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Modern Extension of a Heritage Residence in Melbourne: The Enclave House

BKK Architects have completed the designed for the Enclave House, a contemporary extension for a heritage residence located in Melbourne, Australia. The new building boasts spacious and open interiors, with minimalist furniture arrangement. According to the architects, the project “required clever solutions and planning in order to overcome the restricted inner-city site”. The extension consists [...]

Kunsthalle Mannheim Winning Proposal / gmp Architekten

Just this past Monday, gmp Architekten was awarded the contract to design the new Kunsthalle Mannheim, a decision made by the Kunsthalle‘s jury. Their winning design portrays a symbolic identity, both on the outside and on the inside. The idea was to create a place that is easily remembered, and which appeals with its functional [...]

In Progress: Truman Plaza / Wiel Arets Architects

Located in Berlin Zehlendorf, the Truman Plaza parallels the adjacent Clayallee and is part of a larger master plan that balances its historical urban context with its integration of a delicate onsite forest. Designed by Wiel Arets Architects, the project, which is currently in progress, includes offices, retail, health and sports facilities, which together form [...]

Venice Biennale 2012: Meeting Lines / Ateliers Jean Nouvel + Habiter Autrement (Mia Hägg)

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Stockholm City Station / 3XN Architects

Marking the entrance to Stockholm’s inner city center, the Stockholm City Station. Designed by 3XN Architects, integrates the station, a hotel, conference center, and apartments. The main idea behind the design was to create a building that gently adjusts to the area’s existing building in scale and expression, and which reinterprets a number of local [...]

Singel Park Winning Proposal / LOLA + Studio KARST

Courtesy of LOLA LOLA landscape architects from Rotterdam and Studio KARST from Zurich recently won the international ideas competition for their plans for the future Singel Park in Leiden. The two agencies present “convincing and thoughtful concepts for both the park as a whole, as well as for the role the park can play in [...]

Park House / Shaun Lockyer Architects

© Scott Burrows Architects: Shaun Lockyer Architects Location: New Farm QLD, Australia Project Team: Shaun Lockyer Design Principal: Shane Marsh Project Architect: Richard Pain Architectural Technician: Corinne Bolton – Interiors Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Scott Burrows

3×3 by 3Patas for Francesc Ros Fusteria Decoració

Two small side tables slot into the top of a coffee table in this set by Barcelona studio 3Patas.

Stockholm Stacked / Visiondivision

© Visiondivision Our friends from Visiondivision have envisioned a creative solution to respond to Stockholm’s lack of housing.  While the city is growing rapidly, the pace of new construction for residences is quickly falling behind demand.  Due to this lack of housing, the core of Stockholm has grown to be defined by expensive apartments, while the outer [...]