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2LG Studio founders create garden pavilion with a “touch of Beetlejuice” for their own home

October 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Garden pavilion by 2LG Studio

Interior designers Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead, founders of 2LG Studio, have built a white-stained timber pavilion with a circular cutout window in their back garden. Designed during the coronavirus lockdown, the pavilion was the final element of Cluroe and Whitehead’s five-year renovation of their own home in Forest Hill, southeast London. “It was time the

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House-A / Taillandier Architectes Associés

October 3, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

The extension project of the House-A consists of adding an extension to a single-story villa so as to create a new master bedroom suite. The clients wanted a contemporary extension without contrasting with the existing villa that they hold dear.

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Ten public toilets with unexpected floor plans that break the bounds of the cubicle

October 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Public toilet floor plans

While most toilets have regular, rectangular-shaped floor plans, architects have also experimented with spirals, triangles and circles for public restrooms. Here are 10 public toilets that break the bounds of the regular cubicle. The triangle toilet Completed as part of the Tokyo Toilet project, this red public toilet block was squeezed onto a triangular plot in Tokyo’s downtown Shibuya. Designed by

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Aqua Verde Residence / Clark Richardson Architects

October 3, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

The existing home was a brick and stucco two-story residence and was wrapped in heavy masonry porches on both the front and rear of the residence which faces the view. The interiors of the home, which had undergone a few interior renovations since being built, were somewhat jumbled with a series of disconnected living spaces and perhaps most importantly little to no positive connection to the amazing views beyond the property. Windows to the lake view were sparse and further separated from the outdoors by the heavy masonry colonnades to each side of the home.

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Winery Nešetřil / ORA

October 3, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

A winemaker approached us with his dream of creating a prosperous winery in the heart of Znojmo in a Renaissance house on Masaryk Square. The task was to create a place where wine would be produced, sold and tasted, and at the same time, there would be feasts, events, and accommodation for guests. Such an ambitious program forced us to make use of every centimeter of all levels of the townhouse, its courtyard, and the cellars adjoining the Znojmo underground.

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This week David Adjaye won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal

October 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
David Adjaye wins 2021 Royal Gold Medal

This week on Dezeen, British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye was named the 2021 recipient of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, while this year’s Stirling Prize was cancelled. Adjaye was the first black architect to win the prize, which is personally approved by the Queen and one of the highest honours in architecture. “David’s contribution to architecture and design globally

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