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Yard Apartment / Qisi Design

June 2, 2020 Collin Chen 0

Qisi Design was commissioned to renovate a tiny house with a yard. The house is located on the ground floor of a historic conservation building on Huaihai Road, Shanghai . After years of property division, the house is now only 25 square meters. The new owner hopes to transform it into a short rent home. The designer carries out the design around the goal of “how to create a warm, comfortable place that can accommodate a variety of activities in a 25 square meter space”. The designers fully develop the space potential of small houses by establishing indoor and outdoor connections, making use of mezzanine and function superposition. Finally, the designers create a rich space that has complete living function and can accommodate the party of many people.

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Mino Osteria Restaurant / Vanessa Larré Arquitetura

June 2, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

Mino Osteria is the younger brother of Max restaurant (another relic of our region). The two together pay homage to Maximino, an essential part of the family of our dear clients. All this baggage gave the freedom for the concept of affective memories in the development of the project.

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Dialog designs mass timber net-zero carbon university building for Canada

June 2, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0
Centennial College by Dialog

Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber university building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. The project, called A-Block Building Expansion, is a six-storey addition to an existing building at Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology in Scarborough, which is about a 20-minute drive from

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165 House / PAR Arquitectos

June 2, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

On a site located within a condominium on the central coast, with a steep slope and a configured existing central plateau, a single-family house was designed defining the option of laminated pine as a structural skeleton, according to its correct behavior in the face of demands and efforts and its adequate properties in humid saline climates.

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51 Dressers that Strike the Perfect Mix of Style and Function

June 2, 2020 HD Staff 0

Chances are there is at least one room in your home that would benefit from the style and function of a dresser—and we aren’t necessarily talking about the bedroom! For example, a casual Mid-Century Modern dresser makes for a stylish storage solution in an entryway, while a narrow lingerie chest is perfect for storing LEGO […]

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Pilarica: Elements for Industrial Recovery

June 2, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

Pilarica is a project for the reactivation of an industrial space in the urban fabric of the city of Madrid. This project is the first of an ongoing series whose goal is to protect the city’s industrial heritage through use and occupation formulas which allow to prolong its lifespan, preventing its disappearance. Industrial activity in Madrid city center has gradually lost its traction during the last thirty years; nowadays, such use has virtually disappeared. The reasons behind this situation are similar in many city centers: on one hand, environmental protection regulations, especially those concerning noise and pollution; on the other, the exodus of these uses outside the cities centers. As a consequence, urban industrial buildings have become obsolete, and the ones left which are currently being used are the ones still owned by small scale guilds. Most of these spaces are placed on the ground floors of residential buildings, extending its areas beyond the back of the buildings, invading the natural space of the block’s courtyard.