known for its ceramics. Arquipélago Arquitetos

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