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Sona Reddy Studio draws on vernacular architecture for restaurant in Hyderabad

April 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Traditional materials and building techniques “celebrate the essence” of south Indian architecture at Telugu Medium, a restaurant in Hyderabad by local practice Sona Reddy Studio. Telugu Medium is located in the Jubilee Hills neighbourhood and housed in a vaulted structure of exposed brick and concrete, designed to suit the area’s arid climate and reference its

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Spaceworkers marries concrete with green ceramic tiles at Pavilion in the Garden

April 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Portuguese studio Spaceworkers has completed a geometric garden pavilion near Porto, featuring an overhanging roof and monolithic walls of concrete and green ceramic tiles. Pavilion in the Garden is a multipurpose event space that sits on a former parking lot in the green outskirts of the Portuguese village of Sobrado. Looking to capture the “essence”

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Halo-shaped skylights illuminate Indonesian home by Tamara Wibowo Architects

April 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A series of circular voids and “halo” skylights create spaces for trees to grow through this home in Semarang, Indonesia, which has been completed by local studio Tamara Wibowo Architects. Named Halo House, the dwelling comprises two gabled, barn-like forms clad in charred wood flanking a central strip of internal and external spaces that sit

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Studio Morphogenesis wraps waterside mosque in Bangladesh in perforated pink concrete

March 28, 2024 Amina Amber 0

Local architecture office Studio Morphogenesis has used dusty pink coloured concrete to build a waterside mosque that sits on a sloping site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Named after the land owner’s late mother, the Zebun Nessa Mosque is situated in the rapidly growing industrial outskirts of Dhaka. It was constructed to serve as a spiritual sanctuary and

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Lahznimmo Architects aims for “beautiful utility” with museum storage in Sydney

March 22, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Australian studio Lahznimmo Architects has completed Powerhouse Castle Hill in northwest Sydney, a shed-like storage facility wrapped in corrugated aluminium and concrete. Owned by the Powerhouse Museum group, the 9000-square-metre facility is intended as a public-facing storehouse containing a mix of storage, exhibition and conservation facilities, alongside spaces for research and community engagement. Its design

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ODOS Architects crowns Church of Oak Distillery with pyramidal Corten roofs

March 13, 2024 Betty Owoo 0

Pyramidal Corten steel roofs define a distillery designed by ODOS Architects on the outskirts of Monasterevin in rural County Kildare, Ireland. Located by the banks of the Grand Canal, the distillery occupies an existing 18th century grain mill and and an extension made of fair-faced concrete and corten steel. Designed by ODOS Architects for whiskey producer

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Sameep Padora & Associates creates flowing concrete form for Indian arts space

March 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Terracotta-coloured render made from local soil covers the curving, concrete structure of Hampi Art Labs, an arts centre in Karnataka by architecture studio Sameep Padora & Associates. Hampi Art Labs is designed by Sameep Padora & Associates to appear as though it was “born from its surroundings” near the village of Hampi, a UNESCO World

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MW Works designs Longbranch house to blend with forest setting

March 11, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Rectilinear volumes of timber and concrete form a residence in coastal Washington state by MW Works that merges with the wooded landscape and is “designed to be overlooked”. The project, called Longbranch, is located on Key Peninsula within the Puget Sound. The house sits on a sloped, 7.8-acre (3.2-hectare) overlooking an inlet and is site

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Objektor reveals monolithic concrete cemetery outside of Prague

March 10, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Czech architecture studio Objektor has created a cemetery outside of Prague defined by a grid of low-rise concrete extrusions and a monolithic utility building. Located in a forest clearing next to an existing 18th-century chapel, the Hřbitov Suchdol Cemetery was conceived as a network of burial spaces that can be extended over time, while remaining

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Construction commences on world’s “tallest 3D-printed structure” Tor Alva

March 7, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger are creating a 30-metre-tall tower in the Swiss Alps, which is being 3D-printed with concrete by technology university ETH Zurich. Named Tor Alva, or White Tower, the building will become the world’s “tallest 3D-printed structure” once complete in Mulegns later this year, according to Hansmeyer and Dillenburger. ETH Zurich

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