Concrete

RAD+ar tops Indonesian restaurant with sweeping concrete roof terrace

August 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A wave-like concrete terrace tops the Aruma restaurant and bar in Jakarta, which has been completed by Indonesian studio RAD+ar. Located in Jakarta’s leafy Kemang district, the building was designed for restaurant chain Aruma to create a variety of nature-filled spaces on a relatively small site through the creation of split levels and terraces. “The core

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Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy

August 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. Originally founded in 1954 as the first museum to commemorate the D-Day landings, the new museum overlooks one of the five beaches on which soldiers landed during the second world war. Atelier Projectiles looked to create a building that

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Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects’ Central Bank of Iraq nearing completion in Baghdad

August 21, 2024 Starr Charles 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed photos of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. The images show the completed twisting exoskeleton frame of the 170-metre-tall structure designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which is now the tallest building in the city. Being built on the

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Translucent and reflective surfaces ricochet light around Cologne apartment

August 21, 2024 Alice Laycock 0

Local studio Demo Working Group removed all non-structural internal walls from this concrete-built apartment in Cologne, creating an open-plan interior.

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Spasm Design wraps 12-storey home in terracotta facade

August 19, 2024 Katie Last 0

A single family home is contained within the Sarvasva tower, which Indian studio Spasm Design created to stand out from the neighbouring grey buildings in Mumbai, India. Named Sarvasva, the home is contained within a 12-storey tower that aims to make the most of its site within the dense urban setting. Wrapped in a rainscreen

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“There is a tipping point of too much exposed concrete” says commenter

August 16, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house in Barcelona with “robust and monolithic” walls formed of tactile poured concrete completed by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. H Arquitectes created a skylit, triple-height atrium at the home’s centre that is framed by concrete columns and balconies above. “There is a tipping point of too

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Textured layers of poured concrete enclose Barcelona home by H Arquitectes

August 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Spanish studio H Arquitectes has completed Casa 1736, a house in Barcelona with “robust and monolithic” walls formed of tactile poured concrete. The challenge of the design was to provide the three-storey home with sufficient ventilation and daylight, due to its deep plot bordered by neighbouring buildings. To achieve this, H Arquitectes created a skylit,

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“So much concrete to sell a few croissants” says commenter

August 2, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a patisserie in Thailand with a design that references French cathedrals and pastries. Created by Bangkok studio Touch Architect, the board-marked concrete building named French Kitsch III was intended to resemble the shape of a croissant. Readers weren’t all convinced that the design fit with the building’s

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Eight stylish living rooms where board-marked concrete adds character

July 28, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected eight living rooms from Dezeen’s archive where architects have used board-marked concrete walls and ceilings to add textural interest. As its name suggests, board-marked concrete, or board-formed concrete, is concrete that has been created using timber boards in its casting. This imprints the pattern of the wood onto the

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Niceworkshop applies artificial wood grain texture to Seoul cafe interior

July 28, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

South Korean studio Niceworkshop has designed a pared-back interior for a cafe in Seoul, where concrete walls and stainless-steel furnishings are finished to mimic wood. Set in the city’s multicultural Itaewon district, HaHouse Cafe operates alongside an exhibition space on the floor above, designed by Niceworkshop founder Hyunseog Oh in 2022. The initial demolition phase

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